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Prime Minister Theresa May’s decision to shake up the ministerial team at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is an opportunity to reset the UK’s priorities abroad, a human rights group has said. Reprieve said the appointment of Mark Field as FO minister and Rory Stewart and Alistair Burt

Pictured: Arun Smith and Matthew McIlree winners of the Dewar Debate 2016/17 (centre) pictured with presiding officer Ken MacIntosh MSP, Andrew Stevenson, Glasgow Bar Association and Graham Matthews, president of the Law Society Scotland

A wannabe lawyer who was hauled into court on cannabis charges has been shown mercy by a judge he tried to lecture about the enforceability of British laws. Mark Angell parroted pervasive Internet-based conspiracies that all UK laws are maritime laws which do not apply on land, Devon Live reports.

A man found guilty of brandishing a knife at two men who came after him with nunchuks and a baton has failed in an appeal against his conviction after claiming the non-availability of CCTV evidence resulted in an “unfair” trial. The Criminal Appeal Court ruled that there was no “miscarriage of

To help raise awareness of Pancreatic Cancer in Scotland, Glasgow firm, Just Employment Law has picked up the baton and on Saturday 17 June 2017 will be hosting a Glitzy Summer Ball in aid of its charity of the year for 2017, Pancreatic Cancer Scotland.

A Chinese asylum seeker whose application was refused has successfully challenged the Home Secretary’s decision to refuse to treat further submissions in a human rights claim as a “fresh claim” after a judge ruled that the wrong legal test had been applied. The further submissions were based u

David Young

Professor Leo Martin Levy and McRae consultant Professor Leo Martin has been awarded an MBE for services to healthcare and education in the the Queen’s birthday honours.

Lord Carloway The Scottish Civil Justice Council (SCJC) has now published its fourth Annual Report outlining its achievements, accounts and a summary of the rules prepared during the year.

An easy-to-use, written application procedure should be considered for Protective Expenses Orders (PEOs), the Faculty of Advocates believes. New rules on PEOs have been drafted by the Scottish Civil Justice Council, and in a response to a consultation on those rules, the Faculty said that it endorse

Lynne Macfarlane

Angela Constance Legislation to increase the number of women on public boards has been published.

A man has been awarded a six-figure sum after a surgeon left him with one testicle — the one he was meant to remove. Steven Haines, 54, had been suffering from pain in his testicle for 15 years.

Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh Hamilton Burns WS Ltd, the collapsed Glasgow law firm which included recently deposed SNP MP Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh as a partner, went bust owing creditors more than £600,000, including £210,000 to the taxman, administrators FRP Advisors have now said.