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Police Scotland have revealed that a pilot scheme that gives women the right to know if their partner has a history of violence has provided information to six women since it launched last year.
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A number of promotions across six areas of the business have been announced at Lindsays.
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The European Court of Human Rights has unanimously rejected the applications of two men found liable in trespass, following the Omagh bombing in 1998, who claimed they had not been given a fair hearing because the proceedings were essentially criminal in nature and because hearsay evidence of an und
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The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled 13-4 that there was no violation of article 2, the right to life - investigation, of the European Convention on Human Rights, regarding the UK's failure to prosecute anyone after police fatally shot Jean Charles de Menezes, a Brazilian national mi
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The next series of "Parliament Days" have been announced, with three more locations across Scotland set to host the Scottish Parliament over the coming months. Parliament Days aim to take the Parliament out of Edinburgh and into communities around Scotland, inspiring local people to take an interest
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Improved standards for hospital nutrition and catering are to be introduced, and the Scottish Government will consult on making them legally binding, health secretary Alex Neil (pictured) said this week. The improvements are part of a package of measures being introduced to build on the progress alr
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Two legal specialists are to join Edinburgh and Fife legal company Pagan Osborne, creating a new family law offering. Partner Jackie McRae, who is also a qualified social worker, will be heading up the new unit within the leading legal, financial and property company from early 2015 along with solic
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A number of appeals by the Crown against decisions at Dundee Sheriff Court to throw out cases as a result of police and prosecutor failures have been abandoned. The president of the Dundee Bar Association, solicitor advocate Jim Laverty, called the process “a complete waste of time”.
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A convert to Islam who was stripped of British citizenship due to his alleged religious extremism is appealing to the Supreme Court on the basis he is stateless. The man, known only as “B2”, lost his citizenship in 2011.
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The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission is not required to ascertain whether the terms of a solicitor's file notes are agreed by a complainer before reaching a decision on the admissibility of a complaint, a judge in the Court of Session has ruled. Caroline Oliphant sought leave to appeal a decisio
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