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Writing for Scottish Legal News, Scottish Conservative MSP Liam Kerr responds to colleague Gordon Lindhurust MSP's article in the SLN Annual Review on the proposed removal of the reasonable chastisement defence. Recently my friend and colleague Gordon Lindhurst MSP expressed his surprise in an artic

Thursday 21st June, Aberdeen Grammar School FP Club,

More than a third of criminal barristers are considering leaving the profession, largely due to cuts to the legal aid budget, The Brief reports. Almost 50 per cent of those thinking about leaving cite funding as their main concern.

The Scottish legal profession will have a formal presence at Pride Edinburgh this year for the first time. The Glass Network is partnering with Womble Bond Dickinson to attend Pride Edinburgh on Saturday 16 June 2018.

Some US news websites have become inaccessible from most European countries following the introduction of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Newspapers owned by Tronc Inc. — including the Chicago Tribune, LA Times, New York Daily News, Baltimore Sun and Sun-Sentinel — are

CCPD Training are delighted to now be working in partnership with The Dome, Edinburgh to deliver first class locations for our CPD Seminars. Since we will be hosting our first Private Client Seminar there on August 30th, we will be providing complimentary drinks and canapés for all delegates

A man on trial for a sex crime exposed his penis in court to contradict the complainant’s claim it was a lighter colour than the rest of his body. Desmond James, 26, who is on trial in New Haven, Connecticut, was permitted to reveal his member by the judge, the New York Post reports.

A bank which has been seeking to call up £2.5 million in loans granted to a husband and wife for the purpose of purchasing and renovating their new home has failed in an appeal against a judge’s decision to prevent the so-called “vulture fund” from bankrupting the couple. The

Artificial intelligence software able to interpret images, match faces and analyse communication patterns is being piloted by UK police forces to expedite examination of mobile phones taken in crime investigations, The Guardian reports. Cellebrite, a Japanese-owned company, claims that a roll-out of

Facebook and Google have been hit with a series of lawsuits, in the wake of GDPR of coming into force, that accuse the tech giants of coercing users into sharing their personal data. The lawsuits, which seek to fine Facebook €3.9 billion and Google €3.7bn, were brought by Ma

Aberdein Considine partner Gavin Crowe will soon embark on a marathon bike ride to raise funds for two different charities. The journey will include visiting all of the firm’s offices across Scotland and England, with Gavin undertaking this task both as a personal challenge for his 60th birthd

The Scottish government is gathering opinions for a community decision-making initaitive intended to identify new legal rights for communities which would "place them at the heart of decision-making". As part of the conversation people are being invited to consider a set of questions on shaping

Staff from Digby Brown’s Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen and Kirkcaldy offices took part in the 2018 Edinburgh Marathon Hairy Haggis Team Relay to raise money for their local charity partners.  

It was the 86th anniversary of the famous snail in the bottle case — Donoghue v Stevenson — on Saturday.

A BBC journalist who raised allegations of sex discrimination, victimisation and harassment against the broadcaster has lost her appeal against an employment tribunal ruling to strike out her claim. Sally Chidzoy, a BBC home-affairs correspondent for some 30 years, was overheard discussing her case