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Last week saw the Digby Brown Winter Dinner Dance for Spinal Injuries Scotland raise £58,500 to support the charity’s work, taking the total the event has raised for Spinal Injuries Scotland in its lifetime to over £600,000.

Kapil Summan was greatly impressed by East West Street and spoke to the author about current threats to human rights. In The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee, scientist Jared Diamond cites 20 genocides since 1950, arguing that “genocide has been part of our human and prehuman heritage for

A company which was granted an interdict to prevent a former employee using or sharing confidential commercial information and a court order to recover the “highly sensitive” material has been awarded the expenses of the whole petition. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that the expenses sho

An apiarist has become the first to face criminal charges over doping bees with banned drugs. Murray Mcgregor, 61, who produced honey for Prince Charles, faces criminal sanctions over importing and storing illegal medicinal products.

James Wolffe QC Brexit could slow the extradition process down, the Lord Advocate has warned.

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Ahead of yesterday's Scottish Parliament debate on eradicating hate crime and prejudice, the Law Society of Scotland said that legislation on hate crime offences and offences aggravated by prejudice should be consolidated. Michael Clancy, director of law reform at the Law Society of Scotland, said:

Joyce Cullen The University of Dundee is to honour a leading lawyer this month.

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The Faculty of Advocates has underscored its “enthusiastic support” for proposed legislation on third party rights in contract. Earlier this year, the Scottish Law Commission published a discussion paper on third party rights and the Faculty backed the proposals.

Daradjeet Jagpal Consultant and solicitor Daradjeet Jagpal dissects the Scottish Information Commissioner’s latest decision notice regarding a request for information made of Ayrshire Housing and underlines the importance of RSL compliance.

Michael O'Flaherty The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has said EU rules essential to build trust in the EU’s area of justice are seldom invoked, potentially hindering the fair treatment of people involved in criminal proceedings.

Brodies LLP has developed software that helps businesses identify contractual risks arising from the UK’s decision to leave the European Union. The software can search hundreds of commercial contracts in minutes to identify clauses that could pose a risk to businesses post-Brexit, allowing organis

Heather McKendrick Pupils from schools across Scotland are preparing to debate the pros and cons of holding referendums when they take to the floor for the opening rounds of the Law Society of Scotland’s annual debating tournament.

A domestic assault victim who applied for criminal injuries compensation more than 30 years later but was told by a tribunal that her claim was “time-barred” has had an appeal against the decision dismissed. A judge in the Court of Session held that there was “no error of law” in the tribuna