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Baroness Hale of Richmond will succeed Lord Neuberger as President of the UK Supreme Court, making her the first-ever woman to hold the top judicial post, it was announced today. She will be sworn in on 2 October 2017, the same day that Lady Justice Black, Lord Justice Lloyd Jones and Lord Justice B

Advocate Niall McCluskey reflects on the life of his uncle, former judge and peer, Lord McCluskey, who passed away last week at the age of 88. When I was a child, my uncle John (Lord McCluskey) was a family legend. My father, Raymund, would recount how the family meals of his childhood were fre

The High Court has decided that the trial involving the rendition and torture of a leading Gaddafi opponent and his pregnant wife should be conducted in secret. Abdul-Hakim Belhaj and his wife Fatima Boudchar opposed the UK government’s request for a secret trial under section 6 of the Justice and

The judge in the Charlie Gard case has confirmed the declarations he made in an earlier judgment, to the effect that it is in the terminally ill child’s “best interests” for his life support to be withdrawn. The decision follows further tests which revealed that the 11-month old was “beyond

A man found guilty of rape who claimed that the advocate depute’s cross-examination and speech to the jury were so prejudicial that he did not receive a fair trial has had an appeal against his conviction refused – but appeal judges criticised the Crown Office over the way the prosecutor conduct

Pictured from back (L-R): Leah Steel from CM Hair, Heather McKenzie, Ewan Ramsay, Emre Sezen from A Class Barbers, Lee Corr, Colin Whyte and Cara MacGregor from CM Hair. Front (L-R): Craig Nicol, Vincent Chung, Lynne Steel, Stephen Brand, Stephen O’Hare.

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The Faculty of Procurators and Solicitors in Dundee has elected Amanda Wilson as its new Dean. The Faculty, an organisation which dates back to 1820, held its AGM this week to appoint its new officer bearers. For the last four years, Ms Wilson has been involved as Secretary and latterly as Vice Dean

Professor Lorne Crerar The chairman of Harper Macleod, Professor Lorne Crerar, has been hailed for his contribution to rugby over more than two decades as he stepped down from a trio of high-profile disciplinary roles in the sport.

A prisoner who was assaulted in jail after warning a prison officer that a fellow inmate had threatened to “smash his f****** Polish face in” is entitled to damages, the Court of Session has ruled. Keith Porter was convicted of attempted murder following the attack on Daniel Kaizer in December 2

Richard Hepburn Millar & Bryce has appointed Richard Hepburn as its new managing director.

Douglas Mill In his regular SLN column, former Law Society of Scotland chief executive Douglas Mill considers this weekend’s sad demise of Pagan Osborne and gives his personal view.

The ex-wife of a man found guilty of murder and being concerned in the supply of cannabis is to be removed from her “family home” after a judge granted a proceeds of crime order for administrators to recover the property. Margaret Duncan, former wife of convicted killer and drug dealer James Dun

Murgitroyd, a global intellectual property attorney firm headquartered in Glasgow, has expanded its UK business development team with a new appointment. Kevin Toner (pictured on right), a sales and marketing professional with a career spanning over 30 years, joins Murgitroyd as head of UK business d

Laura Thomson It is time for crime writers to treat the courtroom with the same attention to detail as they do police powers and forensic science says advocate Laura Thomson.