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An English barrister who mocked and humiliated opposing counsel at a hearing has been fined £1,500 by the Bar Standards Board (BSB). Althea Sonia Brown was found to have "improperly undermined, insulted, humiliated and/or annoyed" the opposing barrister, named NC, and/or "was in the circumstan

Police officers appearing before the Sheku Bayoh inquiry will not at this time receive undertakings that their evidence will not be used in any future prosecution, the Solicitor General for Scotland has said. At a preliminary hearing over the public inquiry into the death of Mr Bayoh in May 2015, la

Partners at global law firm Clyde & Co and UK-headquartered BLM have voted in favour of merging this July to create a combined entity with a global revenue of over £700 million per year.

A major conference hosted by the Law Society of Scotland will mark the 90th anniversary of the famous "snail in a bottle" case, Donoghue v Stevenson. The conference will welcome speakers from across the world in recognition of the global significance of the case, which laid the foundations of the mo

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has announced a five per cent reduction in the levy for solicitors, advocates and commercial attorneys – the second cut to the levy in two years. The proposed cut in the levy was welcomed by the Law Society of Scotland in its response to the SLCC

CMS has announced the appointment of Cara McGlynn as a solicitor in the firm's Scottish IP disputes team. Ms McGlynn, who joins from Brodies, is a specialist in resolving IP and technology-related disputes across a variety of sectors. She is the only non-partner solicitor ranked in the latest World

Police have arrested a man who allegedly stole a van filled with about 1,100 pairs of new Adidas “Yeezy” shoes. Officers in Portland, Oregon, said they found the stolen van on Sunday.

People aged between 20 and 39 are the most likely to have reported being scammed in the past year, Which? research reveals, with many young victims losing huge sums of money to online shopping scams, pyramid schemes and rental fraud. Which?’s analysis found that between November 2020 and Decem

The Scottish government should act to review the scope of its new land interests register in the wake of proposed UK legislation to force overseas entities to declare their ‘beneficial owner’. Certain categories of property owners in Scotland who do not make the actual decisions about wh

Former Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has called for the creation of an International Anti-Corruption Court to make "provision for the extraterritorial punishment of corrupt leaders of countries such as Russia". Writing in The Times today, Mr Brown said Vladimir Putin should be brought to justice for

Saudi Arabia has executed 16 more people since the mass execution of 81 men on March 12. Eight of those executions took place this week, including two executions on Wednesday, only two days before F1 practice sessions begin.

A new independent group on marches and parades has been set up by the Scottish government. The short life working group brings together experts on marches, human rights, community engagement and mediation.

Two "equality experts" specialising in women’s representation and participation, and labour market equality will take forward the next phase of work to "realise gender equality" in Scotland. Talat Yaqoob, co-founder of Women 5050, the national campaign for fair representation of women in polit

An appeal tribunal has ruled that an Employment Tribunal decision not to order a Swiss bank to provide a newspaper with copies of its skeleton arguments, witness statements, and other documents following the conclusion of a case was wrong in law. Guardian News & Media Ltd had sought the document

A man who set his dog on police officers and ordered it to "kill" was left disappointed after the Staffordshire bull terrier submitted instead to being petted by them. Michael Horne, from Kinross, was described by a judge as "imbecilic" after he made death threats to officers and tried to attack the