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Sir Geoffrey Vos Members of the Faculty of Advocates have enjoyed an illuminating and thought-provoking lecture by one of the foremost figures of the English judiciary, Sir Geoffrey Vos, Chancellor of the High Court.

A soldier found guilty of threatening the “mass murder” of Muslims after claiming he was “unable by reason of mental disorder to appreciate the nature or wrongfulness of the conduct” has had an appeal against his conviction rejected. Scott Mackay argued that the sheriff “misdirected” the

James Wolffe QC The UK’s first heroin “shooting gallery”, in Glasgow, is to seek immunity from prosecution ahead of its opening, The Herald reports.

Jeane Freeman Legislation to establish Scotland’s first social security system has been introduced to the Scottish Parliament.

Charlie Rae Normally, when a finding of gross misconduct is made, an employer would expect to be able to dismiss the offending employee. However, dismissal is not always an appropriate sanction, as the case of Arnold Clark Automobiles Ltd v Spoor demonstrates, write Charlie Rae and Antonia Blackwell

Sheriff Principal Brian Lockhart Sheriff Principal Brian Lockhart has sat as a judge for the final time, marking the end of a distinguished legal career spanning more than 50 years.

Two alleged thieves were quickly caught after they failed to realise their haul of high-tech goodies were cutting-edge GPS trackers. Around $18,000 worth of GPS tracking devices were stolen from Roambee's Silicon Valley labs, but were recovered within five to six hours after the company equipped pol

A crime psychologist who recently completed a study of email fraud has been tricked out of £18,000 — by a gang of computer fraudsters. Professor David Canter's troubles began when he discovered his email account had been compromised, after friends alerted him to emails purporting to be from him a

Daradjeet Jagpal Daradjeet Jagpal looks at data protection provisions on the horizon.

Lord Pentland The Scottish Law Commission has welcomed the recommendation on law reform by the Commission on Parliamentary Reform in its report published this week.

Sarah with her mum and gran

The UK Supreme Court welcomes visitors from all over the world. But it has ignored one important audience – bears! However, with the help of artist Isobel Williams, the bears have produced a special guide to the historic building which they are proud to call their habitat – the highest court in

Setting clear targets and establishing a National Poverty and Inequality Commission would help to meet aims of eradicating child poverty, the Law Society of Scotland has said. The Law Society has said in a briefing paper on the Child Poverty (Scotland) Bill that setting clear aims would be required