The lord advocate has said the UK should be doing more to help refugees who face persecution in their home countries. Frank Mulholland QC (pictured) made the comments while visiting a group of asylum seekers in Glasgow, The Evening Times reports.
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Ninety-two year old Dundonian George Cameron says working as a legal messenger could be the secret of a long life. The retired baker took up his post as messenger at Lawson, Coull & Duncan27 years ago and plans to continue working for the firm until he reaches 100 years of age.
Police are looking for grave robbers who dug up the 200-year-old skeleton of a Scottish magistrate and left his bones scattered around a churchyard. The remains of Stephen Williamson were strewn around the churchyard and police believe his skull may have been stolen as it has not been found.
Joseph Beltrami, founder of Beltrami & Company passed away last night. Beltrami & Company was founded in 1958 by Mr Beltrami.
A teacher who used the C-word and F-word in class and who called one child a w****r and another “Shrek” has been struck off – but former pupils described him as a “legend”. Michael Rankin, 54, who previously worked in the Australian prison service and as a taxi driver, said the decision to
The organisation representing rank-and-file police officers has accused politicians of ignorance in relation to non-statutory stop and searches. The Scottish Police Federation (SPF) has attacked politicians as well as Police Scotland’s leadership over plans to remove the police’s right to search
The Scottish Law Commission has published its “ninth programme of law reform”. The programme will form the basis for most of the commission’s work over the next three years.
A sheriff has ruled stricter checks on motorists would not have stopped the death of a cyclist who was hit bit a 93-year old woman. In an incident in the Highlands in 2011, Elaine Dunne, 30, was struck by Alice Ross, now 96, who is suspected of having blacked out while driving.
A High Court judge is to be asked whether the families of those killed in the Lockerbie bombing can launch an appeal to get the conviction of Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi overturned. Mr al-Megrahi was the only person convicted over the bombing of a Pan Am plane that killed 270 people as it flew over the so
Trainee solicitor John Morgan (pictured) discusses his experiences in his banking seat. Any time I meet up with friends, I’m always met with the sympathetic look and tilt of the head as they ask: “So, how are you coping in banking?”
A five-year-old has been handed an invoice and his parents threatened with court action - for missing his friend's birthday party. According to the local Plymouth Herald newspaper, Derek Nash and his partner discovered the £15.95 "no show fee" invoice after it was slipped into their son Alex's scho
A newly-named body has been established for advocates who specialise in criminal law – the Scottish Criminal Bar Association. The title has been changed from the Faculty of Advocates’ Criminal Bar Association (FACBA), and Thomas Ross has been chosen as president.
