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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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Geoffrey Robertson QC A human rights barrister has called on the UK authorities to do something about a British citizen who has been held in Iran without charge – for five months.

Pictured (L-R): Greg Gordon, University of Aberdeen Law School, Lord Reed, University of Aberdeen principal, Professor Sir Ian Diamond, Lord Hope and Dr Christopher Kee

Kasra Nouroozi The first legal challenge over Brexit, focused on the question of whether the Prime Minister requires the approval of MPs to activate Article 50 and begin the process of leaving the European Union, will be heard by the High Court in London this October.

Ronnie Brown (pictured), from Burness Paull, writes about the new legislation introduced to combat tax evasion. The UK is well known for having one of the toughest anti-bribery laws in the world, and extending the corporate offence of failure to prevent bribery to other areas of corporate crime seem

Plans to transform a disused 18th Century Scottish court house into a film set for legal dramas, have been submitted to the Scottish Courts and Tribunal Services to be discussed at their next meeting. The Stonehaven Town Partnership has already appointed an architect, project manager and solicitor f

An Edinburgh computer hacker and dark web drug dealer has been sentenced to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work and pay £17,000 compensation at Edinburgh Sheriff Court. The court heard that 26 year old David Trail set up and administered the Topix2 website, an online black market site, which was use

The senior judge who reunited a girl with her violent father 11 months before he murdered her took “unwarranted” steps in doing so, a serious case review author has said. Mrs Justice Ogg has been severely criticised for her decision in a review into the murder of six-year-old Ellie Butler, who d

Derek Mackay New powers have been transferred from Westminster to the Scottish Parliament under the Scotland Act 2016.

A High Court judge has issued a note following the conviction of a couple who were was charged with causing death by dangerous driving while both were sitting in the driver’s seat, after one of the two accused claimed he was not “driving” the vehicle at the material time. Nathaniel Cooper and