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The Gambling Commission has today launched a discussion paper setting out its latest thinking on virtual currencies, eSports and social gaming and seeking views on emerging issues that can pose a risk to both regulation and player protection. The discussion paper has been prepared in response to, am

Richard Foley Pinsent Masons is reportedly considering an expansion into Dublin following the Brexit vote.

A gamekeeper who was found guilty of killing a buzzard after a sheriff rejected his special defence of alibi has failed in an appeal against his conviction. By a majority of two-to-one, the Criminal Appeal Court refused the appeal after ruling that the sheriff provided “adequate reasons” for acc

The Supreme Court has referred the question of whether a Directive on equal gender treatment as regards social security precludes the imposition in national law of a requirement that, in addition to satisfying the physical, social and psychological criteria for recognising a change of gender, a pers

James Wolffe QC The Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC, has written to the Justice Secretaray to point out a “potential gap” in the law on religiously aggravated crimes following the murder of shopkeeper Asad Shah.

A child welfare professional who prepared reports for use in the Sheriff Court and in children's hearings and gave evidence before a Holyrood committee has been accused of falsely claiming she had a doctorate – and now faces a disciplinary hearing. Susan Stewart, 46, ran the Child and Family Asses

Calum Steele Police Scotland may need to cut officer numbers as well as civilian staff to balance its budget after it emerged earlier this year that there is a £21 million hole in the budget.

Stuart Robertson Gilson Gray has appointed Stuart Robertson as a partner. Mr Robertson joins form Ledingham Chalmers.

Pictured (L-R): Owen Wilton, Michaela Guthrie, Jonny Gilmour and Ross Forrest

Lawyers across Pakistan went on strike yesterday in protest at at a bomb blast reported to have been aimed at the profession. On Monday a suicide bomb blast killed 67 people and injured a further 100 at a hospital in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan. The blast is reported to have delibe

Paul Tweed Compromising pictures of actor Orlando Bloom which appeared in the press have sparked a debate about the balance between privacy rights and freedom of the press.

Pictured, clockwise from top left: Steven Templeton, Stephanie Farrell, Dario Demarco and Kate Faulds.

A man found guilty of two charges of using lewd, indecent and libidinous practices and behaviour towards two pre-pubescent girls on the basis of “mutual corroboration” has successfully appealed against his conviction. The Criminal Appeal Court ruled in the case of RG v Her Majesty’s Advocate t

Police Scotland’s mole hunt made in order to reveal journalistic sources was unlawful according to a judicial tribunal. The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) ordered the single force to pay a journalist whose communications were intercepted £10,000 in compensation.

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