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Six European countries are represented among young lawyers who have arrived at the Faculty of Advocates for the 2019 Eurodevils programme.

A fertility doctor illegally used his own sperm to father 49 children, DNA tests have revealed. Dr Jan Karbaat, whose children are known as"Karbaatkinderen", impregnated the women at a clinic near Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

Research has been launched by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) into whether legal aid enables people who raise a discrimination complaint in Scotland to get justice. The equality body wants to hear from anyone who has experienced discrimination in Scotland since 1 January 2016.

New laws that have come into effect today mean that British citizens taking up residence in foreign terror zones could be jailed for up to 10 years. The Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 creates a criminal offence of entering or remaining in a “designated area” overseas.

The arrest of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange "sets a dangerous precedent", his lawyer has said. Having been convicted of skipping bail at Westminster Magistrates' Court, Mr Assange, 47, is likely to be handed a one-year jail sentence.

Glasgow University law students Grainne Duffy and Eilidh Collins had a "fantastic time" at the world finals of the Brown Mosten International Client Consultation Competition, held at the Law Society of Ireland in Dublin.

An appeal hearing is scheduled for 1 May in the case of X (Appellant) v Kuoni Travel Ltd (Respondent), UKSC 2018/0102. The case turns on the question: is the holiday company, Kuoni, liable for sexual assault inflicted by one of its employees on a customer?

A German woman has been told by a judge she will not be able to divorce her husband in England as she only visited London to attend the ballet and see an aristocrat friend, The Times reports. Clarissa Pierburg, 69, was accused of "divorce tourism" by her husband, Jurgen Pierburg, 73, an industrialis

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Turkey: Mass Prosecution of Lawyers

A police officer is facing an internal investigation after turning up to a breathalyser training class while drunk. The officer volunteered to take part in a demonstration of the technology, which showed his blood alcohol level content was 80 mg per 100 millilitres.

George Mealmaker, transported in 1798 to Australia for sedition, was a political giant and visionary who deserves to be recognised in Scotland today, writes Graham Ogilvy. The trial of George Mealmaker in 1798 was the last of the great sedition show trials held to suppress the democratic agitat

Tommy Sheridan has failed in a legal challenge to have his perjury conviction referred to the appeal court. Mr Sheridan, 55, was imprisoned for three years in 2011 after being found guilty of lying in evidence before a civil jury in 2006 in a case that saw him win £200,000 in damages for defam

Lindsays has confirmed a number of promotions and re-elections. Lynsey Kerr (private client) has been promoted to partner, Kirsty Cooper (residential property) has been promoted to director, Darren Lightfoot (commercial property) has been promoted to associate, Peter Tweedie (corporate) has been re-

Ken Lauder has joined Gilson Gray as a legal director in the litigation and dispute resolution team. Mr Lauder, a solicitor advocate, has more than 30 years’ experience and specialises in high value personal injury, medical negligence and other professional negligence cases.