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Scotland’s criminal legal aid system could be on the verge of collapse as solicitors working for the Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) say they are unprepared for the deluge of calls from suspects requiring legal advice – as guaranteed by legislation due to come into force. On 25 January, new laws

A freight forwarder found guilty of being concerned in the supplying of cocaine who claimed that his detention by police and recovery of his mobile phone was “unlawful” has had an appeal against his conviction refused after he failed to give notice of his objection to the admissibility of the ev

Ably Resources has appointed Lara Paterson to head up the firm’s newly established legal division. With over 20 years’ experience supporting clients across the UK and internationally, Lara brings a wealth of legal recruitment knowledge.

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A motorcyclist who was badly injured after being involved in an accident with a lorry has been awarded £100,000 following an eight-day liability proof before Sheriff Katherine EC Mackie in the All Scotland Personal Injury Court. John McIntosh, represented by NewLaw Scotland, was involved in an acci

A prisoner who was mistakenly declared dead was rescued after staff at a morgue heard him snoring from inside a body bag. Gonzalo Montoya Jiménez, 29, was believed to be dead after being found unconscious in his prison cell in Asturias, northern Spain.

The European Court of Human Rights is launching a series of five new factsheets. The factsheets concern case law on the themes of access to the Internet and the freedom to receive and impart information; deprivation of citizenship; legal professional privilege; and accompanied and unaccompanied migr

A solicitor who was struck off following his criminal convictions for fraud and theft has received an MBE in the New Year's Honours list. Gurmit Singh Randhawa, 65, was struck off by the Solicitors' Disciplinary Tribunal in 1997 after he was convicted of three counts of conspiracy to defraud and one

A majority of Holyrood's Justice Committee has backed James Kelly MSP’s bill repealing the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications Act. While strongly condemning sectarian behaviour, the majority of the committee found that the original act was flawed, and other existing law

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A woman is suing a man acquitted of her rape for £100,000 in damages, The Guardian reports. Stephen Coxen, 23, from Lancashire, who was accused of raping the former St Andrews University student in September 2013, was acquitted at the High Court of Justiciary in 2015.

Professor Alan Miller The new Advisory Group on Human Rights Leadership has been urged by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to challenge public bodies to do more to promote human rights.

MSPs representing three Holyrood committees will attend House of Lords talks today on the EU (Withdrawal) Bill and Brexit. The MSPs will set out significant cross-party concerns over clause 11 of the bill and what they regard as a lack of progress from the UK government on amending the bill during i

Organisms obtained by mutagenesis are, in principle, exempted from the obligations in the Genetically Modified Organisms Directive, according to Advocate General Bobek. Member states are free to adopt measures regulating such organisms provided they respect overarching principles of EU law.