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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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Academically gifted students from less advantaged backgrounds in Scotland will have their aspirations of a legal education realised after Dickson Minto agreed to donate £10,000 to the Lawscot Foundation. As platinum sponsor, the Edinburgh based firm will in essence, fund a Lawscot Foundation bursar

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