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Two men have been charged with assault in Canada after taking part in a bar brawl at a fundraiser to cover funeral costs for a man killed trying to stop a bar brawl. The irony of the situation was not appreciated in Saskatoon provincial court last Thursday, where Robbie Watier and Christopher Godlie

Campaigners in Scotland have raised over £15,000 after appealing for donations to cover an English shoplifter's court fine. An online fundraiser created by Stuart Campbell, editor of Wings Over Scotland, asked readers to contribute towards the "fine and court costs" of shoplifter Louisa Sewell, who

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Megan Briggs A new EU directive is set to change the law around trade secrets, Megan Briggs explains.

The number of sexual offences committed on trains in Scotland increased last year, as Scottish railway crime rose overall for the first time in over a decade.

David Taylor Risk and insurance law business BLM has revealed its financial results, with turnover hitting £104.1m and profit standing at £18.3m, in its latest year-end results to 31 March 2015.

Police Scotland has been criticised for failing to find human remains recovered by volunteers searching for the body of a missing tourist. On Saturday, Adam Weir, part of a team of volunteers organised by Lorna VanderZanden, discovered human remains near the last known location of tourist Susan McLe

A man accused of fraud has successfully challenged a sheriff’s decision to order his extradition to Poland after the Criminal Appeal Court ruled that the offence he was accused of was “minor”. The judges allowed the appeal after ruling that it would be “disproportionate” to extradite him,

A Kentucky man found himself behind bars after he exhumed the remains of his father – so he could argue with his corpse. Michael May, 44, was arrested by officers after they saw him digging up the remains WKYT.com reports.

Ledingham Chalmers is sponsoring the RSABI Great Glen Challenge, a multi sport event which takes place on Friday 28 August.

Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti British civil liberties pressure group Liberty will be "more vigilant and active" in Scotland, director Shami Chakrabarti told an audience of lawyers in Edinburgh yesterday.

Andrew Mackenzie, chief executive of the Scottish Arbitration Centre Andrew Mackenzie, chief executive of the Scottish Arbitration Centre, has been appointed as the non-executive member of the newly formed RICS Dispute Resolution Appointments Board in Scotland.

On Liberty by Shami Chakrabarti On Liberty, by Shami Chakrabarti is published by Allen Lane, £17.99, pp208.

Lord Lester A barrister and Liberal Democrat peer has suggested that delays in the release of the Iraq Inquiry report could be credited to "a lack of legal expertise".

Former SNP leader Gordon Wilson A former leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) has branded the governance of Police Scotland as "authoritarian" and called for the federalisation of the national force.