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A court in Pakistan has sentenced a man to death for making blasphemous remarks on Facebook. Taimoor Raza, 30, was convicted by an anti-terrorism court in Bahawalpur of posting blasphemous remarks about the Prophet Muhammad, his wives and companions.

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It is incompatible with EU law to require a worker to take leave first before being able to establish whether he is entitled to be paid for it, according to Advocate General Tanchev. In circumstances where an employer has not provided a worker with paid leave, the right to paid leave carries over un

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Following the results of the general election, Burness Paull chairman, Philip Rodney, has said Scottish businesses will react positively to the diminished possibility of a second independence referendum and a "Hard Brexit. Commenting this morning, Mr Rodney said: “At a constitutional level, it wou

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Colm Mac Eochaidh has been appointed a judge at the General Court of the European Union for a term of office expiring on 31 August 2019. Mr Mac Eochaidh was born in 1963 and graduated in law from University College Dublin in 1984.

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Nicola Edgar Nicola Edgar explains new rules which recently came into force introducing pursuers' offers into the Court of Session and Sheriff Court Ordinary Cause procedure.

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The Supreme Court will rule next week on a challenge to the Secretary of State for Health over his failure to make abortion available on the NHS in England to women from Northern Ireland. Judgment in R (on the application of A and B) (Appellants) v Secretary of State for Health (Respondent) will be

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An arranged marriage in Tamil Nadu, India went off script when the groom's brother unexpectedly married the bride instead. The Bollywood-esque twist happened last Thursday as a man intended to marry a 20-year-old woman at Bala Murugan Temple at Ilayampatti.

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People from throughout Scotland with an interest in the student law clinic sector and pro bono more generally gathered at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) yesterday for the Scottish University Law Clinic Network (SULCN) annual conference.

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