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True power rests in "the Prime Minister in the Commons", a peer and former judge has said. Lord Judge, former lord chief justice of England and Wales and current convenor of Parliament's cross-bench peers, delivered The Selden Society Inns of Court annual history lecture on 1 November.

A peer has predicted that the Chinese authorities will sack the British judges who sit on Hong Kong's highest court amid the withdrawal of a barrister who was prosecuting the region's leading pro-democracy activists. Lord Garnier QC, a former Conservative solicitor-general, told The Times that he th

A Conservative peer has agreed to pay substantial damages as part of a settlement with a PhD student who she baselessly accused of spreading antisemitism while appearing on University Challenge. Baroness Jacqueline Foster made absurd claims on X, formerly Twitter, about a toy octopus chosen as the m

Pete Duff, professor in criminal justice at Aberdeen University, passed away on 29 September. Among other roles he was director of research for the College of Arts and Social Science, as well as interim head of college for a period. During his distinguished career he also worked at the Centre for Cr

TLT's former managing partner David Pester has started a new role as head of strategic growth at the UK firm, which has offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow. After 19 years as managing partner, he will work with the leadership team to deliver a strategic growth programme to support existing clients and

Lord Purvis Members of the House of Lords are bidding to transfer powers on abortion from Westminster to the Scottish Parliament, it has emerged.

Lord Lester A barrister and Liberal Democrat peer has suggested that delays in the release of the Iraq Inquiry report could be credited to "a lack of legal expertise".

David Pester David Pester has been re-elected as managing partner of TLT Solicitors for a further three year term from April 2017 by a unanimous all partner vote. This will be Mr Pester’s sixth term as managing partner.

Auditors hired by the Vatican to tidy up its accounts claim they were fired for digging up too much dirt – and are now suing the Holy See for €9.3 million.

One of the UK's largest holiday park operators has been widely condemned after blacklisting common Irish surnames as part of an unlawful discriminatory booking policy targeting Gypsies and Travellers. Pontins, owned by Britannia Jinky Jersey Limited, has now signed a legally binding agreement with t

A tourist threatened by a blowtorch-wielding "pirate" was unexpectedly rescued by two naked men. Nudists Pete Sferra and Lloyd Fishback were taking a clothes-free stroll through the Castro neighbourhood of San Francisco when they spotted the person they described as a "crazy kind of pirate guy".

Up to £2.23 million in funding is being made available to third sector organisations providing counselling, peer support and practical support to adult victims of childhood abuse. Support groups can now apply for the latest round of grants from the Survivors of Childhood Abuse Support (SOCAS)

A partner at a law firm breached the embargo on a draft judgment after he sent the result of the case to a social WhatsApp group. Fraud specialist Keith Oliver of Peters & Peters "expressed deep regret for his actions and provided a full apology to the court", Lady Justice Carr stated in a judgm

Lindsays has welcomed Aziz Yasin to its commercial property team in Edinburgh as a banking and finance solicitor. Mr Yasin advises banks, borrowers and peer-to-peer lenders in relation to general property finance matters, real estate acquisitions and development finance. He is involved in the prepar

Scottish lawyer and peer Baroness Helena Kennedy QC is among nine UK citizens who have been sanctioned by China in a row over alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang. The nine include Tory MPs Sir Iain Duncan Smith, Nusrat Ghani, Tim Loughton, Tom Tugendhat and Neil O'Brien, Lord Alton, lawyer Sir G