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A series of events to be hosted by the Faculty of Advocates has been announced for the “Securing JUSTICE at 60” appeal. The JUSTICE all-party law reform and human rights organisation is hoping to raise £2 million by its 60th anniversary in 2017.
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Two teenagers have been jailed for a minimum of 46 years after being found guilty of killing two men in two days. Following a trial in Glasgow, 19 year old Andrew Moran was convicted of two counts of murder and Paul Erskine, also 19, was found guilty on one charge of murder and one of culpable homic
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DWF has trained 50 colleagues in the Edinburgh and Glasgow offices to administer CPR to support "Save a Life for Scotland" and to help raise awareness of the importance of bystander CPR.
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A case involving “serious” assault charges has been abandoned of because of an administrative blunder. Muhammad Tariq, 46, was on trial at Aberdeen Sheriff Court accused of assaulting a child and a woman in the city.
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A rugby player given probation for attempted rape now faces a life sentence after he was convicted of raping two other women at the High Court in Edinburgh. Jamie Rudling, 27, was given three years' probation in March 2010 after he tried to have sex with two sleeping women without their consent.
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The Law Society of Scotland RFC are participating in the Law Rugby World Cup 2015 hosted by the Law Society RFC at Richmond Athletic Ground between 14 and 16 October 2015.
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Registration & coffee: 8.30 to 9am Workshop: 9am to 12noon (with coffee break)
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From left: Amy Zoltie, Alexandra Imrie, Joanne Cruickshank and Christine Butler
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Vicky Evans (left) and Kirsten Flood
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The Scottish Human Rights Commission is developing its Strategic Plan for 2016-2020. To help it set out its priorities and improve how it works, it would like to hear from people and organisations from across Scotland’s communities.
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Fishermen have launched an application to secure protected name status for the Orkney crab. The European Union scheme protects certain food names on grounds of geography or recipe to safeguard them against imitators.
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A lawyer has attempted to bag a date with a woman by serving her with a subpoena.
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Lawyers acting for potential US presidential candidate Donald Trump's billion-dollar business conglomerate are bringing a legal challenge against Scottish government ministers to the Supreme Court today. Mr Trump is opposed to a two-year old decision to grant planning permission to an 11-turbine off
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The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association (SYLA) will host its annual Criminal Day Conference next month in association with the Scottish Criminal Bar Association (SCBA). The one-day conference is taking place in the Corinthian, Glasgow on Saturday 7 November 2015.
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