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Scotland is poised to carry out a record number of extraditions as the UK gains access to a list of Europe’s most wanted criminals. When a new EU crime database goes live today police and prosecutors intend to send people back overseas to be dealt with in their own countries as well as get more Sc

A man who drove a seriously intoxicated woman to A&E where he told a nurse that he had also been drinking and taking drugs and admitted to police officers that he had driven to the hospital has lost an appeal against his conviction for drink-driving. It was argued on behalf of the appellant that

The founder of Wikileaks has said Scottish nationalists were not paranoid to think the UK security services were involved in last year’s independence referendum. Julian Assange (pictured), speaking at the Commonwealth Law Conference in Glasgow said the referendum amounted to a “national security

Lord Carloway The lord justice clerk has been criticised by an advocate for saying his critics have “transparent self-interest”.

Frank Mulholland QC The Lord advocate Frank Mulholland QC has asked the High Court to allow Francis Auld to be re-tried for the May 1992 murder of 19-year old drama student Amanda Duffy.

A severely disabled man is going to the Court of Session in Edinburgh today in a bid to clarify the Scottish legal position regarding assisted suicide. With the help of his solicitors at Patrick Campbell and Co., Gordon Ross, 66, is calling upon the Lord Advocate to issue guidance setting out whethe

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MSPs yesterday rejected the Assisted Suicide Scotland Bill by 82 to 36 votes after a debate in the Scottish Parliament. Had it passed, the bill would have allowed the terminally ill to seek the help of a doctor in ending their life.

New laws to establish a system for opting out of organ donation could be considered next year. Labour MSP Anne McTaggart put her Transplantation (Authorisation of Removal of Organs) Scotland Bill before the Parliament yesterday.

Andy Coulson Following the collapse of former News of the World editor and convicted phone hacker Andy Coulson's perjury trial at the High Court in Edinburgh yesterday, prosecutors defended their decision to prosecute the Prime Minister's former director of communications, saying they had no reason

An adoption order granted by a court in Ethiopia is thought to be the first foreign adoption order to been recognised and registered at common law in Scotland. A married man who was granted adoption of the child of his wife’s previous marriage before the couple relocated to Scotland has had the ad

  Lord Carloway, the Lord Justice-Clerk (far left) and Lord Keen of Elie QC (far right)

Alex Salmond Alex Salmond has criticised “clever-Dick” lawyers and sheriffs, whom he refers to as “daft toffs”, for opposing legislation to tackle sectarianism at football matches that he brought in during his tenure as First Minister.

A chance discovery of a centuries-old Scottish court case about a child forced to work as a stage attraction, “the tumbling lassie”, has inspired a group of advocates to raise cash to help fight modern-day slavery. The girl had been “bought” from her mother and used by a travelling showman a

A man has appeared in court charged under an ancient law for which the penalty is death. Graeme Bryden, 27, was accused of "hamesucken" after he allegedly attacked and robbed a 93-year-old woman in her home.