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A case against former Heart of Midlothian chairman and solicitor Leslie Deans has been dropped as a result of insufficient evidence. Mr Deans, 65, along with six ...

Islamic extremists likely to radicalise their fellow inmates are to be held in special prison units, Justice Secretary Liz Truss has announced. The plans will go along ...

The owners and publishers of the now defunct News of the World, which was ordered to pay £200,000 in damages after the former MSP Tommy Sheridan won ...

Maya Foa The family of an 81-year-old British journalist fear he could die in a Bangladeshi prison from ill health within months if he is not released. ...

The beneficiaries of a trust fund which was created by a now deceased woman to reduce the impact of inheritance tax on her family have had a ...

The Inspectorate of Prosecution in Scotland has today published a thematic report on fatal accident inquiries (FAIs). In recent years, the length of time taken between the ...

Plans to plug a gap in provisions on cross-border powers of arrest have been backed by the Faculty of Advocates. Current legislation allows people suspected of an ...

The Orange Order has called a bottled water company’s decision to drop a campaign called “Orange and Proud” in Scotland and Ireland “bizarre”. Volvic’s advertising board campaign ...

Pictured: back from left – Scott Milne, joint managing partner; Lauren Fettes; Lynne Macintyre; Robin Dunlop; Craig Nicol. Front from left – Lynne Sturrock; Graham Lambert; ...