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A Paisley man who killed a 15-year-old schoolgirl in a hit and run incident has been sentenced to five years and three months' imprisonment. 21-year-old Shaun Gatti was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow after pleading guilty to causing the death of Robyn Fryar on Glenburn Road, Paisley.

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The 8th Edition of the Odgen Tables have been published and are applicable from 17 July 2020. Compass Chambers’ Andrew Smith QC was part of the Ogden 8 Working Group and assisted the Government Actuary’s Department in configuring and providing the explanatory notes. It has been nearly a

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In the first of his 'neurolaw' articles, Benjamin Bestgen looks at how the law might accommodate advances in cognitive technology. See his last primer here.  Humans are capable of fascinating feats of observation, empathy and intuition but we cannot read other people’s thoughts. Our thoug

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A man who allegedly attempted to fake his own death to avoid a jail sentence was arrested after prosecutors noticed a typo in his supposed death certificate. The document submitted to authorities in New York State looked genuine except the word "registry" was spelled "regsitry", NBC News reports.

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A Polish national who made a return order for his young child under the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention has had his application remitted for rehearing following an appeal by the child’s mother. The child, M, had been residing with his mother, another Polish national, in England, wit

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British lawyers are among professionals who have functioned as "enablers" for the extension of Russian influence in the UK, according to a long-awaited report from the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (ISC). The committee drew up the report on Russia last year under the chairmanship

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Blackadders has announced the appointment of Peter Duff as chairman. Mr Duff has been a partner in the firm's Glasgow office since it acquired the Morisons LLP Glasgow business in 2019. He is an experienced business lawyer with specific expertise in corporate and commercial law, and his role will fo

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Universities have agreed to put an end to grade inflation and to give students qualifications that better reflection their academic ability. The pledge should do away with practices such as ignoring grades from core or compulsory courses when calculating the final degree classification, as is done o

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A senior member of the criminal bar is to help explore changes in the legal landscape and challenges raised by COVID-19. Shelagh McCall QC, convener of the Faculty of Advocates’ Human Rights and Rule of Law Committee, will take part in a special online conference organised by the Law Society o

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As Scottish business faces one of the toughest-ever economic climates, employers may be questioning whether diversity and inclusion programmes – viewed by some as ‘nice to have’ rather than essential – should be abandoned, writes Alison Woods. With many employers facing huge

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Barristers in Northern Ireland have been told that the size of juries in criminal cases could be reduced from 12 to nine or seven members to help clear the COVID-19 backlog. The Office of the Lord Chief Justice, the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service, The Bar of Northern Ireland and the L

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