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Maya Foa The National Crime Agency has been forced to admit that it acted illegally in assisting Thai police investigate, arrest and convict two young Burmese men sentenced to death for the murder of British backpackers Hannah Witheridge and David Miller.

A man who refused to be treated by an optician following the Manchester terrorist attack because she was not white has been rebuked by a sheriff, The Scotsman reports. Eric Greene, 58, from Carluke, Lanarkshire, went to Specsavers in Lanark where he told trainee optician, Sarah Kerr, who is of India

A man found guilty of being concerned in the supply of cocaine who claimed that the sheriff misdirected the jury over how they were to treat opinion evidence from a police officer has had an appeal against his conviction refused. The Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary agreed that the sheri

A strategy for managing older prisoners in Scotland is "urgently required" according to a new report, which found that prisons are failing inmates with deteriorating health and mobility problems. HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland, David Strang (pictured), today publishes his report of a the

Axiom Advocates is delighted to welcome two new members, David Welsh, the recipient of the Lord Reid Scholar 2016-2017, and Kirsty Tyre.

Pictured: Keeper of the Advocates Library, Mungo Bovey, QC (second left) with Lord Pentland (fourth from right) and his guests

David Strang Too many prisoners at HMP Edinburgh face activity and regime restrictions which prevent them from making constructive use of their time, according to a new report.

Macdonald Henderson acted for the shareholders of Cobalt Water in the sale of the company, an independent retailer of water to business customers, to independent water retailer, Castle Water. Cobalt's management and staff will transfer to Castle Water. Cobalt Water will continue to operate as part o

To help raise awareness of Pancreatic Cancer in Scotland, Glasgow firm, Just Employment Law has picked up the baton and on Saturday 17 June 2017 will be hosting a Glitzy Summer Ball in aid of its charity of the year for 2017, Pancreatic Cancer Scotland.

Macdonald Henderson acted for the shareholders of Cobalt Water in the sale of the company, an independent retailer of water to business customers, to the UK’s leading independent water retailer, Castle Water. Cobalt’s management and staff will transfer to Castle Water. Cobalt Water will continue

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David Strang A prisons chief has expressed concern that a third of young men at HMP & YOI Polmont do not have post-release living arrangements in place.

Dr Stuart Waiton Dr Stuart Waiton, a senior lecturer in criminology at Abertay University, gives his thoughts on the Goodwillie case.