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The High Court of Justiciary has allowed an appeal against conviction for charges of rape and indecent assault on the ground that the two charges were too materially different to mutually corroborate one another. Aadam Mohammed was originally tried for three charges, two of rape and o

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New powers and measures to align devolved Scots law with those in the European Union after the end of the Brexit transition period have been published. The UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Bill will allow or provide for continuity of provision that would otherwise be los

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On Wednesday 18th June 2020, a three-day proof conducted with Cisco Webex concluded in the Commercial Court. It is the first proof to be heard in the Court of Session since the beginning of lockdown on 23 March. The pursuer is a company which operates a strawberry farm near Arbroath. It contends tha

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In his second paper 'talk' prepared during lockdown – Remedies, Contract and Delict – Terra Firma's Neil Beynon offers some suggestions for returning to practice in a way that enables the legal system to function properly and fully so as to enable the rule of law to flourish. R

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A free online course on the judiciary of England & Wales is back by popular demand. Earlier this year the judiciary, in partnership with King’s College London, launched a free online course about the work of the modern judiciary.

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Police have seized dozens of bags full of cannabis which were apparently delivered to the wrong house. A bewildered household in Houston called the cops after receiving an unexpected package filled with weed, which remains illegal in the state of Texas.

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Lady Rae has retired from the bench. Lady Rae was admitted as a solicitor in 1974 and worked as an apprentice and assistant at Biggart Lumsden and Co, Balfour and Manson, Biggart Baillie & Gifford and Ross Harper & Murphy between 1974 and 1977. In 1977 she became a partner at Ross Harper &am

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Members of the Scottish Parliament’s Public Audit Committee have launched a call for views on the operation of the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016. The act requires a parliamentary committee to review the operation of the act from when the duty to register came into force, up to March 2020.

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