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Thomas Ross The president of the Scottish Criminal Bar Association (SCBA) has announced his intention not to seek re-election at the group's AGM on 20th January 2017.

Nick Freer Tonight around 300 CEOs from across Scotland’s business, university, government and not-for-profit sectors will sleep out rough overnight in Charlotte Square, Edinburgh to raise funds for Social Bite who are using the money to build a village for the homeless west of the city.

Andy Wightman Scottish Green Party MSP Andy Wightman has confirmed he is being sued in a defamation action for £750,000 over claims made on his blog.

Professor Philippe Sands QC (pictured) has won the Baillie Gifford prize for his book East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity.He said he would share the £30,000 prize with his fellow shortlisted author Hisham Matar and that the pair would be donating the money to a

Calum Steele Scottish courts are being weighed down with domestic abuse cases which are very unlikely to result in any convictions, according to a police body.

A lawyer who was fired from a courthouse job after being accused of impersonating a judge has won a judicial election in Chicago. Rhonda Crawford, 45, was the only candidate named on the ballot for a Cook County judicial subcircuit, NBC Chicago reports.

A would-be bike thief was stopped in his tracks after he was caught – by a cowboy. Robert Borba was in a Walmart car park in Eagle Point, Orgeon when he heard a woman shout that a thief had taken her bike.

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Lord Matthews At the High Court in Glasgow today Lord Matthews sentenced Ronnie Coulter to life imprisonment for the murder of Surjit Singh Chhokar with a punishment part of 19 years and eight months.

Scott Whyte Scott Whyte, managing director of Watermans Accident Claims and Care, has been accredited as a personal injury specialist by the Law Society of Scotland.

Secondary school students learnt about the law at the latest event in the Faculty of Advocates’ MiniTrials scheme at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.

A young woman accused of robbing a bank duped her dad into being her getaway driver by telling him she was going there for a job interview. Chelsea Wilson, 24, was arrested on Friday morning and later admitted robbing a TD Bank in Fort Lauderdale, Florida the previous afternoon.

Police were forced to break up a brawl in a chicken shop after a customer was told he couldn't pay for chips with cigarette papers. Anthony McLean, 29, attempted to pay for a £1.40 portion of chips with Rizla cigarette papers - claiming they were worth 20p each.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon The Scottish government will publish the Independence Referendum Bill for consultation by next week, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced.

Paralympian Samantha 'Sammi' Kinghorn, Scotland's leading wheelchair racer, has signed up as Harper Macleod's Athlete Ambassador for the fourth year in a row. The firm's relationship with Sammi began after the firm became legal advisers to the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and they supported the t