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Karyn McCluskey A crime prevention expert who has led a project to steer people away from violence will spearhead a new drive to reduce reoffending across Scotland.

The Guardianship Court at Edinburgh Sheriff Court (and the associated AWI User Group) now has a dedicated web page for applications lodged at that court under the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000. It can be accessed via the Scottish Courts website at http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/the-courts

The National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh is one of the country’s gems, used and visited by thousands of people. Many perhaps do not realise, however, that, literally through the wall, lies another great institution, the Advocates Library, which is where it all began for “the National”.

Lord Neuberger Lord Neuberger, President of the Supreme Court, delivered a lecture last week to the Hong Kong Competition Association on various aspects of the development of competition law in both the UK and Hong Kong, including the role of judges in competition tribunals.

Lynsey Kerr

A “fugitive from justice” in Poland who claimed that his extradition from Scotland would breach his human rights has had an appeal refused. Jaroslaw Pofelski, who claimed that he had been held in custody for a total of four years in Poland while awaiting trial before leaving the country for Scot

The Solicitor General for Scotland, Alison Di Rollo(pictured), has been appointed as Queen’s Counsel by Her Majesty the Queen on the recommendation of the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Ms Di Rollo was nominated by the James Wolffe QC, the Lord Advocate. Ms Di Rollo was appointed Solicitor Genera

The operator of a shop who offers a Wi-Fi network free of charge to the public is not liable for copyright infringements committed by users of that network but may be required to password-protect its network in order to bring an end to, or prevent, such infringements, the Court of Justice of the Eur

Pictured: Gregory Stachura and Gillian Anderson

Colin Souter has written a final reply to solicitor Brian Inkster in an ongoing debate surrounding the Crofting Commission. I note Mr Inkster has shared another article published on Scottish Legal News. I have no intention of inflicting this debate upon your readers as a series of articles but will

Pictured (L-R): Ravinder Kaur, Mark McDonald, MSP, and Janys Scott QC

A man who was jailed for 13 years after being convicted of raping his daughter and his niece has had an appeal against his sentence refused. The appellant, “JM”, was given an extended sentence of 16 years, the custodial part of which was 13 years and the extension period was three years, after b

Tim Eicke QC, 50, has been sworn in as the UK’s judge at the European Court of Human Rights. Mr Eicke, whose name was put forward as the best-qualified candidate, won by a clear majority of parliamentary representatives at the Council of Europe in June. He read English law at the Uni

Gurkha soldiers who complained that their pension entitlements had been less favourable than those of non-Gurkha soldiers in the British Army and those of younger Gurkha soldiers who had more years of service after 1 July 1997 suffered no violation of article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) read