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Aretha Franklin I was 18 when I went to Auschwitz. My school chum Eamonn Kelly and I got a train to Warsaw and then down to Krakow. 1975 – height of the Cold War. Mad, I know. How we were allowed to go remains a mystery to me.

Philip Rodney Burness Paull has affirmed its focus on building relationships with foreign jurisdictions.

Hersch Lauterpacht Today marks the 120th anniversary of the birth of Hersch Lauterpacht, who defined ‘crimes against humanity’ one of the crimes under which the surviving Nazis were charged at the Nuremberg Trials.

Photo Credit: Google Street View Adult filmmakers who faced backlash after filming two actors having sex in a church will not be prosecuted, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) in the Netherlands has said.

Following last month’s Supreme Court judgment on employment tribunal fees (R (on the application of Unison) v Lord Chancellor) an order has been issued in Scotland staying cases originally rejected by tribunals. The President of the Employment Tribunals in Scotland, Judge Shona Simon issued a case

The WS Society has welcomed its final interns for 2017 (L-R): Sonia Sandhu @UofGLaw, Ione Edmundson @UoELawSchool, Katie Higgins @GCULaw.

Two Pakistani brothers who married two sisters with British citizenship but were refused settlement in the UK have been granted leave to appeal to the Court of Session. A judge ruled that the case raised “an important point of principle or practice” which had not been conclusively resolved in re

Aileen Campbell New statistics released today show that Scotland’s drug-related deaths continue to particularly affect an ageing group of drug users.

Liam McArthur The Scottish Liberal Democrats have called for a review of the Judicial Complaints Reviewer post following an admission from the previous incumbent that only a "poor" service could be offered.

Jodi Gordon A Scots lawyer acting for motorcyclists who have lost limbs in road traffic accidents is calling on the courts to standardise their approach to compensation claims for prosthetics.

A couple from England have been granted a court order to adopt two Scottish children despite the children’s parents opposing the applications. The siblings were taken into care following concerns about their well-being while in the care of their parents and had been living with their natural mothe

Police have been left baffled after receiving reports that someone apparently broke into an apartment and cleaned it. The apartment's resident contacted police after coming home from a trip to find the entire apartment had been cleaned.

Gavin Dewar Arnot Manderson Advocates has this week welcomed Gavin Dewar to the stable. Mr Dewar called to the bar in 2013 and since then he has been widely instructed by solicitors across a range of public law cases including judicial review and human rights related cases. He has gained an enviable

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