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Two men found guilty of rape who claimed that the trial judge “misdirected” the jury over their role in assessing video evidence of the incident have had their appeals against their convictions refused. A five-judge bench in the Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary ruled that the judge�

Kate Donachie Kate Donachie finds that legislation meant to level the personal injury litigation playing field may have the opposite effect.

Michael Matheson A new visitor centre for the families of prisoners at Glenochil Prison has been officially opened by Justice Secretary Michael Matheson.

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Jane-Claire Judson A new member of the Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has been appointed.

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Alisha Medford A Glasgow law student has been crowned winner of the Mary From Dungloe competition in its 50th year.

The University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Legal History is celebrating the release of Karen Baston's Charles Areskine's Library: Scottish Lawyers and their Books at the Dawn of the Scottish Enlightenment (Brill 2016) with a reception next month. Charles Areskine might be better known to legal schol

A man found guilty of rape who claimed that the advocate depute’s cross-examination and speech to the jury were so prejudicial that he did not receive a fair trial has had an appeal against his conviction refused – but appeal judges criticised the Crown Office over the way the prosecutor conduct

The Crown Office came under fire from judges this week after it failed to acknowledge something had gone "seriously amiss" when one of its prosecutors made a "substantial and prejudicial departure from good and proper practice" at a rape trial – but one advocate has told Scottish Legal News that t

David Buchanan-Cook David Buchanan-Cook, head of oversight at the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission, explores the importance of professionals managing customer expectations.

Proposals to change the law would offer children the same legal protection from assault as adults according to the Law Society of Scotland. In its response to a consultation on the proposed Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Bill, the Law Society has said that removing the common la

A barrister has claimed that Article 50 has not been triggered because the UK never made a constitutional decision to leave the UK. David Wolchover said the letter from the UK giving the rest of the EU notice of its intention to leave the bloc was without legal effect.

Lord Neuberger The President of the Supreme Court has told the government that it must provide greater clarity on how domestic law will develop after Brexit.