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Eric Robertson Advocate Eric Robertson recalls some powerful perspectives on targeted law enforcement presented at this year’s human trafficking seminar in the Faculty of Advocates.
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Legal affairs minister Annabelle Ewing has been challenged to invite representatives of the Irish community in Scotland to help draw up a legal definition of sectarianism as the Offensive Behaviour Act's repeal comes into effect. Ms Ewing has appointed Professor Duncan Morrow to lead an independent
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Seven houses bought using proceeds from crime have been recovered by the Crown Office's Civil Recovery Unit (CRU). The houses in Glasgow were taken from Harold Bennett, 49, and Christine Clements, 50, along with £45,000 cash and three designer watches.
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Criminal defence solicitors are going the way of the dodo according to a heat map published by the Law Society, the Gazette reports. The map shows that duty solicitors in several parts of England and Wales are over 50 and that few young people are choosing the specialism.
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Judge Anuja Dhir QC
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Four men have been sentenced to a total of 29 years for offences including abduction, holding workers in servitude, and assault. 65 year old Robert McPhee was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment for abduction and holding workers in servitude and violent offences spanning decades.
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Fiona Beal New regulations are being introduced to make it easier for directors to suppress their home address on Companies House records, writes Fiona Beal.
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A father-of-two who was sentenced to four years and three months' imprisonment following his conviction of the culpable homicide of his terminally ill wife in what was described as a “final act of love” has been admonished after appeal judges quashed his sentence. Ian Gordon, 67, was jailed afte
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Kate Hodgkiss DLA Piper Scotland is marking International Women’s Day on Thursday 8th March by bringing together members of the business, legal and academic communities to discuss gender equality during an event hosted in Edinburgh.
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The High Court will today hear the first part of Liberty’s legal challenge to the UK government’s flagship surveillance law, the Investigatory Powers Act. The challenge has been funded by donations from members of the public, who gave more than £50,000.
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Dirk van Zyl Smit Professor Dirk van Zyl Smit will explore the appropriateness of life imprisonment in Scotland at a lecture hosted by the Howard League next month.
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Eric Robertson The programme for Tumbling Lassie Seminar 3 is being finalised, with a line-up of expert speakers to give insight into disrupting people trafficking networks.
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A woman who challenged a confiscation order imposed after her brother was convicted of drugs offences in an attempt to prevent the sale of a property in Edinburgh of which she claimed to be the “beneficial owner” has had her application rejected. A judge in the Court of Session refused to vary t
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The Faculty of Advocates has announced a new "Fair Instructions Policy", putting robust systems in place to ensure that counsel are instructed solely on the basis of skill, experience and ability. Under the policy, the Faculty will monitor the allocation of work given to its members to ensure fairne
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