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(L-R): Brandon Malone, Sir David Edward QC and Andrew Mackenzie

The US state of Georgia executed a man yesterday despite concerns about his mental state, racial bias, and lack of adequate representation during his trial. Kenneth Fults was convicted of murdering a woman in her home in 1996. A jury sentenced him to death in 1997.

Gillespie Macandrew is the latest local business to become a corporate patron at the Black Watch Museum and Castle. The firm, which operates a land and rural business practice from its Perth office, is already making the most of the new relationship by hosting a number of client events within the un

A small explosion rocked an anti-terrorism court in Karachi, Pakistan after a clerk removed the pin from a grenade-like detonator in order to show it to the trial judge. Dr Jameel Ahmed, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) south zone, said a detonator carrying a very small amount of explosive material wa

Clarity is needed on proposals for a new law of domestic abuse if it is to help those affected by either physical or psychological abuse, the Law Society of Scotland has said. In its response to a Scottish government consultation which sought views on a draft provision to create a specific offence o

Severe pressure on resources has been highlighted by the Faculty of Advocates as causing lengthy delays in the appointment of guardians to people who are unable to look after their own affairs. When a guardianship order is being sought under the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000, notice is

Advocate General Wathelet of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has stated the posting of a hyperlink to a website which published photos without authorisation does not in itself constitute a copyright infringement. The motivation of the person who placed the hyperlink and the fact th

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(L-R): Bruce Stephen – head of banking and financial services, and William McIntosh – head of international at Brodies.

The House of Lords Committee on Sexual Violence in Conflict has today published Sexual Violence in Conflict: A War Crime, in which it calls on the government to set out ambitious policy goals for reducing conflict-related sexual violence to ensure the international momentum created by the Preventing

A US jury is to decide next month whether Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant and Jimmy Page stole the opening chords used in their 1971 classic Stairway to Heaven from another song. US district judge Gary Klausner, in Los Angeles, said in a decision that the 1967 instrumental Taurus, by the band Spirit,

A man in Western Australia was caught by police ensuring the safety of his beer before his children. After stopping the driver on the Great Northern Highway, police found children in the car sitting on the laps of adults and in the foot wells – while the cases of beer were safely secured behind se

The Law Society of Scotland has warned that despite moves to protect client communications with solicitors, the UK government’s Investigatory Powers Bill could still fall short. Tim Musson, convener of the Law Society of Scotland privacy law committee, said: “Protecting the privacy of a clientâ€

Michael Matheson The Justice Secretary, Michael Matheson, has said suspected criminals could be electronically tagged instead of being held on remand, The Sunday Post reports.

Caroline Ramsay Pinsent Masons has announced the promotion of 18 individuals – three in Scotland – to its partnership.