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Dr Aurel Sari, director of the University of Exeter’s Centre for International Law and fellow of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe and Allied Rapid Reaction Corps comments on the legal aspects of the invasion of Ukraine. Much about Russia’s intervention in Ukraine is unclear,

The number of alleged fraud cases being heard in Scottish courts rose dramatically last year, according to KPMG UK’s latest Fraud Barometer. A total of 16 cases totalling £5.9 million reached Scottish courts in 2021, skyrocketing from 2020 when only one case worth £240,000 came to

Amnesty International has called for unerring respect for international human rights and humanitarian law, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine this morning. “Our worst fears have been realized. After weeks of escalation, a Russian invasion that is likely to lead to the most horrific c

A Japanese court has awarded damages to people who were forcibly sterilised under an old eugenics law intended to prevent the births of "inferior children". Between 1948 and 1996, some 16,500 people, mostly women with disabilities, were sterilised to “prevent the birth of poor-quality descenda

Rising remand periods could fall foul of the European Convention on Human Rights, MSPs have heard. The prison population on remand in Scotland has gone from 16 per cent to 27 per cent – an increase described as “unfathomable” by Emma Jardine of Howard League Scotland.

The Edinburgh Tax Network, in conjunction with CIOT and Terra Firma Chambers, will present a seminar on Capital Allowances at the Mackenzie Building, Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh on Thursday 3 March 2022.   At this event, Stephen Foster of Grant Thornton, will consider:

Journalist and former UK government minister Chris Mullin is to contest an order served on him by police to seek source material relating to the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings. Mr Mullin's 1986 book, Error of Judgement: The Truth About The Birmingham Bombings, helped to expose the miscarriage of justi

The level of cases concluded in Scotland's courts is 77 per cent of the average pre-Covid level, new figures show. The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service has published its latest monthly workbook to show the throughput of criminal cases in the courts.

Police officers may refuse to answer questions over the death of Sheku Bayoh if their answers could incriminate them, an inquiry has been told. At a preliminary hearing over the public inquiry into the death of Mr Bayoh in May 2015, lawyers warned there could be “unanswered questions and uncer

Colombia's top court has ruled that abortion during the first 24 weeks of a pregnancy is not a crime. The landmark ruling was approved by the Latin American country's Constitutional Court by 5-4 and has been welcomed by human rights campaigners.

A Lord Ordinary has determined that guidance issued by the National Records of Scotland on answering a question in the 2022 Scottish census is legally valid after it was challenged by an organisation that campaigns for biological sex-based rights of women and girls in the UK. It was contended by Fai

Sheriff Brian Lockhart has passed away at the age of 79. Born in Ayr in 1942, he was admitted as a solicitor in 1964 and was made partner at Robertson Chalmers & Auld in 1967. He became a temporary sheriff in 1977, a floating sheriff of North Strathclyde at Paisley in 1979 and then resident sher

An event featuring three women lawyers will be held online tomorrow. Edinburgh University society Future Lawyers: Law Society for Non-Law is hosting the event, which will hear from:

Solicitors from the Aberdeen Bar Association have warned that the north-east’s most vulnerable people will suffer from the Scottish government's refusal to adequately fund Scotland's legal aid system. Defence lawyers in the city and Aberdeenshire have withdrawn from the duty scheme in protest

Representatives from across Scotland’s third sector have condemned the UK government’s Nationality and Borders Bill. MSPs have been asked to withhold the consent of the Scottish Parliament to the proposed legislation in a statement signed by over 60 organisations.