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Claire Reid

The views of people directly affected by trafficking and slavery are invited by the Scottish parliament’s justice committee as part of its call for evidence on the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Bill published today. The bill aims to clarify and strengthen criminal law by introducin

A convicted murderer who is serving an 18 year prison sentence for the killing of a former lover will have his conviction reviewed, the Herald reports. David Gilroy, 51, whose appeal was rejected by the Criminal Appeal Court in 2012, will have his case reviewed by the Scottish Criminal Cases Review

A sheriff has criticised prosecutors after he threw out a case in which a care worker allegedly spiked the drink of a man with severe learning difficulties using mayonnaise The Courier reports. The care worker, Mark Courage, offered to plead guilty to a charge of illtreating or wilfully neglecting t

Following years of legal squabbling, thousands of women are closer to receiving a payout for equal pay. The news comes following a employment tribunal ruling in the case of 300 North Lanarkshire council workers who were disputing the level of interest they should be paid for their backdated claims.

A chef who was injured when a wardrobe pole fell on him while he was staying in a lodge provided by his employers at a holiday park where he worked has had an action for damages refused. Judges in the Inner House of the Court of Session upheld a decision of a sheriff, who ruled that the wardrobe pol

Jane Wessel Shepherd and Wedderburn has announced its hire of two international arbitration lawyers.

Kirsty Macpherson

Judges in the Court of Session have ruled that a bar in Glasgow must pay over £73,000 in damages, fines and legal costs after its owner showed Sky Sports illegally. The ruling from last February found that the Avalon Bar on Kent Road was in infringement of Sky’s copyright by showing the channel w

Brandon Malone (pictured) has been appointed to the London Centre of International Law Practice Panel of Experts. Commenting on the appointment, Nagi Idris, Ddirector of the Centre said: “LCILP is delighted to welcome Brandon J Malone, solicitor advocate and principal of Brandon Malone and Company

A new system to improve the way in which prisons are monitored in Scotland will be introduced after the Scottish parliament today approved plans which will improve scrutiny of prisons right across the country. The plans:

Scottish doctors have called for a “conscience clause” to be included in new assisted suicide laws which would let them opt out of the measure. Holyrood’s health committee was told yesterday that the majority of doctors opposed the proposals, which would permit state-assisted suicide through t

Ending the automatic early release of prisoners in Scotland has “no merit” and will leave high-risk offenders unsupervised it has been warned. Dr Monica Barry (pictured), a criminologist, told the Scottish parliament’s justice committee the Scottish government’s bill to end automatic early r

Anderson Strathern has marked the start of 2015 by reporting a turnover of £21.5 million and a 12 per cent growth in profits in its 2013/2014 financial results. The results reflect a strong performance in a legal market which continues to see mergers as well as the disappearance of well-known names

The Inner House of the Court of Session has published a judgment in a case which raised the issue of the extent to which a pursuer requires to establish his own title to land in circumstances where a defender whom he is trying to remove does not have any title but avers that the land may be owned by