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All four US federal prosecutors who worked on the case against former Trump ally Roger Stone have withdrawn amid allegations of political interference in the sentencing process. Senior Democratic Party officials have accused President Donald Trump and the Justice Department of having "deeply damaged

English football star David Beckham may have to rename his new US football club just weeks before its first game after a major legal setback. Beckham is president of Inter Miami, a fresh-faced Major League Soccer (MLS) club locked in a trademark dispute with 111-year-old Italian club Inter Milan.

A new show will afford viewers an inside look at the Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary. The court came into being after a miscarriage of justice when Oscar Slater was wrongly convicted for murder in 1909. His case became a cause celebre which was supported by several eminent names includi

Increased optimism from buyers has led to a pick-up in sales activity in the Scottish housing market, according to the January 2020 RICS Residential Market Survey. Whilst the picture regarding the number of homes being listed for sales was flat during January, the number of people looking to buy ros

Professor Lorne Crerar, chairman of Harper Macleod, has been presented with his Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) honour in an Investiture ceremony held at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday. Recognised as one of the leading figures in the Scottish legal profession, Professor Crerar, wh

People with lived experience will lead the agenda at a Scottish conference on drug use in Glasgow. This event, at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre on Wednesday 26 February, is being organised jointly by the Scottish government and Glasgow City Council.

Geoffrey Cox has been sacked as Attorney General in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's cabinet reshuffle. It has been reported that Mr Cox, known as 'Tory Gandalf' because of his deep voice, has been returned to the backbenches because he is not a "team player".

The High Court of Justiciary Appeal Court held that the concept of “art and part guilt” had “no part to play” in establishing the statutory offence under section 4(3)(b) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, but ruled that the misdirections did not result in a misca

The Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Bill was introduced into the Scottish Parliament on 2 December 2019. Implementing many of the Scottish Law Commission’s recommendations on reforming the law of defamation in Scotland, it seeks to codify the current piecemeal approach to an ar

The Police Service of Northern Ireland breached a man's privacy rights by indefinitely retaining his personal data after his drink driving conviction was spent, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled. Fergus Gaughran, from Newry, was arrested on suspicion of drink driving in October 20

A 101-year-old man was told by UK immigration authorities to have his parents confirm his identity. Giovanni Palmerio, who has lived in London since 1966, hit the obstacle after applying to the EU settlement scheme to stay in the UK after Brexit, The Guardian reports.

Does the High Court have the power to stay the enforcement of an award given in accordance with the procedure in the International Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (ICSID)? This is the issue in Micula and others (Respondents/Cross-Appel

The lack of progress by public authorities in tackling higher levels of unemployment and in-work poverty among ethnic minority communities will be the subject of a new inquiry by a Holyrood committee. The Scottish Parliament’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee (EHRi) has issued a call

Eamon Keane has provided written evidence to the Norwegian Court Commission (Domstolkommisjonen) on the Scots law of the evidence. The commission is investigating how the Norwegian courts should be organised to meet expectations of efficiency, quality, and independence and approached Mr Keane in ord

An MP who has threatened to “take back control” from an interfering judiciary has been appointed Attorney General for England and Wales. Suella Braverman, 39, practised as a barrister before becoming the MP for Fareham in 2015. She studied law at Cambridge University, the Sorbonne and Ne