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The Scottish Civil Justice Council (SCJC) has set up a new working group to take forward legislative changes to inquiries into fatal accidents and sudden deaths. Nominations were sought for membership appointments and considered by the Lord President. The working group comprises:

At the High Court in Edinburgh yesterday, Lady Rae sentenced Gary Stevenson to life imprisonment with a punishment part of 17 years after he pleaded guilty to the murder of Katy Rourke at their shared flat in Govan. Mr Stevenson murdered Miss Rourke after she refused to have sex with him. He struck

Ray Gribben Ray Gribben examines the government's proposals for tackling money laundering in the wake of the Panama Papers.

Andrew Mackenzie The Scottish Arbitration Centre has won its bid for Edinburgh to host the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) Congress 2020. The other cities that bid for the congress were Copenhagen, Mexico City, Stockholm, St Petersburg, Vancouver and Vienna. The final written

A chemist who worked as a drugs tester for police in Massachusetts was high nearly every day at work for eight years, according to investigators. Sonja Farak, 37, who worked for Amherst laboratory and admitted ingesting samples, was high on methamphetamines, ketamine, cocaine, LSD and other drugs we

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed five new Senators to the College of Justice on the recommendation of the First Minister, including outgoing Lord Advocate, Frank Mulholland QC (pictured). In addition, Sheriff John Beckett QC, Ailsa Carmichael QC, Alistair Clark QC, and Andrew Stewart QC will sit

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has identified £68 million in arrears for over 313,000 workers since April 1999, according to a report today from the National Audit Office. The number of workers identified as being owed arrears in 2015-16 was 58,000 compared to 26,000 in 2014-15.

An attempt by the National Crime Agency (NCA) to force a man accused of cyber hacking to give encrypted computer keys to US authorities has been thrown out by a judge. The US tried to have Lauri Love, 31, extradited on charges of hacking into the US Army, NASA and the US Federal Reserve computer sys

Petar Cvetkovic DX, an independent parcels, mail and logistics operator, has announced the acquisition of the trade and assets of Legal Post and First Post from First Scottish. The deal is worth £3.25 million, with completion expected at the end of May.

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Sheriff Anwar (left) and Charlie Irvine

On 21 April, Women in Law Scotland (WiLS) had its formal launch at the Law Society for Scotland, which was kindly sponsored by Scott & Co. The network aims to promote gender equality in the legal workplace through networking, sharing best practice and providing access to positive female role mod

A US judge has resigned after investigators found thousands of photos of naked male defendants on his computer. Joesph Boeckmann, 69, from Arkansas is alleged to have exchanged sexual favours for more lenient sentences.

The Supreme Court has dismissed a company’s appeal against HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) contention the company was not entitled to deduct VAT on accountant’s fees as input tax under the contract. The Supreme Court dismissed Airtours Holidays Transport Ltd’s appeal by a majority of 3 to 2.