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Lord Tugendhat The House of Lords' EU External Affairs Sub-Committee has published a report into Operation Sophia, and says the EU naval mission to tackle people smuggling in the central Mediterranean is not working because of an inability to disrupt smugglers' business model and a lack of support f

Linda Fabiani (left) and Christine Grahame

The Law Society of Scotland is calling for solicitors and trainees from all areas of practice to become mentors as part of its expanding mentoring scheme. The legal careers mentoring scheme aims to match mentors and mentees, helping them share knowledge and expertise, give advice and gain fresh pers

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has launched its first-ever app for iOS and Android smartphones and tablets. The CVRIA app is available in 23 EU languages and is broken into four sections for the convenience of legal professionals.

A city in Uzbekistan has hit the headlines after municipal teachers were paid in freshly-hatched chicks instead of cash. According to reports, authorities in Nukus were forced to make the unorthodox payment because of cash shortages that have affected Uzbekistan's banks for many years.

A motorcyclist who had his leg amputated following a late night road traffic accident in which he crashed into a milk tanker that was lit up “better than a Christmas tree” was more to blame than the driver of the other vehicle, appeal judges have ruled. The pursuer Adam Wagner was awarded more t

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The Herald has published a full obituary for Sheriff Principal Ronald Ireland QC who passed away last month at the age of 91. He was best-known for heading up a 1988 fatal accident inquiry at Aberdeen Sheriff Court into the explosion on the North Sea oil Rig Ocean Odyssey.

Elaine Russell

Kenny MacAskill The former Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill has claimed terrorists from Libya, Syria, Iran and Palestine were behind the 1988 Lockerbie Bombing and that his opposite number at Westminster, Jack Straw, admitted oil interests were the reason for a prisoner transfer agreement with Liby

Pictured (L-R): Derek Flyn, Angus Mackay, Evonne Morrison, Martin Minton and Brian Inkster

Josh Steeples McEwan Fraser Legal has opened a new office in Marble Arch, London.

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has instructed the Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) to carry out an independent investigation into the circumstances leading up to a fatal road crash in Edinburgh last Thursday. A 33-year-old female pedestrian was treated a

The Society of Solicitor Advocates has published its May newsletter, which includes commentary from the outgoing Lord Advocate, Frank Mulholland QC, Kenneth Maciver QC and Iain Paterson on the new Sheriff Appeal Court. It also lists the new solicitor advocates who were granted rights of audience in

Munich police have suggested alcohol might have been involved in the case of a 24-year-old funeral worker who lost a hearse with a body inside. The man stopped for lunch in Munich while transporting a woman's body from Italy to Poland, but couldn't find the vehicle again afterwards.