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The High Court in London has ruled that Lord Lucan, a peer who disappeared 42 years ago, is presumed to be dead. A death certificate has been issued for the peer who vanished after his children's nanny, Sandra Rivett, was bludgeoned to death in London.

Theresa May The Home Secretary has suggested new powers for spies should be properly scrutinised by Parliament following calls from the Prime Minister and a Liberal Democrat peer to fast-track the legislation in the wake of the Paris attacks.

The Labour peer and former barrister Greville Janner QC, Lord Janner of Braunstone will not be charged for the second time in relation to charges of alleged historical child sex abuse owing to his poor health, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said. Abuse victims have said the establishment ha

From left: Brandon Malone, chairman of the Scottish Arbitration Centre; Professor Pieter Bekker of CMS Cameron McKenna and ICEA partner CEPMLP; Andrew Mackenzie, chief executive of the Scottish Arbitration Centre; and Philippa Charles, head of international arbitration at Stewarts Law.

Lawyers from CMS are joining forces with other female industry experts to launch a new organisation aimed at supporting women who work within Scotland’s wind energy sector. The Women in Wind Network has been set up to promote professional development, shared learning, and peer support for fema

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Volume XI of the Dundee Student Law Review is now available. The volume comprises four full-length research articles each addressing distinct international research areas.

Nominations are now open to join the Law Society of Scotland’s decision-making body to represent solicitors across Scotland. Joining the Law Society’s Council allows you to influence important decisions, contribute to key pieces of work and represent and support local solicitors.

Following the success of last year's Burns Supper in memory of the late Billy Boyle, Dundee lawyers are organising another event next year to be sponsored by Scottish Legal News. The Dundee Lawyers' Boyle Memorial Burns Supper will take place in Dundee's historic Burns Club on Saturday 18th January

Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws KC is to deliver the Ruth Adler Human Rights Lecture 2024 at Edinburgh Law School next month. Born and brought up in Glasgow, she is a bencher of Gray’s Inn, an honorary writer to the Signet and the recipient of 42 honorary degrees and fellowships from many univer

Scottish Secretary Ian Murray welcomed Catherine Smith KC, the newly appointed advocate general for Scotland, to her post.

Professor Anne-Maree Farrell, chair of medical jurisprudence at Edinburgh Law School, will be welcomed as a fellow to the Academy of Social Sciences this autumn. She is one of 45 social scientists to be selected, joining 1,600 other fellows from academia, the public, private and third sectors.

Catherine Smith KC has been appointed by the new UK government as Advocate General for Scotland.

Lord Boyd of Duncansby has retired from the bench following a distinguished career. He qualified as a solicitor in 1978, became an advocate in 1983 and took silk in 1995. He practised at Caesar & Howie from 1978 to 1982 and as an advocate from 1983 to 1997, building up a practice in civil and pa