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On Liberty by Shami Chakrabarti On Liberty, by Shami Chakrabarti is published by Allen Lane, £17.99, pp208.

Andrew Mackenzie, chief executive of the Scottish Arbitration Centre Andrew Mackenzie, chief executive of the Scottish Arbitration Centre, has been appointed as the non-executive member of the newly formed RICS Dispute Resolution Appointments Board in Scotland.

Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti British civil liberties pressure group Liberty will be "more vigilant and active" in Scotland, director Shami Chakrabarti told an audience of lawyers in Edinburgh yesterday.

Ledingham Chalmers is sponsoring the RSABI Great Glen Challenge, a multi sport event which takes place on Friday 28 August.

A man accused of fraud has successfully challenged a sheriff’s decision to order his extradition to Poland after the Criminal Appeal Court ruled that the offence he was accused of was “minor”. The judges allowed the appeal after ruling that it would be “disproportionate” to extradite him,

Police Scotland has been criticised for failing to find human remains recovered by volunteers searching for the body of a missing tourist. On Saturday, Adam Weir, part of a team of volunteers organised by Lorna VanderZanden, discovered human remains near the last known location of tourist Susan McLe

David Taylor Risk and insurance law business BLM has revealed its financial results, with turnover hitting £104.1m and profit standing at £18.3m, in its latest year-end results to 31 March 2015.

The number of sexual offences committed on trains in Scotland increased last year, as Scottish railway crime rose overall for the first time in over a decade.

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Campaigners in Scotland have raised over £15,000 after appealing for donations to cover an English shoplifter's court fine. An online fundraiser created by Stuart Campbell, editor of Wings Over Scotland, asked readers to contribute towards the "fine and court costs" of shoplifter Louisa Sewell, who

The lawyer for the family of a woman killed in the Glasgow bin lorry crash has asked for the fatal accident inquiry (FAI) to be adjourned to allow them to pursue a private prosecution of the driver. Dorothy Bain QC, acting for the family of Jacqueline Morton, yesterday asked for the inquiry at Glasg

Paul Chapman Marks & Clerk in Scotland has appointed Paul Chapman as the new managing partner of its Edinburgh office.

SLCC chief executive Neil Stevenson The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has welcomed a decision published this week by the Court of Session, which upholds one of the SLCC’s decisions and, it said, helps provide clarity on its role in resolving consumer complaints.

A sheriff has admonished a wheelchair user who fought with his family, after admitting he did not know what else to do with him. Robert Reid, 44, was let off the hook at Perth Sheriff Court by Sheriff Lindsay Foulis despite his previous convictions for domestic assault, theft and breach of the peace

Professor Alexander McCall Smith (left) and former Lord Lyon King of Arms David Sellar At the court of the Lord Lyon, Alexander McCall Smith, emeritus professor of medical law at the University of Edinburgh and bestselling author, presented a portrait of former Lord Lyon (2008-2014) David Sellar by