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The Eurodevils with Stephen O’Rourke, front centre, and, to his right, Charles Mullin of the European Lawyers Association  

Neil Mackenzie A member of the Faculty of Advocates has left his mark on a second African country, after volunteering to help train local lawyers.

A criminal law firm has launched an app to digitise the work of criminal lawyers. Avtar Bhatoa (pictured), senior partner at Bullivant Law and a former chair of the Solicitors Association of Higher Court Advocates said the app was intended to allow lawyers to save time, let colleagues see their work

A woman who was sexually abused from the age of seven by her uncle will be awarded damages of £70,000 after judges in the Inner House of the Court of Session dismissed an appeal by the abuser. Lord Menzies, Lord Brodie and Lady Dorrian upheld a ruling of the Lord Ordinary, who decided that it was â

No organisation or individual will be prosecuted for the deaths of four people in Edinburgh during the Legionnaire's Disease outbreak in 2012 because the source of the bacteria could not be identified, the Crown Office has stated. The Health and Safety Executive and Lothian and Borders Police invest

Anyone leaving the UK will have their passport checked and details sent to the Home Office under new rules now entering force. The re-introduction of exit checks, which were scrapped in 1998, was part of the Immigration Act passed by Westminster in 2014. The government says the checks will help comb

Scottish and Polish police officers have started discussions in the Polish capital on how the two national police forces can collaborate in the future. Police Scotland visited Warsaw for talks that could lead to a number of Polish National Police officers seconded to Scotland. Another initiative cou

Scottish Government legislation banning the display of tobacco products in stores has come into force for small stores. The Tobacco and Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act was passed by Holyrood in 2010, but its implementation was held up by legal challenges from Imperial Tobacco, who took their

South Africa-based businessman Dave King can become a director of Rangers International Football Club PLC, following a decision by the Court of Session. King was forced to apply for approval under a section of the Insolvency Act last month because of his involvement in the Rangers oldco which went i

From left: Richard Pugh, Stephanie Tinney and Madeleine MacPhail

Scottish lawyers who served and died in the First World War are celebrated in a new national memorial unveiled by the Law Society of Scotland.

Andy Knox The Home Office is facing criticism for its refusal to recognise Scottish-based English language tests for people seeking British citizenship.

Professor Alan Miller The European Network of National Human Rights Institutions (ENNHRI), which the Scottish Human Rights Commission chairs, has spoken of the need to focus on greater implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

A single mother-of-five has successfully challenged a council’s decision that it had discharged its duty to house her homeless family by offering accommodation in another local authority area more than 50 miles away. The UK Supreme Court ruled that the council had acted unlawfully and quashed the