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Graduates from richer family backgrounds earn significantly more after graduation than their poorer counterparts, even after completing the same degrees from the same universities. This is one of many findings in new research published today which looks at the link between earnings and students’ b

The European Union’s General Court has confirmed its new judges. By decision of 23 March 2016, the representatives of the governments of the EU member states have appointed Mr Zoltán Csehi, Mr Constantinos Iliopoulos, Ms Anna Marcoulli, Ms Nina Półtorak and Mr Dean Spielmann (pictured) as Judge

(L-R): Brandon Malone, Sir David Edward QC and Andrew Mackenzie

The US state of Georgia executed a man yesterday despite concerns about his mental state, racial bias, and lack of adequate representation during his trial. Kenneth Fults was convicted of murdering a woman in her home in 1996. A jury sentenced him to death in 1997.

Gillespie Macandrew is the latest local business to become a corporate patron at the Black Watch Museum and Castle. The firm, which operates a land and rural business practice from its Perth office, is already making the most of the new relationship by hosting a number of client events within the un

Clarity is needed on proposals for a new law of domestic abuse if it is to help those affected by either physical or psychological abuse, the Law Society of Scotland has said. In its response to a Scottish government consultation which sought views on a draft provision to create a specific offence o

Severe pressure on resources has been highlighted by the Faculty of Advocates as causing lengthy delays in the appointment of guardians to people who are unable to look after their own affairs. When a guardianship order is being sought under the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000, notice is

Advocate General Wathelet of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has stated the posting of a hyperlink to a website which published photos without authorisation does not in itself constitute a copyright infringement. The motivation of the person who placed the hyperlink and the fact th

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(L-R): Bruce Stephen – head of banking and financial services, and William McIntosh – head of international at Brodies.

The House of Lords Committee on Sexual Violence in Conflict has today published Sexual Violence in Conflict: A War Crime, in which it calls on the government to set out ambitious policy goals for reducing conflict-related sexual violence to ensure the international momentum created by the Preventing

British scientists from the Royal Society and Royal Society of Edinburgh are to teach the senior judiciary how to handle scientific evidence in court. Supported by the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, the scheme will launch with a “primer document” on DNA analysis

A US jury is to decide next month whether Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant and Jimmy Page stole the opening chords used in their 1971 classic Stairway to Heaven from another song. US district judge Gary Klausner, in Los Angeles, said in a decision that the 1967 instrumental Taurus, by the band Spirit,

The Law Society of Scotland has warned that despite moves to protect client communications with solicitors, the UK government’s Investigatory Powers Bill could still fall short. Tim Musson, convener of the Law Society of Scotland privacy law committee, said: “Protecting the privacy of a client�

Michael Matheson The Justice Secretary, Michael Matheson, has said suspected criminals could be electronically tagged instead of being held on remand, The Sunday Post reports.