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Pictured (L-R) Alisdair MacPherson, Alasdair Peterson, Dr Andrew Steven, Andrew Sweeney and Dionysios Pelekis

The Supreme Court will rule next week on a challenge to the Secretary of State for Health over his failure to make abortion available on the NHS in England to women from Northern Ireland. Judgment in R (on the application of A and B) (Appellants) v Secretary of State for Health (Respondent) will be

An arranged marriage in Tamil Nadu, India went off script when the groom's brother unexpectedly married the bride instead. The Bollywood-esque twist happened last Thursday as a man intended to marry a 20-year-old woman at Bala Murugan Temple at Ilayampatti.

Lady Hale A couple who want to take their seriously ill baby to the US for experimental treatment against the wishes of the hospital in which he is being kept on life support have been refused permission to appeal by the Supreme Court.

Following the results of the general election, Burness Paull chairman, Philip Rodney, has said Scottish businesses will react positively to the diminished possibility of a second independence referendum and a "Hard Brexit. Commenting this morning, Mr Rodney said: “At a constitutional level, it wou

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Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh The SNP’s Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh, a solicitor, has lost her seat of Ochil and South Perthshire to Conservative Luke Graham.

Colm Mac Eochaidh has been appointed a judge at the General Court of the European Union for a term of office expiring on 31 August 2019. Mr Mac Eochaidh was born in 1963 and graduated in law from University College Dublin in 1984.

It is incompatible with EU law to require a worker to take leave first before being able to establish whether he is entitled to be paid for it, according to Advocate General Tanchev. In circumstances where an employer has not provided a worker with paid leave, the right to paid leave carries over un

Nicola Edgar Nicola Edgar explains new rules which recently came into force introducing pursuers' offers into the Court of Session and Sheriff Court Ordinary Cause procedure.

Arch enemies across Canada will be rejoicing at the news that a law prohibiting duels is to be repealed. Section 71 of the country’s Criminal Code makes illegal "challenges or attempts by any means to provoke another person to fight a duel".

Liz Truss Liz Truss has been sacked as Lord Chancellor and demoted to Chief Secretary of the Treasury following a tenure dogged by controversy.

The Law Society of Scotland is looking for solicitors, paralegals and trainees to take part in a one-hour focus group in Edinburgh or Glasgow. It needs your views to make sure it develops an app that will be useful to members. To thank participants for attending the focus group, the Law Society will

Kenneth Campbell QC The Scottish Council of Law Reporting (SCLR) has appointed Kenneth Campbell QC as its new chairman.

The Scottish Sentencing Council (SSC) has launched a new interactive case study resource on its website. The new resource presents an interactive scenario, following the court case of “Paul”, who has robbed a shop. As web users go through the case, they decide what happens next and choose what s