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A Rastafarian church has claimed its rights were violated after its marijuana plants were confiscated by police. Reverend Heidi Lepp, of the Sugarleaf Rastafari Church, said: "They're not respecting my church -- and it's not fake and I'm not hiding behind anything."

Andrew Smith QC Andrew Smith QC of Compass Chambers comprehensively analyses changes to interim awards of expenses in the wake of the Higherdelta case.

A mother who sued a health board claiming that failures by hospital staff in the lead up to the birth of her child resulted in her baby being born with severe disabilities has had her appeal for damages dismissed. The woman “AW” raised an action against Greater Glasgow Health Board alleging negl

Sheriff Anwar A letter written by a sheriff to the children involved in a family law case has taken centre stage at the Edinburgh International Festival this week.

Nancy Loucks An independent think tank has recommended that prisoners be allowed landline phones in their cells to maintain closer ties with their families.

Maya Foa The National Crime Agency has been forced to admit that it acted illegally in assisting Thai police investigate, arrest and convict two young Burmese men sentenced to death for the murder of British backpackers Hannah Witheridge and David Miller.

A manhunt is under way for two women who allegedly disguised themselves as nuns and tried to rob a bank. One of the pair is said to have brandished a gun at staff in the Pennsylvania bank before fleeing when an alarm was triggered.

Scottish Discrimination Law Association (SDLA) and Industrial Law Society joint afternoon seminar: Equality law after Brexit – What next? and SDLA AGM The SDLA and Industrial Law Society invites you to an afternoon seminar on Thursday 7th September 2017, at 4pm (registration from 3.30pm onwards),

Gilson Gray will be holding its annual charity event at Prestonfield House, Edinburgh, on Friday 6th October 2017. The evening will benefit two fantastic and deserving charities - Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity and Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity.

Graham Cooper Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace (RCC&W) has announced the appointment of Graham Cooper as a consultant within its commercial property team.

The Law Society of Scotland has said that it will be critically important for the UK government and EU Commission to consider the needs of litigants with cases going before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) prior to Brexit. The society has said that both the government and Commission

A new report released by the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) today reveals that the fines collection rate remains consistently strong. It shows that 88 per cent of the value of Sheriff Court fines imposed during the three-year period between 1st April 2013 and 31st March 2016 has either

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A man who was jailed for two years after being found guilty of assault to severe injury following which his victim died has failed in an appeal against what he claimed was an “excessive” sentence. The Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary rejected the appellant’s argument that the sente

A joint probe has been launched into a court official who ‘butt-dialled’ a reporter before admitting “I barely show up to work”. David Bookstaver, 58, was fired from his $166,000-a-year role in the Office of Court Administration after the New York Post reported that he revealed the informati