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Ali Harris and Professor Shazia Choudhry have been appointed as interim commissioners at the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). Ali Harris is chief executive of Equally Ours, a human rights charity. Shazia Choudhry is professor of law at the University of Oxford, and the Jeffrey Hack
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Holyrood’s Rural Affairs and Islands Committee has confirmed its support of the general principles of the Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill. In light of broad-based agreement for a "more fundamental and structural review" of crofting policy and law in modern Scotland, however, the committe
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A judge has authorised doctors to administer a blood transfusion to a 14-year-old Jehovah’s Witness if it becomes necessary following surgery, despite the child’s stated refusal on religious grounds. The Court of Session was told that the teenager had made clear that she did not consent
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A restaurant is facing legal action from an angry adulterer after uploading a video which inadvertently exposed him dining with his affair partner. Italian consumer rights group Codacons is seeking damages on behalf of the 42-year-old man from Catania, Sicily, The Times reports.
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Law Society of Scotland staff have shown their support for families in Scotland with seriously ill children, by raising £12,315 in aid of Crossbasket House. Crossbasket House provides much needed accommodation for the families of children being treated at the Glasgow Children's Hospital. Many
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The International Bar Association (IBA) has condemned the imposition of sanctions by the US on two more International Criminal Court (ICC) judges. On 18 December, the US administration imposed sanctions on Judge Lordkipanidze and Judge Damdin for "having directly engaged in efforts by the ICC to inv
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The number of outstanding fatal accident inquiries (FAIs) in Scotland has risen above 300, according to newly released figures. Data obtained by the Scottish Liberal Democrats through a freedom of information request to the Crown Office shows there are 318 FAIs currently awaiting completion. That re
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An undertaker who sexually assaulted two female colleagues while they attempted to arrange funeral services has been jailed for two years. James Jarvie, 63, from Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, was found guilty of subjecting the women to indecent remarks, inappropriate touching and groping.
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Scotland Yard has been left red-faced after being prosecuted and fined £1,000 for failing to respond to correspondence from another police force about a speeding offence. The Metropolitan Police was named as the defendant in a criminal case brought by Staffordshire Police after a Peugeot van r
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Ministers are examining whether legislation banning smoking in public places should be amended to permit the smoking of crack cocaine within supervised drug consumption facilities in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Health officials say there has been a shift in recent years away from injecting heroin towards
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A sheriff has ordered a proof in an action for damages raised by a boat builder against a haulage company contracted to transport a boat mould he alleged he owned and repelled a plea of no title to sue advanced by the defenders, having ruled that the pursuer had a possessory interest in the mould an
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The family of a Romanian national employed in England as an HGV driver who died in a road accident in Scotland caused by yellow warning high winds have failed to establish that Scots law applied to their case against his employer, after a lord ordinary ruled that the basis of the case was founded on
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