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Prosecutors successfully challenged a trial judge’s decision to desert a trial against three men accused of breaking into banks and blowing open cash machines. The trial judge had become “increasingly frustrated” at the Crown’s handling of the case and refused a motion to adjourn the trial w

Morton Fraser has enhanced its intellectual property (IP) expertise with the appointment of Dr Julie Nixon (pictured right) as a senior solicitor in its corporate team. Dr Nixon's appointment sees Morton Fraser become Scotland’s only law firm to have two IP lawyers with PhDs. She joins Dr Peter Ga

A family of balaclava-clad anti fox-hunting protestors who were found guilty of a statutory breach of the peace after following a hunt have failed in an appeal against their convictions. Colin Milne and Beverly Milne and their daughter Amy Lilburn were convicted of behaving in a “threatening” ma

A banned drink-driver in Northern Ireland is appealing his conviction claiming he is a puffer not a boozer and that he was over the limit as a consequence of vaping an e-cigarette. Thirty-five-year-old Aaron Galbraith was found to be twice over the limit when breathalysed but is now seeking to overt

A council has successfully challenged a decision by the Scottish Ministers to grant planning permission for the development of a railfreight terminal on greenbelt land in North Lanarkshire. The Inner House of the Court of Session ruled that the Scottish Ministers failed to give “proper, adequate a

A man accused of a statutory breach of the peace and resisting arrest has had the complaint against him dismissed after successfully challenging a summary sheriff’s decision to adjourn his trial. The Sheriff Appeal Court deserted the complaint simpliciter after ruling that the sheriff failed to �

Peter Boyd The decision to leave the European Union has directly fuelled a surge in enquiries for equity release products according to Boyd Legal.

Large numbers of files that were due to be released have been withheld from the latest batch of files from the National Archives, despite promises that restrictions on many documents would be lifted. Documents on “Mark Thatcher and the Omanis”, relations with the Soviet Union, Anglo-Irish negoti

Peter Boyd Boyd Legal Solicitors, a full service practice headquartered in Edinburgh, has undertaken a strategic review of its operations and parted ways with its high volume mortgage referral conveyancing team.

Caitlin Sherrett and Finlay Allmond, winners of the Dewar Debate 2015/16 (centre) pictured with deputy presiding officer Linda Fabiani MSP; Eilidh Wiseman, president of the Law Society Scotland; Peter Dennis of Hodder Gibson; judges and fellow competitors.

A name containing several tokens of nobility and freely chosen by a German in another member state of which he also holds the nationality does not necessarily have to be recognised in Germany, the European Court of Justice has ruled. Mr Nabiel Peter Bogendorff von Wolffersdorff, who was born in Germ

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The Rio Paralympics is to crackdown on athletes who gain an adrenaline boost – by squeezing their scrotums. The practice of “boosting” is common amongst wheelchair-bound athletes trying to gain an advantage but is, in fact, deadly.

David Anderson QC A proposed law will give British spies the right to hack into smartphones and computers The Times reports.

Sheriff Principal Mhairi Stephen QC Six sheriffs have been appointed as specialists who will sit in Scotland’s new Sheriff Personal Injury Court.