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Professor Tom McMillan Offenders taken in by police are to be checked for brain injuries over evidence relating head knocks to criminality.
Michael Matheson Justice Secretary Michael Matheson has welcomed the UK government's announcement that it will sign up to a revised Europol co-operation framework in order to preserve membership of the European law enforcement agency beyond next April.
Stephen McGowan TLT Solicitors has secured a unique remote betting operating licence for a gambling platform.
Liz Truss Over 200 judges are challenging the Lord Chancellor in court today over their pensions, alleging discrimination on the basis of race and sex.
The cost of a call to an after-sales telephone number must not exceed the cost of a standard call, according to an Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union. The German company comtech GmbH markets electrical and electronic equipment. On its website, it displays the telephone nu
Laura Dunlop QC Two senior members of the Faculty of Advocates have contributed to a new book to mark the golden jubilee of the law commissions of Scotland and England & Wales.
Lectures on a variety of topics by Supreme Court Justices have now been published on the court's website. President of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger, delivered the 2016 Mitchell Lecture in Edinburgh, entitled “Some thoughts on judicial reasoning across jurisdictions”.
An alleged burglar who police say claimed to be a lawyer standing in his own garden was arrested in a Northern Ireland town on Saturday morning. PSNI Banbridge used their Facebook page to share the story of a man who told cops: "I'm a lawyer. This is my house, I'm just clearing out my shed, and you
An Indian restaurant owner whose licence to employ overseas workers was revoked has failed in a legal challenge against the decision. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that there was “no error” in the decision that the “genuine vacancy test” was not met.
The criminal justice system faces “huge risk” as a result of “unsustainable” pressure on staff, the Procurators Fiscal Society has said. It added that there was an “ever-increasing reliance” on employees’ goodwill to advance cases.
Douglas Mill A fairly profound development crept under the radar screens of the profession recently.
Addleshaw Goddard and HBJ Gateley have confirmed today that they plan to merge. The deal would result in Addleshaws taking over HBJ’s three offices in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen.
In a significant milestone in Scotland’s land reform journey, five land commissioners and the Tenant Farming Commissioner have been selected for the first Scottish Land Commission. The appointments, which are subject to Parliamentary approval, are as follows:
The Scottish government may be required to pay out an estimated £500,000 over its "Named Person" scheme after judges in the UK Supreme Court ordered it to pay the legal bills incurred by those who brought the case.All the successful litigants are part of the No to Named Persons (NO2NP) campaign gr