The Herald has today published a full obituary of Ronald King Murray, Lord Murray, the former Lord Advocate, Labour MP and Court of Session judge, who passed away on 27 September at the age of 97. The obituary, which notes Lord Murray’s considerable legal and political achievements, can be accesse
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Cops in the Filipino capital have been banned from picking their noses and scratching themselves in a bid to improve their reputation. The new rules, outlined in a memorandum from the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), also include bans on selfies, smoking, chewing gum or playing online
A Turkish man has lodged a complaint against his wife – for insulting the country’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Ali D, 40, warned his wife numerous times against offending Erdogan, the newspaper Yeni Safak reports.
The judgment in a case in which snack van operators successfully challenged a Scottish local authority ban which prevented them from trading near schools has been published. A number of street traders sought to reverse a decision of the defender, North Lanarkshire Council, to prohibit snack vans sel
A law firm which was described as “shameless, corrupt, fraudulent, dishonest, unethical, incompetent and oppressive” has been awarded damages from the operators of a spin-off of the “Solicitors from Hell” website after a judge ruled that the comments were defamatory. London legal firm Brett
Campaigners hope a petition calling for greater legal protection for pet rabbits will get a second hearing in Holyrood next month, the BBC reports. Rabbits Require Rights Scotland's 2,044-name petition was first discussed by MSPs earlier this year.
An adult movie star who was arrested for drunk and disorderly behaviour startled a judge by flashing her prize assets at him. Susan Surrette, 54, aka 'Kayla Kupcakes' told Judge John Hurley that she worked as an escort and adult movie star.
Police in Japan arrested a jealous husband accused of barging into an office and slicing a lawyer's penis off using garden shears before flushing it down a toilet because the lawyer was sleeping with his wife.
A man found guilty of stealing electricity has seen his conviction overturned because police officers failed to secure a warrant before searching his home. Charles McKenzie, 57 from Dundee, was arrested in September 2013 after police discovered he had illegitimately provided electricity to his 14th
Four men involved in an investigation into the allocation of public building work contracts at Edinburgh Council have been sentenced to a total of over 13 years imprisonment for corruption and bribery. Former council employees Charles Owenson, 62, and James Costello, 44, received tens of thousands o
Retired lawyer and sheriff William Francis Lunny, born 10 December 1938, has died at the age of 77. His varied career began when he commenced as a solicitor in private practice in Glasgow in 1961.
The School of Law at the University of Aberdeen hosted this year’s Scottish Client Consultation Competition Final on 11 February. Representatives of six Scottish universities (Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Robert Gordon and Strathclyde) participated in the contest, which simulates an initi
Campaigners who claimed that legislation allowing women to terminate pregnancies by taking abortion pills at home is “unlawful” have had their appeal rejected. The Inner House of the Court of Session upheld a judge’s decision to dismiss a legal challenge brought by the Society for
Man granted contact order with daughters and divorce from wife who falsely accused him of raping her
A man whose wife made a false rape allegation against him and moved away with their children has been granted a divorce and a contact order in a case in which the sheriff found the children's negative views of their father were not independently formed and that the mother's witnesses,
There is no obligation on a state signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to allow a foreign national to enter its country to visit family members, appeal judges have ruled. The decision by the Court of Appeal in London came following an application by a Pakistani man who was see
