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Dr Deborah Russo examines a recent FAI following the death of a prisoner. Numerous failures are identified by Sheriff Jonathan Guy in a recently published determination from the fatal accident inquiry into the death of Michael Charlton, who died by suicide at HMP Barlinnie in October 2019.
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A Glasgow sheriff has reduced a deceased’s 2019 homemade will purporting to disinherit two of her children after an action for production and reduction was raised by her son, having found that another of her children had obtained the second will by facility and circumvention in light of the de
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The Financial Conduct Authority has launched a market-wide review into claims management companies (CMCs) and law firms, citing mounting concerns that consumers are being let down by aggressive marketing, misleading advertising and unfair exit fees.
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An army cadet who threatened to "ruin prom" and had bomb-making videos and a terrorist manual has been jailed for four years and six months for terrorism, stalking offences and for making indecent images of children. Dihan Rahman, 19, was driven by extremist ideologies and had incel, misogynistic, p
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Actors created using AI will not be eligible for Oscars under new rules introduced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, as the organisation moves to curb the technology’s growing influence. The changes stipulate that only human performers can be recognised, while screenplays mus
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A reclaiming motion by the owner of a shopping centre in Arbroath against the refusal of its judicial review petition challenging a decision that it was liable to pay non-domestic rates on premises it claimed to have let for religious purposes has been refused by the Inner House after it found that
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The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association are delighted to invite you to the SYLA Spa Retreat later this year – a dedicated opportunity for young lawyers across Scotland to rest, recharge and reconnect. Early years in the profession can be incredibly rewarding, but equally demanding. This retrea
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A sheriff has concluded that a toddler's death could have been avoided had clinical guidance been followed. Three-year-old Archie Donald died at the Royal Hospital for Children at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Campus, Glasgow on 20 November 2019.
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A beekeeper who unleashed swarms of honeybees at police attempting to carry out an eviction against her friend has been jailed for six months. Rebecca Woods, 59, brought a trailer of hives to the home of an elderly friend undergoing cancer treatment in Longmeadow, near Springfield, Massachusetts. Sh
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The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) has reiterated its concern over the global erosion of press freedom, underscoring the essential role of a free and independent press in safeguarding democracy, accountability and the rule of law.
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The death of a prisoner could have been avoided a sheriff has concluded. Michael Charlton, 34, was found dead in his cell within HMP Barlinnie in the late afternoon of 28 October 2019. He was in legal custody and in the care of the state at the time of his death.
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The Herald has published an obituary for David McLellan, who has died at the age of 79. "Educated at Edinburgh Academy and then, in his senior school years, at Fettes College, he followed his father’s footsteps into law, undertaking degree level studies at Edinburgh University and then taking
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The response to a consultation on SLAPPs shows overwhelming support for legislative reform, writes Dr Francesca Farrington. On Thursday, the Scottish public will take to the polls. In a somewhat unusual coincidence, the 7th of May is also the deadline for EU Member States to transpose EU Directive 2
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An Extra Division of the Inner House of the Court of Session has refused an appeal against a decision that social rented sector tenants of let properties on a former industrial site in Motherwell were not entitled to damages arising from a breach of their landlord’s statutory duties after find
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The US will issue limited edition passports this summer bearing an image of President Donald Trump, as part of events marking 250 years since independence. The commemorative documents will feature a large photograph of Trump on the inside cover, accompanied by the text of the Declaration of Independ
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