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The European Court of Human Rights will be delivering a Grand Chamber judgment in the case of Murray v the Netherlands at a public hearing on 26 April. The case concerns the complaint by a man convicted of murder in 1980, who consecutively served his life sentence on the islands of Curaçao and Arub

An American attorney has tested the patience of a federal judge after allegedly lying about his mother's death and an extended hospital stay in order to have court proceedings repeatedly delayed. Attorney John Nonnenmacher sent a colleague to tell Judge Allyne Ross that his mother had died suddenly,

The revamped website for our sister publication Scottish Construction Now is proving more popular than ever with its readers after attracting a record 39,000 unique visitors last month. Page views for the site at www.scottishconstructionnow.com topped 75,000 over the same period, maintaining its con

A man found guilty of a statutory breach of the peace who claimed there was “insufficient proof” that he committed the offence has had an appeal against conviction refused. The Criminal Appeal Court refused the appeal after ruling that where there is a single positive identification “very litt

The detention of an Algerian national who acquired permanent residence in 2003 and 28 criminal convictions by 2012, pending a decision to deport him, was not unlawful, the Supreme Court has ruled – as it additionally declined to make a preliminary reference to the Court of Justice of the European

Police have investigated nearly 70 alleged sex offences committed in Scottish prisons in the past five years, The Herald reports. Between 2010 and 2015, officers investigated: six alleged rapes; 45 sexual assaults and 14 reported cases of sexual harassment. All of the victims and accused individuals

Shoosmiths has expanded its family offering in Scotland with the hire of leading lawyer John Fotheringham, who joins the firm’s Edinburgh office as a consultant.

Dr David Parratt

An advocate general of the EU’s highest court has expressed disappointment that a Brexit vote could see legal cooperation between the UK and EU come to an end. Eleanor Sharpston QC told The Guardian that a vote to leave the EU would deprive the European Court of Justice (ECJ) of some of its best t

Lord Carloway The Scottish Civil Justice Council (SCJC) has extended its current membership by adding two newly appointed judicial members.

A statue of Heracles in a small French town has been endowed with a removable prosthetic penis in a bid to prevent vandalism. It will feature on the 10-foot statue during special ceremonies.

Public access barristers are expecting the volume of work obtained directly from clients to increase over the next few years as a result of the public access scheme which allows consumers to use barristers directly, without needing to instruct a solicitor or other intermediary. These findings are ta

Andrew Percy A warranty scheme run by ScottishPower has been called a “fraud on the public” after it failed to pay out £75 million to customers.

A foster carer who was deregistered by a Scottish local authority after an unfounded allegation was made against her husband by a child in their care has had a legal challenge against the council’s decision dismissed. The woman claimed that she had been “punished” when she had “done no wrong