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Allan McDougall Solicitors has announced the immediate appointment of two new partners in its litigation team. Jackie Raitt (pictured right), who has been with the firm 14 years, is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in personal injury law.

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The rules governing the reporting and investigation of sexual harassment complaints against MSPs are to be reviewed by Holyrood’s Standards Committee.Announcing the inquiry’s remit, new committee convener Clare Haughey said there needs to be confidence in Holyrood’s code of conduct and complai

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Amnesty International has denounced the UK government’s policy requiring British-born children to register their legal right to citizenship in the UK. Amnesty described the policy as “profiteering” and an “outrage” as a hearing into the policy began at the High Court today.

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The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has convicted Ratko Mladić of genocide, crimes against humanity and violations of the laws or customs of war. The charges relate to crimes committed by Serb forces during the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1992–1995, wh

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The death has been announced of Douglas Risk QC, former Sheriff Principal of Grampian, Highland and Islands. He was 76. Mr Risk was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1966, and was appointed a sheriff in 1977, serving in Lothian and Borders before moving to Grampian, Highland and Islands.

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International lawyers and experts have suggested Brexit is to blame for the failure of a British judge to be elected to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for the first time. Leading legal figures told The Brief that politics had at least partly contributed to Sir Christopher Greenwood's failu

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