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Ireland will make an intervention in the genocide case brought by South Africa against Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the Irish government has confirmed. Officials have been directed to begin working on a declaration of intervention which will be filed, subject to ministerial ap

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A four-figure reward is on offer for the return of a life-sized bronze stag statue stolen from a London garden. 'Henry', said to be worth up to £10,000 (around €11,600), was abducted from the front garden of interior design expert Alison Cork MBE, the Evening Standard reports.

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His Majesty The King has appointed Collette Gallagher, Anna Reid, Joseph Stewart, Lorna Anderson, Clare Arias, Sean Lynch, Angela Farrell, Edward Gilroy, Maria Kicinski, Mark Allan, Neil Kinnear, Clair McLachlan and Mark O’Hanlon to the office of summary sheriff, on the recommendation of the f

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Pictured: Claire Best, Emily Cox, Michelle Essen and Charlotte Hall Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has achieved Disability Confident Leader status – the highest accreditation in the Department for Work and Pensions' scheme which recognises and supports employers who recruit and retain people with

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A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Thailand: UN experts alarmed by sentences handed down to human rights lawyer Arnon Nampa on lèse-majesté charges | OHCHR

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A man with links to serious organised crime has been jailed for eight years for running a drugs operation in Dundee. Aaron Bradford, 35, was sentenced at the High Court in Aberdeen after jurors convicted him of being concerned in the supply of Class A and Class B Drugs.

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John Brownlee, a former teacher, inflicted sadistic cruelty on young boys at the Edinburgh Academy between 1967 and 1991. He has been found to have physically assaulted and emotionally abused children at the school. Brownlee, 89, had been deemed medically unfit to be criminally tried and did not att

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TLT has promoted restructuring and insolvency lawyer Ainslie Benzie. Ms Benzie joined TLT as legal director in 2020 to lead the firm’s restructuring and insolvency practice in Scotland. In her time at the firm, she has led on some of the most complex restructuring and insolvency matters in the

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Harper Macleod has made four senior appointments, including two new partners, to strengthen its expertise in the built environment and energy sectors. Alexis Condie joins as a partner in the firm’s commercial property team in Edinburgh. She has advised on complex leasing, acquisitions and sale

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A helpline that supports victims of cybercrime has seen a dramatic increase in calls in the last year. The Cyber and Fraud Centre Incident Response Helpline, a collaboration between the Cyber and Fraud Centre – Scotland, Police Scotland and the Scottish government, with technical and legal inc

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