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The tragic death of a teenager from carbon monoxide poisoning at a holiday cottage will be the subject of a fatal accident inquiry. Thomas Hill, 18, was found unconscious at Glenmark Cottage, near Tarfside in Angus, which it transpired had faulty gas heaters.
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Increasing the role land plays in Scotland’s tax base and a local authority power targeted at newly derelict property are among the recommendations put to government ministers in today’s report on how Scotland’s land could be taxed better. The Scottish Land Commission was tasked wi
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The Scottish Parliament has been warned that it could face legal action if it passes legislation banning ‘conversion therapy’, based on the “bias” and "inadequate scrutiny" of the issue by a committee of MSPs. The warning has been delivered in a letter from The Christian Inst
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Pakistan has sworn in its first female Supreme Court judge. Ayesha Malik, 55, will sit alongside 16 men on the country's top court. She was educated at the Pakistan College of Law and Harvard University and has served as a judge in the city of Lahore for the past two decades.
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A free book exploring the law and practice of the Northern Ireland protocol has been published online. Edited by Professor Christopher McCrudden of Queen's University Belfast (QUB), the book was produced in "close partnership" with the Office of the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.
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Colm Dempsey, Kevin McCallum QC and Nicola Patrick have been appointed to the office of sheriff on the recommendation of the First Minister. Nicola Sturgeon made her recommendations for appointment on the basis of a report by the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland.
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The Crown Office will not conduct a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the deaths of three people in Loch Lomond last summer. Edina Olahova, 29, her son Raza Haris Ali, 9, and friend Mohammad Asim Raza, 39, all drowned on July 24.
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Specialist online courts should be established to tackle domestic abuse cases, it has been recommended. The Virtual Trials National Project board has issued its report on the piloting of virtual summary trials. The board, led by Sheriff Principal Derek Pyle of Grampian, Highland and Islands, suggest
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The husband of a deceased woman who had an accident in her workplace several months before her death has had an action in the All-Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court dismissed on the ground that he had no title to sue. John Riddell, the executor dative of his late wife Valerie Riddell, argued tha
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Two cases against the Crown Office over the malicious prosecution scandal are ongoing, MSPs have heard. Compensation and legal costs are now in excess of £40 million, a figure auditors described as “significant".
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A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Chinese rights lawyer Xie Yang detained for ‘inciting state subversion’ | Hong Kong Free Press
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Craig Murray has been given permission to appeal his conviction for breaching a court order by publishing information on his blog which enabled jigsaw identification of the women in the Alex Salmond case. The former diplomat spent four months in prison after being given an eight-month sentence.
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Two members of Dundee Law School have been appointed by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) to a review body. Dr Thomas Giddens and Professor Colin Reid are the only members from Scotland among the 22 members of the advisory group which will be reviewing the Benchmark State
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A dyslexic judge in England has won a disability discrimination case against the Ministry of Justice over its failure to provide her with voice recognition software and training. Zorina Nadine Clarkson Palomares, a part-time judge working on immigration and social security cases, made complaints to
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The Scottish Law Commission has received a reference from the Scottish government on establishing compulsory owners’ associations in tenement properties. The project will consider changes to the law in order to establish compulsory owners’ associations for tenement properties.
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