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Police and women's campaigners have backed proposals to allow judges to instruct jurors to dismiss preconceived ideas about rape, rapists and victims of rape. Rape Crisis Scotland ...
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Reform of legislation relating to the private rented housing sector has been applauded by the Faculty of Advocates, although it has queried some aspects of the proposed ...
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Lesley Ward The School Closure Review Panel (SCRP), a new statutory body, independent of the Scottish government, has refused consent to Aberdeenshire Council’s plans to close two ...
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A motorist who shouted “stick it up your arse” to a parking attendant who had given him penalty charge notice has failed in an appeal against conviction ...
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Calum Steele A senior police officers' representative has warned that the Scottish government would be foolish to continue police cuts following the terrorist attacks in Paris.
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Frank Mulholland QC The Lord Advocate has hailed Scotland's crime campus as world leading and praised its “outstanding” team.
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Alan Meek The recent case of BIS v Smith, Peto and Wright serves as a reminder of the requirements for handling collective redundancies writes Alan Meek.
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Cath Karlin New research has found that around eight out of ten children and young people with experience of parental separation or divorce would prefer their parents ...
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From left: Lord Campbell, Sir General Mike Jackson and Lord Hodge
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Lord Sumption Justice of the Supreme Court, Lord Sumption, delivered the James Wood lecture at the University of Glasgow.
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The Law Society has published guidance for solicitors on good practice in working with transgender employees. Gender reassignment is a protected characteristic under the Equalities Act 2010 ...
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A man who raped a 14-year-old girl while her mother was in the next room has had his prison term increased following a Crown appeal against sentence. ...
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The Faculty of Advocates has entered the debate on repealing the Human Rights Act 1998 in favour of a Bill of Rights by declaring that it is ...
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The House of Lords has called on the Prime Minister to halt the Scotland Bill amid fears the process is being undertaken with “undue haste” and without ...
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