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A pair of prison escapees have reportedly left behind a note promising to return after dealing with family business. The prisoners, 40-year-old Davad Zukanovic and 46-year-old Lil Ahmetovic, allegedly escaped the prison just outside Rome earlier this month.

As someone who was inspired to become a lawyer after watching Granada TV show Crown Court, Claire Mitchell QC has always loved the drama of advocacy. “Crown Court was my first experience of the legal process and of true crime – I know it wasn’t true, but I was watching it as if it

A Somalian national who sought asylum in the UK and had his petition for judicial review of the decision to reject his application refused has failed in his challenge that decision in the Inner House of the Court of Session. The petitioner, known as AA, arrived in the UK in 2017 and has his cla

New quarantine laws that will require arrivals at Scottish airports to self-isolate have been questioned by John Scott QC, who called them a “mess” and “unenforceable”. Mr Scott also said the UK government is attempting to "get rid" of the laws.

From the well-known like the Moorov doctrine and hamesucken to the obscure like stouthrief, Scots law is replete with distinctive phrases and expressions. And with the interest in the Scots language currently on the rise, we thought we would ask Scotland's lawyers to engage in a little lockdown levi

There are at least 15 previously-unidentified cases of people who may have been tortured with UK complicity, it has been revealed as part of a High Court hearing in which the UK government is trying to have all evidence of the 15 cases heard in a secret court. The revelation came as part of a hearin

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) has called for several reforms and more informed public debate in a new paper. The Future of Taxation in the UK – published by the ICAS Tax Board – identifies an unwillingness from the government to increase the main revenue-raisi

Sarah Gilzean, senior associate at Morton Fraser, has been accredited as a specialist in discrimination law by the Law Society of Scotland.

Trafficking victim Duc Nguyen, whose forced removal from the UK was prevented by a grassroots campaign in 2018, has gained refugee status.

Levy & McRae has warned that Scottish businesses must act immediately to check whether they can successfully claim on their insurance for coronavirus disruption. The firm believes there are hundreds of businesses – especially small and medium enterprises – who need to seek expert adv

Two pupils from Peebles High School have won the grand final of this year’s national Donald Dewar Memorial Debating Tournament, organised by the Law Society of Scotland. Mhairi Kinahan and William Adams were crowned Scotland’s best young debaters after proposing the motion “This ho

Having thought about truth, Benjamin Bestgen now considers lies. See his last jurisprudential primer here. In Gulliver’s Travels, Jonathan Swift lets Captain Gulliver explain to the Houyhnhnms, a race of highly intelligent horses dedicated to reason and truth, that lawyers are: intrinsically c

Plans by the billionaire ruler of Dubai to build a lodge at his Scottish Highland retreat have been refused by councillors. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum wanted to develop the building at Inverinate in Wester Ross to house his large family.

A man who was convicted of assaulting his former partner and of behaving in a threatening and abusive manner in breach of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 has succeeded in having the former charge quashed by the Sheriff Appeal Court. The convictions of the appellant,

A crowdfunded legal challenge is being brought against ministers after they refused to order an investigation into the shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) for NHS staff during the coronavirus pandemic. The applicants, including the Good Law Project, led by Jolyon Maugham QC, are seeking