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If the UK and the EU fail to agree the terms of our withdrawal from the EU prior to March 2019, we will find ourselves in a “no-deal” or “cliff edge” scenario, writes Joanna Fulton. The UK government is trying to prepare us for the worst by issuing technical notices.&nbs

High Court judges could receive an extra £60,000 a year if new salary recommendations are accepted. The Senior Salaries Review Body has suggested that senior judges in England and Wales receive pay rises of up to 32 per cent.

Livia Ziegelmeyer has joined Thorntons as a solicitor in the firm's commercial property team in St Andrews. Before joining Thorntons in September 2018, she studied at the University of Coimbra in Portugal before completing her LLM in petroleum law and policy at the University of Dundee.

International law specialist Professor Nehal Bhuta has joined Edinburgh Law School. Professor Bhuta joins Edinburgh as chair of international law from the European University Institute in Florence, where he was professor of public international law.

We are delighted to invite you to attend our 11th Annual Conference which will take place on Friday 23rd November at the Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh. As you know, the Compass Conference is one of the highlights of our year and it is an event we are very proud of. It is an event that seeks to bring lea

Via TLT's Stephen McGowan: I’m at the @CLTScotland paralegal graduation ceremony at @UniStrathclyde Barony Hall. Congrats to all you lovely people but especially the licensing law students!

Poland has pushed ahead with the appointment of 27 judges to its Supreme Court bench in spite of pressure from the international legal community and the EU, which believes its judicial reforms are illegal. A spokesperson for President Andrzej Duda said the government was "im

Health authorities in Norway have been told to respect medical professionals' right to conscientious objection after the country's Supreme Court found in favour of a doctor who refused to administer a procedure that could have resulted in an abortion. In a judgment published yesterday, the court fou

A mafia hitman who testified against his former colleagues is suing a TV network over a drama which revealed his past to his teenage daughter. Pasquale di Filippo spent ten years in jail after admitting to four murders, but helped convict other mafia bosses and was granted a new identity on his rele

A woman found guilty of attempted murder who claimed that the trial judge misdirected the jury by failing to give directions on provocation has had her appeal against conviction rejected. The Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary ruled that, where the accused's defence was that she

After a short illness, Murray Alexander Sinclair died on 27 September 2018 at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Mr Sinclair had been director of the Scottish Government Legal Directorate since 2007.

A majority of Scots law students are unaware that their LLB qualifies them to sit the bar exams in both New York and California, according to a poll by the Scottish Bar Association of New York (ScotBarNY). The survey of 370 students at Scottish universities offering qualifying law degrees also found

A man who spat on a sheriff who refused him bail is now facing imprisonment. Gordon Rose, 33, from Govan, carried out the assault when the court convened outside his cell in August.

Rangers Football Club has succeeded in a court battle against a street trader who had tried to stop it from trademarking the "RFC" logo. The club applied for the registration of the letters as an official trademark to sell its merchandise and prevent others from benefiting from its name.

A private members' bill to decriminalise abortion in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will introduced in the House of Commons later this month. The bill will be introduced by Diana Johnson, Labour MP for Hull North, and is co-sponsored by a coalition of MPs from five different parties.