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An appeal by the occupiers of the so-called “Independence Camp” against a move to evict them from the grounds of the Scottish Parliament has been rejected. The Inner House of the Court of Session upheld a decision by Lord Turnbull that that the order seeking their removal was “proportionate”

Lord Matthews At the High Court in Glasgow today Lord Matthews sentenced Ronnie Coulter to life imprisonment for the murder of Surjit Singh Chhokar with a punishment part of 19 years and eight months.

Calls has been made for a Scottish government review after police and prosecutors were found by the High Court in London to have “abused state powers” to carry out an illegal raid while investigating the allegedly fraudulent takeover of Rangers football club. The seizure of company files linked

Pictured: Andrew Mackenzie, Chief Executive of the Scottish Arbitration Centre; Rt Hon Lord Carloway, Lord President of the Court of Session; and Brandon Malone, Chairman of the Centre The Scottish Arbitration Centre has held its fourth annual arbitrator training day. The event, which was sponsored

A paedophile convicted of a catalogue of sexual offences against 19 children has failed in an appeal against his “lifelong” sentence. Andrew Byrne, 27, was given an Order for Lifelong Restriction (OLR) with a punishment part of six years in 2010 after pleading guilty at the High Court in Glasgow

The recently released rankings from legal directory Legal 500 make excellent reading for Harper Macleod. The firm saw its number of recommended lawyers almost double to 43, while a 30 per cent increase in the number of specialist areas the firm is ranked in took this figure to 34. Harper Macleod als

MacRoberts has promoted one new partner internally and attracted one new partner externally to further strengthen its construction group. David Wilson (pictured), who has been with MacRoberts for 16 years, was previously a director within the construction group. He has extensive expertise in advisin

Angela Grahame The Advocates Library, Scotland's original national library, can be visited and toured this month, writes Angela Grahame.

Douglas Mill In his latest blog, Douglas Mill gives his opinion on the works of Richard Susskind.

Colin McConnell A privately-run prison is due to rack up a bill of £1 billion to the taxpayer, 12 times its building costs.

David Flint David Flint considers the potential consequences of Brexit on competition law.

An international investigation has lead to lengthy sentences for a captain and first officer over drug smuggling offences. Mumin Sahin, 47, and Emin Ozmen, 51, from Turkey, have today been sentenced to 22 and 20 years' imprisonment respectively for their role in the smuggling of more than 3 tonnes o

Police Scotland’s mole hunt made in order to reveal journalistic sources was unlawful according to a judicial tribunal. The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) ordered the single force to pay a journalist whose communications were intercepted £10,000 in compensation.

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