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A prize for excellence in advocacy in the name of the late Lord “Mike” Jones is to be awarded for the first time next month. An event at Parliament House, Edinburgh, will feature a moot involving teams of two from junior members of the Faculty of Advocates and devils, as well as a lectur

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A man named Jerry Anus has been arrested on drug possession charges for the second time in a month. Anus, 39, was pulled over after driving by a police car without dimming his front lights.

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Lord Hodge has expressed his doubt that complex financial crimes are best tried before a jury instead of a tribunal or court of specialists. The UK Supreme Court justice made the remarks in a speech in Shanghai on "The involvement of the public in the criminal process in the United Ki

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Andrew Lyon has been announced as the new head of financial services at TLT. Mr Lyon has been at the firm for 11 years and leads the financial services disputes and investigations team in London.

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Lawyers throughout the UK are being urged to FLAG IT UP in an attempt to curb multi-billion pound money laundering criminals. The UK government has launched a new campaign which aims to raise awareness among professionals in the legal, accountancy and property sectors who are often targeted by money

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Italy's highly restrictive prison regime for Mafiosi violated the human rights of one known as "the boss of bosses", the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. The late Bernardo Provenzano, a Cosa Nostra boss imprisoned in 2006 after being found guilty of a spate of murders, had complained of poo

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Lawyers and law students are being invited to a special event to formally launch a new Faculty of Advocates scholarship and to mark the first anniversary of the Scottish Ethnic Minorities Lawyers' Association (SEMLA). The evening will feature a keynote speech by Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf. The d

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