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Lord Neuberger The President of the Supreme Court has said judges should be able to serve until the age of 75 to stem the current recruitment crisis, The Times reports.

Lord Wallace of Tankerness PC QC ICAS has announced that Jim Wallace, Lord Wallace of Tankerness PC QC has been appointed to its Regulation Board.

Details of the planned Great Repeal Bill have been published a day after Article 50 was triggered. Brexit Secretary David Davis said in a statement to MPs that the bill would allow businesses to continue operating after the UK has left the EU "knowing the rules have not changed overnight".

Jamie Kerr Immigration expert and former Scottish Labour candidate Jamie Kerr has defected to the SNP.

Sir David Edward QC Sir David Edward QC, a former Judge of Court of Justice of the European Union, is to head a major conference on Brexit sponsored by Scottish Legal News.

Gordon MacRae A legal attempt to let pupils decide whether they want to opt out of religious observance has been shelved after ministers issued new guidance to headteachers directing that children should be consulted about statutory worship, The Herald reports.

Following the triggering of Article 50 TEU by the Prime Minister, the Law Society of Scotland has set out its priorities for the withdrawal process, including promoting continued professional recognition and continued rights of audience in the EU and protecting legal professional privilege for the c

Thorntons is supporting a Law Society Scotland initiative aimed at inspiring and encouraging senior school pupils in Dundee to pursue a career in law.

A Crown application to lead hearsay evidence of a now deceased victim of an alleged fraud has been granted following an appeal. A sheriff had refused the application made under section 259 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 on the basis that the statements would amount to the “sole or d

Peter Lawson Remaining in the UK is more important than remaining in the EU for corporate Scotland.

Lord McConnell Labour peer and former First Minister Lord McConnell has suggested a judge should be appointed to rule over possible constitutional disputes between Holyrood and Westminster as part of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.

Proposals to outlaw psychological domestic abuse are to be considered by MSPs on the Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee. The Scottish government’s Domestic Abuse Bill creates a new offence aimed at strengthening existing laws against people who abuse their partners, including new measures t

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