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James Wolffe QC Lord Advocate James Wolffe QC has attended an international summit which aims to establish a strong and active international network of expert prosecutors tackling people trafficking, modern slavery, and forced labour.

Salil Shetty Austerity is undermining human rights around the world, Amnesty International has said in its annual global report for 2017/18.

Fines dodgers have been warned to pay up before they try to fly after a number of non-payers were arrested at airports in Scotland and England. A man coming back from holiday in the Netherlands with a group of friends was arrested at Liverpool Airport over unpaid fines amounting to £770. The man, f

People who commit domestic abuse offences are more likely to go to jail under new sentencing guidelines published today. The guidance provides that domestic offences should be treated as more serious than similar crimes which do not involve partners or family members.

A former sheriff whose wife divorced him while he was on holiday has asked a judge to scrap the ruling. Raj Jandoo, 60, Scotland’s first Asian advocate, said he returned home from a holiday in India in 2016 to find his wife, Nerinder Kaur, had been granted a divorce.

Pictured: Alison Gilson (left) and Liana Di Ciacci. Credit: Peter Devlin Photography

A man found guilty of domestic abuse offences despite his former partner denying that she had been assaulted has had an appeal against his conviction dismissed. The appellant claimed that the sheriff erred in repelling a defence submission of “no case to answer”, but the Appeal Court of the High

An appeal by the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police over the nature of the duty to investigate ill-treatment amounting to a violation of article 3 of the ECHR has been unanimously dismissed by justices in the Supreme Court.

Michael Matheson The controversial integration of the British Transport Police (BTP) into Police Scotland has been delayed until after next April.

Co-operation between countries in the fight against crime must continue post-Brexit, the Faculty of Advocates’ Clare Connelly has told MSPs. Ms Connelly was one of several witnesses to give evidence to Holyrood’s Justice Committee, on Brexit and policing and criminal justice.

Most UK law firms have not drawn up a Brexit business plan, according to a new Smith & Williamson survey of senior partners. Only 23 per cent of senior partners said that they had a business plan for dealing with Brexit, despite 60 per cent of more than 100 managing partners at firms in all UK j

Kirstin Nee Kirstin Nee explains the importance of identifying ransom strips.

A joint initiative to put Scotland’s legal services on the international map will be launched today. A group of Scotland’s leading commercial law firms, in partnership with Scottish Development International (SDI) and the Law Society of Scotland, will launch Scottish Legal International (SLI) in

Kate Dowdalls QC Kate Dowdalls QC successfully opposed an appeal to the Sheriff Appeal Court by the parents of an 11 year old girl against the granting of a Permanence Order.