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A man imprisoned for almost four decades for a murder he didn't commit has been freed by an English court after he was exonerated by new DNA evidence. The Court of Appeal in London yesterday quashed the murder conviction of Peter Sullivan, who was found guilty in 1987 of the murder of Diane Sin

Distinguished figures in the field of family law will converge on Edinburgh from throughout the UK and Ireland for a major conference this weekend. The Four Jurisdictions Family Law Conference this will examine a host of issues, including child protection, legal aid, enforcing divorce judgments and

An English Premier League football club has been held “vicariously liable” after one of its youth team players suffered a cardiac arrest in his first match and was left brain damaged. Radwan Hamed, who was 17 when he collapsed during a youth team game in Belgium in August 2006, raised an action

Brandon Malone (pictured) will be speaking on energy dispute resolution at the Global Law Summit in London next Tuesday in his capacity as one of the co-directors of the International Centre for Energy Arbitration along with co-director, Professor Peter Cameron, who is the director of the Centre for

Three judges have been removed from office while a fourth has resigned following allegations they viewed pornography on court computers. A spokesperson for the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office said: "Three judges: district judge Timothy Bowles; immigration judge Warren Grant; and, deputy distr

The International Centre for Energy Arbitration (ICEA) has launched a report on dispute resolution in the energy sector at an industry summit in Amsterdam. The ICEA, a joint venture of the Scottish Arbitration Centre and the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy at the University o

Mhairi Stephen QC The Lord President has confirmed the appointment of Sheriff Principal Mhairi Stephen QC as the President of the new Sheriff Appeal Court and Sheriff Principal Craig Scott QC as Vice President.

A man who appeared in court wearing shorts was warned he risked a jail sentence for contempt of court. Darren Dixon apologised for his dress at Selkirk Sheriff Court where he appeared wearing a t-shirt and shorts.

Winston Peters MP Internet trolling in New Zealand could result in jail following the introduction of a new law.

A man who was arrested in Wales refused to appear in court, complaining he could not understand the Welsh accent. Dwaine Campbell, 25, a drug dealer, was arrested in Aberystwyth in possession of 51 wraps of heroin which he admitted he intended to supply.

Sheriff Principal Mhairi Stephen QC Six sheriffs have been appointed as specialists who will sit in Scotland’s new Sheriff Personal Injury Court.

David Anderson QC A proposed law will give British spies the right to hack into smartphones and computers The Times reports.

The Rio Paralympics is to crackdown on athletes who gain an adrenaline boost – by squeezing their scrotums. The practice of “boosting” is common amongst wheelchair-bound athletes trying to gain an advantage but is, in fact, deadly.

The total number of subscribers to Scottish Legal News has broken through the 11,000 mark.

A name containing several tokens of nobility and freely chosen by a German in another member state of which he also holds the nationality does not necessarily have to be recognised in Germany, the European Court of Justice has ruled. Mr Nabiel Peter Bogendorff von Wolffersdorff, who was born in Germ