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Kenny MacAskill The former Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill has claimed terrorists from Libya, Syria, Iran and Palestine were behind the 1988 Lockerbie Bombing and that his opposite number at Westminster, Jack Straw, admitted oil interests were the reason for a prisoner transfer agreement with Liby

Scottish secondary legislation restricting student loans to under 55s breaches the right against age discrimination and is therefore “ultra vires”, a judge in the Court of Session has ruled. Lady Scott upheld a claim by a 56-year-old woman that the relevant regulations amounted to “unlawful di

Laura Tilt A new project will see criminologists study the effect of wrongful convictions on the lives of victims after their release, The Herald reports.

Former Wimbledon Champion Pat Cash is to return to the Scotland to join fellow legends Tim Henman, Greg Rusedski, Thomas Enqvist and Cédric Pioline at the Brodies Invitational at Gleneagles on June 10/11.

Alistair Morris The longest-serving member of the Law Society of Scotland’s ruling Council has retired after 24 years.

James Wolffe QC The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has recommended the appointment of James Wolffe QC and Alison Di Rollo as Scotland’s new law officers.

Lynda Towers Morton Fraser has appointed Lynda Towers as director of public law.

A new report published by the Scotland Institute today itemises the gain of European Union membership for workplace rights, finding that there is no reason to believe the UK government would seek to improve them and that Brexit would “weaken all the gains that have come from over 40 years of EU me

Mike Ashley has been ordered to pay the expenses of the Scottish Football Association and Dave King after his petition for judicial review of a decision of football’s governing body to approve the Rangers chairman as a “fit and proper person” to hold the position of director of Rangers Interna

Sir Muir Russell The Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland published its Annual Report today. This is the seventh report of the board as a statutory body.

Thorntons has appointed 11 trainees this month - its highest ever intake, underlining its investment in the future of the business.

Home Secretary Theresa May A man accused of hacking into a US computer system could commit suicide if extradited to the US, his father has said.

On Saturday 20 August, Edinburgh’s Phoenix Choir will be staging an up-beat, fast-paced soul and gospel concert in the heart of Edinburgh’s old town in order to raise money for the Child Brain Injury Trust, a charity that supports children and young people who have sustained acquired brain injur

A new, in-depth study has been written about the Faculty of Advocates’ War Memorial and the men whose names it carries. The research was undertaken by Alastair Shepherd, a solicitor and historian, and he has donated the work to the Faculty, fittingly on the centenary of the start of the Battle of