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A resident of the Short Strand area of Belfast has succeeded in their appeal against the Chief Constable of Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) after Justices in the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the PSNI misconstrued their legal powers to stop parades passing through or adjacent to the

Mooters from around the world will descend on Edinburgh Law School on 11 and 12 March for the 6th Willem Vis International Commercial Arbitration Pre-Moot – a competition that combines international commercial arbitration with substantive law on international sale of goods.

Yvette Cooper A Westminster report has described the state of some asylum accommodation provided by UK government contractors as a "disgrace" and "shameful".

Susan O’Brien QC Susan O’Brien QC is suing the Scottish government for £500,000 following her resignation from the child abuse inquiry, The Sun reports.

Nik Madan Tuesday 31 January 2017 marks a year to go until the Letting Agent Code of Practice comes into force in Scotland.

A drug dealer who was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment and ordered to forfeit his vehicle after admitting being concerned in the supply of ecstasy has successfully appealed against the forfeiture of the car described as his “pride and joy”. The Criminal Appeal Court ruled that the sheriff�

Chris Mackay The Scottish government has issued “A Consultation on the Long Term Management of the Crown Estate in Scotland". In April 2017 Scottish Crown estates assets will be transferred to a new interim body. Chris Mackay looks at what this will mean for our ports and harbours.

Lady Smith The child abuse inquiry will hold its first hearing in Edinburgh today.

Entries for the Scottish Paralegal Association "paralegal of the year" award are still open. Applications will be accepted until 28 February, 2017.

Sally Yates US Acting Attorney General Sally Yates has been sacked by US President Donald Trump after refusing to defend a controversial executive order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority countries.

Organisers of Saturday's Tumbling Lassie events had their efforts rewarded with a well attended day-time seminar on people trafficking and a sell-out attendance at the Tumbling Lassie Ball on Saturday night. Speakers at the Tumbling Lassie Seminar, which was sponsored by the Faculty of Advocates, in

Pictured (l-r): Angela McMahon, Janette Kenny and Emma Berwick Morisons Solicitors has strengthened its Edinburgh and Glasgow offices with a trio of new appointments.

The Crown has recovered almost £100,000 in a proceeds of crime action against former West Lothian solicitor Richard Housley. Sixty-one year old Housley was jailed for four years in March 2013 for his part in money laundering cash in a huge VAT fraud scheme run by gangster Michael Voudouri.

Jamie Kerr Jamie Kerr, immigration law partner at Thorntons, discusses the US visa ban and ponders what impact it might have in the UK.