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Lord Justice Singh The High Court has today ruled part of the UK government’s flagship surveillance law, the Investigatory Powers Act, is unlawful – following a legal challenge from human rights campaigning organisation Liberty.

Stephen McGowan (left) with former president Andrew Lawrence, sales and operations director for Scotland at Molson Coors Stephen McGowan, partner and head of TLT's licensing team in Scotland, has been named president of the Benevolent Society of the Licensed Trade of Scotland (The BEN).

Is the law fair to asylum seekers? That is the question posed on the latest episode of BBC Radio 4’s Unreliable Evidence series. Host Clive Anderson asks his expert guests if the law makes it too hard for people to prove they have a legitimate claim to asylum.

Roseanna Cunningham Proposals to reduce plastic pollution through a ban on the manufacture and sale of plastic-stemmed cotton buds in Scotland have opened for public consultation.

Jamie Gardiner An educational initiative teaching school pupils oral advocacy skills is looking for legal tutors.

Thursday, 10 May 2018 from 6pm at SSC Members’ Lounge, Edinburgh As we continue into a new era of technological advancement, with clients increasingly demanding tangible results for the money they are paying their lawyers, an ability to effectively and efficiently work with and lead a team of prof

Roddy Dunlop QC The Faculty of Advocates has responded to criticism by the Society of Solicitor Advocates (SSA) in relation to the Faculty’s submission to the Independent Review of the Regulation of Legal Services in Scotland (the Roberton Review).

Amanda Jones Amanda Jones, partner in Dentons' UK employment team, has been appointed chair of the Women and Girls in Sport Advisory Board.

Maree Todd Proposals which would require all sports coaches working with children and other vulnerable groups to undergo mandatory disclosure checks have been outlined.

Michael Russell The UK government’s amendments to the EU Withdrawal Bill make it “crystal clear in terms never seen before that the Scottish Parliament can be over-ridden by the UK government”, if the Parliament decides not to give consent to an order constraining its powers, Brexit minister M

A solicitor advocates group has criticised a Faculty of Advocates response to a review of legal services, saying it “demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding of the relevant rules which apply to solicitors and the additional rules which apply to solicitor advocates”; that the Faculty’s prop

A man charged with assault with intent to rape who claimed that a sheriff erred in granting an extension to the 12-month period in which to bring the accused to trial has had his appeal dismissed. The Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary upheld the sheriff’s decision to grant a motion by t

Solicitor General Alison Di Rollo QC Rape complainers who refuse to give evidence could be jailed in “exceptional circumstances”, according to guidelines from the Crown Office.

MSPs have granted final approval to the Social Security (Scotland) Bill which will pave the way for the Scottish government to make the first social security payments later this year. A stage 3 debate in the Scottish Parliament yesterday was followed by a unanimous vote in favour of establishing Sco

A former hotel owner has been ordered to repay the money he made from trafficking workers from South Asia.