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Sir Declan Morgan Northern Ireland’s Lord Chief Justice Sir Declan Morgan received a warm welcome in Scotland last night when he delivered the biennial Jean Clark lecture at the University of Dundee and reflected on the role of the judiciary in a modern democracy.

The Faculty of Advocates’ Free Legal Services Unit is helping to train pro bono solicitors and other volunteers in two important areas of advice work. Through the unit, Stephen Winter, advocate, an expert in asylum and immigration law, gave an overview of the UN Refugee Convention and the procedur

The onshore wind industry is the subject of Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie’s new audio newsletter. The first edition also looks at why an outside adviser can make a huge difference to family businesses and what happens when business profits seem to be in conflict with the public interest.

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.

Pictured (L-R): Sarah Thurston, Colin Henderson and Susie Stewart

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.