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A provision in criminal proceedings which allows a party to serve a statement of uncontroversial evidence (SUE) on the other party is available in extradition proceedings, a sheriff has ruled. Sheriff Nigel Ross held that the procedure outlined in section 258 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act

A report has revealed that more than 500,000 acres of land in Scotland is now in community ownership. But the figures also show that the vast majority of this land is in just two local authority areas: Highland and Na h-Eileanan Siar.

Joyce Moss Mitchells Roberton has announced the promotion of Joyce Moss to associate of the firm with effect from 1 January 2018.

Rod McKenzie The Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) has today announced the appointment of a new team of in-house and external legal advisers.

Professor Nick Hardwick The Parole Board for England and Wales is facing calls to explain how it decided to allowed serial rapist John Worboys to leave prison.

The Iranian authorities must ensure the right to peaceful protest, investigate reports that security forces have unlawfully used firearms against unarmed protesters, and protect hundreds of detainees from torture, Amnesty International said this week amid concerns that the crackdown against demonstr

Gavin McEwan

Fraser Oliver Digby Brown has reported profits of £8.3 million in the year to March 2017, down on the previous year's figure of £8.6m.

Nick Scott

A Scottish woman who was struck by a motorcyclist after an afternoon of drinking in a pub while on holiday in Spain will have any damages awarded to her reduced after she was found to have “materially contributed” to the accident. A sheriff in the All-Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court ruled

David Hoey

The death has been announced of Muir Russell QC, who served as a sheriff at Aberdeen for 20 years. He was 92. Albert Muir Galloway Russell, son of a judge, Lord Russell, was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1951, after serving as a lieutenant in the Scots Guards. He took silk in 1965 and was

Jeremy Wright QC The UK government cannot rely on a blanket ban, on grounds of national security, to deny requests for information about drone strikes against British jihadis, a tribunal has ruled.

A programme to deliver science training to prisoners will be rolled out across Scotland after it received £150,000 in funding. Cell Block Science, led by researchers at the University of St Andrews is a public engagement research partnership to promote STEM (science, technology, engineering and mat

Caoilfhionn Gallagher QC Police forces in England and Wales have been accused of breaching human rights standards by continuing to fail to meet the needs of menstruating women detained in police custody.