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Beeban Kidron Young people should be allowed to delete embarrassing internet material a digital rights campaigners group has urged.

Ann Henderson More than three-quarters of people in Scotland support legal access to abortion, according to a new opinion poll commissioned by Abortion Rights Edinburgh.

Chris Harte Morton Fraser has been appointed to the four-year framework panel to provide legal services to the Scottish government.

Professor Robert Black QC Figures closely linked to the Lockerbie bombing and the subsequent investigation and trial are among those who have been sentenced to death in Libya.

A man accused of sexually abusing his niece and nephew has been acquitted after a judge upheld a “no case to answer” submission. Lord Uist ruled that the “Moorov” doctrine could not be applied to corroborate the conduct libelled in the two charges.

Karim Khalil QC Today barrister sets Dyers Chambers and One Paper Buildings merge to create Drystone Chambers, the chambers of Karim Khalil QC and Andrew Campbell Tiech QC, based at 35 Bedford Row.

Three girls from Chechnya are under investigation for fraud after they tricked terror group ISIS into giving them money. ISIS is a militant movement which has taken control of swathes of Syria as well as Iraq in an attempt to establish a Sunni Muslim theocracy.

Professor Nic Daéid The field of forensic science is "in crisis", partly due to underfunding, and could be undermining the justice system, an academic has warned.

Jonathan Smithers Employment tribunal fees have undermined access to justice, the Law Society of England and Wales said on the two-year anniversary of their introduction.

Bill Meldrum Murray Beith Murray has announced the appointment of Bill Meldrum as a senior associate within the Edinburgh-based law firm with a remit to develop the firm's commercial property services.

Michael Matheson The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (PIRC) was not informed about a change in the gathering of operational statements until it was announced in the Scottish Parliament, it has emerged.

Mandy Haeburn-Little Landlords and letting agents are being urged to watch out for trafficked tenants.

Craig Nicol Thorntons has been awarded a place on a panel of legal firms chosen to provide advice and services to the Scottish government along with a wide range of public bodies and agencies.

Malcolm Hurlston CBE The number of business debt judgments recorded in Scotland rose sharply in the first half of 2015, according to new Registry Trust figures.

Two men convicted on terrorism charges were illegally held in solitary confinement for lengthy periods the Supreme Court has ruled. President of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger, Deputy President Lady Hale, Lord Sumption, Lord Reed and Lord Hodge unanimously allowed the appeals of Kamel Bourgass an