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Ben Emmerson QC The barrister formerly in charge of the independent inquiry into child abuse in England and Wales has been cleared of an allegation of sexual assault following an investigation.

A schoolboy who was seriously injured in an accident when a gate fell on him while he and a friend were playing on a farm has been awarded more than £325,000 damages. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that one half of the couple who lived on the farm failed to take reasonable care for his safet

Lord Mulholland The former Lord Advocate and Solicitor General for Scotland, Frank Mulholland QC, has been installed as a Senator of the College of Justice, taking the judicial title, Lord Mulholland.

Sheenagh Adams The world’s oldest national register of land and property will celebrate its 400th anniversary during Scotland’s 2017 Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology.

Irregular migrants held in a centre on the island of Lampedusa in the wake of the Arab Spring suffered violations of their Convention rights, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has unanimously held. In the case of Khlaifia and Others v. Italy, the court held that there had been:

A full obituary of Kenneth Mure QC, who passed away at the age of 69 on November 18, 2016, has been published by The Herald. Mr Mure became known to the public as the judge in the Rangers tax case. He joined the Faculty of Advocates in 1975 and took silk in 1989.

John Scott QC John Scott QC has been named president of the Society of Solicitor Advocates at the annual general meeting of the society in Edinburgh last week.

Nick Freer Tonight around 300 CEOs from across Scotland’s business, university, government and not-for-profit sectors will sleep out rough overnight in Charlotte Square, Edinburgh to raise funds for Social Bite who are using the money to build a village for the homeless west of the city.

Jenny Hopkins Prosecutors and police chiefs have published an honour-based violence/abuse and forced marriage protocol highlighting the complexities of these cases and the barriers victims face in coming forward to report.

An appeal against an Opinion of an Extra Division of the Inner House of the Court of Session that a pharmacist convicted of domestic abuse offences not be removed from the practice register on the basis of a "middle way" between suspension and removal, as well as the respondent pharmacist’s cross-

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Simon Mackintosh The lack of alternative business structures in Scotland leaves its law firms less competitive than those south of the border, according to one expert.

A recipient of state benefits who challenged a decision to impose a direct earnings attachment after she allegedly obtained more than £20,000 by misrepresentation has a had a petition for judicial review dismissed. The petitioner claimed that the obligation to repay benefits received by misrepresen

The House of Lords Constitution Committee has launched a new call for evidence as part of its inquiry into the legislative process. The committee is looking for evidence on the creation, use and scrutiny of delegated powers, in advance of the introduction next year of a "Great Repeal Bill".

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