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An investigation into police conduct during the failed takeover of Rangers FC has still not begun, more than a decade after what were later found to be malicious prosecutions, The Times reports. Following the club’s collapse in 2012, David Grier, David Whitehouse and Paul Clark of Duff & P

Rory Brown has joined Inksters Solicitors as a consultant solicitor in Edinburgh. Mr Brown has many years of experience both in private practice and recently in-house for a large events company. With expertise in commercial contracts, cybersecurity, data protection and insurance law, Rory has been f

Anderson Strathern has announced the appointment of Dawn MacPherson as a partner. Ms MacPherson, who will be based in Edinburgh, joins the firm’s English commercial property team, led by Iain Grieve.

An actress who provided the face of Albania's AI government minister is suing over the alleged misuse of her image. Albania made global headlines last year after unveiling an AI chatbot called "Diella" which it said had joined the government as minister of state for artificial intelligence.

For decades, Scotland’s high-street law firms have been pillars of trust in their communities. But beneath the surface, something is shifting.Client expectations are evolving. Technology is accelerating. Younger generations are redefining what “professional service” should feel lik

Ahead of the Scottish Child Law Centre officially launching its Govanhill community clinic, the charity has reported a rise in enquiries relating to the protection of children and women across its advice services. The centre’s national advice service has seen a sharp increase in child protecti

The forensic science system in England and Wales is on the brink of collapse. This stark assessment, expressed by Professor Angela Gallop, has been reinforced today by the House of Lord Science and Technology Committee in a report that found “little to contradict it”. The committee&rsquo

Lord Justice Dingemans, senior president of tribunals, with the consent of the lord president, has appointed Lady Poole to be president of the Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber.  Lady Poole succeeds Mrs Justice Heather Williams and will serve a three-year term with effect from 9 Feb

Human rights campaigners have rallied behind the UN's top expert on Palestine, Francesca Albanese, following calls for her resignation based on a misreported speech. Ms Albanese has served since May 2022 as the UN's special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occ

An accelerated review of legal aid reform will take place in Northern Ireland following a breakthrough in talks between justice minister Naomi Long and striking criminal barristers. The Criminal Bar Association (CBA) began a withdrawal of services from all legally-aided Crown Court cases at the star

The Employment Rights Act (ERA) is likely to increase employment costs, weaken permanent job creation, and could increase workplace conflict in Scotland, new research by CIPD claims. The CIPD’s Labour Market Outlook shows that three in 10 (30 per cent) employers in Scotland plan to hire fewer

A legal academic has urged Scotland’s sentencing body to apologise to rape victims over the time taken to produce new guidelines, describing the seven-year process as a “national disgrace”. Dr Graeme Brown, of the University of Aberdeen, said the development of Scotland’s fir

The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the case of WX to the High Court of Justiciary. In 2010, the applicant pled guilty to a charge of breach of the peace. The applicant received a fine of £300. The sentencing sheriff concluded that there was a "significant sexual aspect"

Governments must not squander the opportunity to turn the International Court of Justice’s 2025 advisory opinion on states’ obligations regarding climate change into robust climate action, Amnesty International has said. Informal consultations on the draft resolution circulated by Vanuat

The death of a lorry driver could have been avoided if a number of precautions had been taken, a fatal accident inquiry has found, James Murray, 54, died on 23 August 2022 when his lorry overturned near junction 1 of the M8, close to the Hermiston Gait roundabout in Edinburgh, after the load in his