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A carol service for members of the legal community will be held on Friday 6 December in Edinburgh. Practitioners and students alike are welcome to attend the Lawyers' Christian Fellowship carol service on Friday 6 December 2019, 7pm at St Columba's Free Church of Scotland, Johnston Terrace, Edinburg

Russia has passed legislation banning the sale of smartphones, computers and smart TVs that are not pre-installed with Russian software. The law, due to come in force next July, has come under criticism from privacy experts and the tech industry.

A Nigerian businessman who was refused indefinite leave to remain in the UK despite living here for more than a decade due to tax discrepancies has been granted permission to appeal against the decision to refuse his application. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that the Upper Tribuna

Opportunities for making greater use of electronic tagging of prisoners released on parole are to be explored. Work will include consideration of how new GPS monitoring capabilities can be used to ensure compliance with licence conditions, such as exclusion zones for the protection of victims.

A new report from MSPs on the Justice Sub-Committee on Policing looking at police capital spending has concluded that an above inflation increase is vital to allow officers to operate efficiently. Key findings from the report, which will form an annexe of the main Justice Committee’s pre-budge

Nine Scottish solicitors have been granted extended rights of audience by the Law Society of Scotland Council to become solicitor advocates.

Thorntons has appointed Gemma Hardie as an associate in the commercial property team based in Dundee and St Andrews. Ms Hardie has worked exclusively in commercial property since she joined the profession in 2009 and has experience acting on a wide range of matters including the acquisition and mana

Edinburgh-headquartered Ennova Law has opened a Dundee office as part of its ongoing expansion plans. The firm’s new office, which is based in the city’s Flour Mill office development in Exchange Court, is headed up by partner Fraser Morrison who joined the firm six months ago from Black

The vast majority of Taser use by police in Scotland in the last year has been found to be necessary, proportionate and justified. The findings are highlighted in the Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) 2018-19 annual report. PIRC investigations also found that one third of all Ta

A petition to extend adoption rights to people over the age of 18 has been closed. Campaigners said they are "disappointed" that the Scottish Parliament's Petition's Committee has ended its consideration of the petition on adult adoption.

Lawyers' groups have written to the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, over concerns about the detention of civilians, including lawyers, in Kashmir. The Bar Council of England and Wales and the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales expressed "serious concern" over reports that civilian

School pupils in Lanarkshire debated the topic of cutting welfare support for compulsive gamblers at a competition hosted by Scullion LAW.

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Protesters are calling on Serbia's finance minister to resign after it emerged that he had plagiarised parts of his PhD thesis. Ivanka Popovic, Dean of Belgrade University, has confirmed that Sinisa Mali's doctorate will be annulled.

Five new Scottish judges have been appointed and will take up position next year. Her Majesty the Queen, on the recommendation of First Minister, has appointed Douglas Fairley QC, Anna Poole QC, Sean Smith QC, Sheriff Robert Weir QC, and Sheriff Peter Braid as Senators of the College of Justice.