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Callum Sinclair A lawyer in Scotland's growing technology sector has been named among the UK's 100 most talented and innovative legal minds.

Lord Bracadale A hate crime review commissioned by the Scottish government is considering whether misogyny should be criminalised, The Herald reports.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has apologised to a man over a series of failings by prosecutors and police which led to him being placed on bail for almost two years and tried for rape. Liam Allan, 22, from London, had been charged with 12 counts of rape and sexual assault.

David Gauke The Lord Chancellor has lost an appeal to a ruling that transitional pension arrangements for over 200 judges amount to unlawful age discrimination.

Mexican drug cartel boss "El Chapo" has promised not to have any jurors from his upcoming trial murdered. He made the assurance in a motion requesting that members of the jury should not be kept anonymous and under police protection.

Donald Trump In his State of the Union speech on Tuesday night, US President Donald Trump announced he had signed a new executive order to overturn the US Government’s commitment to close the Guantánamo Bay detention center which has been in place since January 2009.

Asylum seekers may not be subjected to a psychological test in order to determine their sexual orientation, the Court of Justice of European Union(CJEU) has determined. The performance of such a test, the court said, amounts to a disproportionate interference in the private life of the asylum seeker

New figures released today from mental health charity LawCare show the number of lawyers calling their helpline is increasing. The charity dealt with nearly 900 calls in 2017 from 616 callers, an 11 per cent increase on the number of callers in 2016. Nearly half of the solicitors and barristers who

David Flint and Rebecca Ferguson look at how the CMA's approach to mergers in the grocery market is changing.

Legislation requiring a gender balance on public sector boards has been passed by the Scottish Parliament. Women, who comprise just over 50 per cent of the population in Scotland, currently make up 45 per cent of the membership on boards.

Murray McCall Anderson Strathern has increased turnover for the year to 31st August 2017 by 2.5 per cent to £21.5 million, boosted by major client wins, panel appointments and organic growth across its private client, commercial and public sector practice groups.

The Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) is investigating a fifth new allegation of gross misconduct about Scotland's Chief Constable, Philip Gormley. Commissioner Kate Frame received a complaint from the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) yesterday and after considering the allegatio

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A prisoner who claimed that Scottish prison authorities “unlawfully” opened mail addressed to him and that the failure to treat correspondence between inmates and legal regulatory bodies of of other parts of the United Kingdom as confidential was “irrational” has had his case dismissed. Will

Baroness O’Loan The Catholic Church in Scotland has called for legislation in Scotland recognising “conscience rights” for health workers who do not wish to support abortion services following the introduction of such legislation south of the border.