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Nine students from schools in Edinburgh have enjoyed an insight into life as an advocate as part of a programme organised by Through the Looking Glass, a charity which helps teenagers explore unexpected career paths. Through the Looking Glass, founded in London in 2012 by a City lawyer, Lesley Wan,

Scotland’s police force is to delete millions of vehicle movement records amid concerns its retention of this data breaches data protection laws, The Ferret has revealed. Police Scotland’s database was created from Automatic Number Plate Recognition cameras placed throughout Scotland.

Duncan Osler MacRoberts has successfully bid to provide external legal services required by Scottish ministers, as well as by a range of departments, agencies and other parts of the UK government.

Dr Jonathan Fitchen writes about the effect Brexit will have on international and cross-border law. The UK’s vote for Brexit has thrown up a huge range of complex legal problems concerning the disengagement of the UK from the European Union. One such problem concerns the effect of Brexit on exist

Dee Flanigan Govan Law Centre (GLC) has given evidence to the United Nations Committee on Economic and Social Rights on housing and human rights in Scotland.

Lord Pentland The Scottish Law Commission will now publish discussion papers and reports on its website only.

Congratulations to our new Law Officers, Lord Advocate James Wolffe and Solicitor General Alison Di Rollo. Good lawyers both and deserving of their appointments. We wish them a fair wind. On one condition. White collar crime in Scotland is patently not getting the attention it should. All has been P

The Faculty of Advocates has sent a message of support to lawyers in Kenya who have taken part in nationwide protests in defence of the rule of law. The protests were mounted following the murders of a human rights lawyer, Willie Kimani, and his client, Josephat Mwenda and a driver, Joseph Muiruri.

Tim Wishart Last week was quite a week - England was dumped out of the Euros twice! To top it off, instead of the stockmarket getting trounced, as most doom-mongers forecast, it has rallied strongly – notably in the UK’s FTSE 100, the apparent provider of abject misery the world over.

The Secretary of State was not obligated, under the circumstances, to investigate the consequences of serving a foreign judgment on an Egyptian national. Mamdouh Ismail was the chairman of the board of a company whose ferry sank in the Red Sea in February 2006, resulting in more than 1,000 deaths. M

The beneficiary of a patent licence must pay the agreed royalty even if it does not infringe the patented technology, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled. Since the royalty constitutes the price to be paid in order to protect the licensee against any infringement proceedings

Tony Blair Following the publication of the Chilcot report, lawyers have been considering the legal options, if any, for prosecuting Tony Blair.

Deputy first minister John Swinney Deputy first minister John Swinney will meet survivors of abuse today to answer concerns and reassure them on the steps being taken to keep the public inquiry into child abuse on track amid claims of government interference and the resignations of key inquiry membe

Roger Cotton Roger Cotton writes about the effect Brexit might have on the way the spending of public money is regulated.

Judges in the Court of Session have been urged by health professionals to make a quick decision on minimum pricing for alcohol. The policy which was approved by the Scottish Parliament in 2012 has gained the support of medics and numerous other health professionals and charities.