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An abortion rights activist in Poland has been sentenced to eight months of community service after being found guilty of facilitating abortion. Justyna Wydrzyńska was convicted by a court in Warsaw of helping a pregnant woman to access abortion pills for an at-home abortion.

The Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow is to hold a mooting competition for first and second year law students. The contest will be open to first and second year students enrolled on the Scots Law LLB and HNC/HND Legal Studies at Glasgow University, Glasgow Caledonian University, City of Glasgo

An Edinburgh-based paralegal is the first to be awarded the Law Society of Scotland’s accredited paralegal status specialising in immigration law. Lily Li Pryde, a paralegal with John Pryde & Co SSC in Edinburgh, received the accreditation earlier this month. Successful applicants must dem

A commercial judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has allowed a proof in an £11.5 million action raised against two companies contracted to build and maintain a funicular railway in the Cairngorns after ruling that the claim had not expired by prescription. Highlands and Islands En

The Law Society of Scotland has said it has "huge concerns" about controversial UK government plans to deport asylum seekers who arrive irregularly and exclude them from modern slavery and human rights protections. Home Secretary Suella Braverman KC last week introduced her Illegal Migration Bill, w

Security forces across the world are increasingly misusing rubber and plastic bullets and other law enforcement weapons to violently suppress peaceful protests, causing horrific injuries and deaths, human rights campaigners have said. In a jointly-produced 48-page report titled My Eye Exploded, Amne

Projects supporting young people are to receive up to a total of £20 million of funding recovered from the proceeds of crime.

A woman who suffered hearing loss after working in a whisky bottling plant without adequate ear protection since 1990 has been awarded over £45,000 in damages from the All-Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court. Margaret Denny, 63, had worked for the defender, Chivas Brothers Ltd, and its pred

An American woman caught smuggling cannabis into Jamaica told officials she did it to prove to her friends that the US product is superior. Courtney Elizabeth Baker, 37, was caught with seven parcels containing three ounces — around 85 grams — of cannabis when she arrived at Sangster Int

The murder of Dr Brenda Page is the latest of Scotland’s cold cases to be proved by prosecutors. Prosecutor Alex Prentice KC, a leading advocate depute and crown counsel, presented compelling circumstantial evidence to disprove the lies behind which Christopher Harrisson has hidden since 1978.

The four teams going through to this year’s Donald Dewar Memorial Debate Tournament final have been decided after a closely fought semi-final focused on the future of the monarchy. Pupils from 16 high schools across Scotland competed in four semi-final heats last night. Disruption caused by co

A Perth sheriff has issued a guidance note on the management of criminal cases involving persons, particularly females, requiring hospital-based assessment where there is doubt about their ability to participate in criminal proceedings, after it was agreed that it would be helpful to produce a note

FIFA has been handed a letter supported by over one million petition signatures, as well as special shirts, demanding that it provide compensation to migrant workers who suffered  human rights abuses while working on the 2022 football World Cup in Qatar. The items were delivered to FIFA ahead o

Northern soul fanatics have warned thieves who stole £250,000 worth of rare vinyl records that they have "nowhere to hide". The rare collection of records was stolen from the home of Birmingham DJ Ted Massey after a gig in Nottingham last month, The Times reports.