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A “fugitive from justice” in Poland who claimed that his extradition from Scotland would breach his human rights has had an appeal refused. Jaroslaw Pofelski, who claimed that he had been held in custody for a total of four years in Poland while awaiting trial before leaving the country for Scot

The Solicitor General for Scotland, Alison Di Rollo(pictured), has been appointed as Queen’s Counsel by Her Majesty the Queen on the recommendation of the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Ms Di Rollo was nominated by the James Wolffe QC, the Lord Advocate. Ms Di Rollo was appointed Solicitor Genera

The operator of a shop who offers a Wi-Fi network free of charge to the public is not liable for copyright infringements committed by users of that network but may be required to password-protect its network in order to bring an end to, or prevent, such infringements, the Court of Justice of the Eur

Pictured: Gregory Stachura and Gillian Anderson

Colin Souter has written a final reply to solicitor Brian Inkster in an ongoing debate surrounding the Crofting Commission. I note Mr Inkster has shared another article published on Scottish Legal News. I have no intention of inflicting this debate upon your readers as a series of articles but will

Pictured (L-R): Ravinder Kaur, Mark McDonald, MSP, and Janys Scott QC

A man who was jailed for 13 years after being convicted of raping his daughter and his niece has had an appeal against his sentence refused. The appellant, “JM”, was given an extended sentence of 16 years, the custodial part of which was 13 years and the extension period was three years, after b

Tim Eicke QC, 50, has been sworn in as the UK’s judge at the European Court of Human Rights. Mr Eicke, whose name was put forward as the best-qualified candidate, won by a clear majority of parliamentary representatives at the Council of Europe in June. He read English law at the Uni

Gurkha soldiers who complained that their pension entitlements had been less favourable than those of non-Gurkha soldiers in the British Army and those of younger Gurkha soldiers who had more years of service after 1 July 1997 suffered no violation of article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) read

Thousands of calls to the police are abandoned by callers before being answered, it has emerged. Figures show that 77,670 calls made to the 101 number were abandoned in 2015.

Holyrood will debate creating a new offence to hold abusive partners to account, after it was announced in the Programme for Government. In 2014-15 nearly 60,000 domestic abuse incidents were reported to police, with 79 per cent of these incidents having a male perpetrator and female victim.

Pictured (L-R): Matt Wightman, Rob Aberdein and Joseph Bowie will lead Aberdein Considine’s expansion into England and Wales.

The bid of bakers in Forfar to acquire EU protected status for their bridie has been put in doubt by claims that every baker has their own recipe for the savoury pastry,The Courier reports. Saddler’s and McLaren and Son would like protected geographical indication for the "Forfar Bridie", meaning

Following European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker's state of the union address this week, the Commission has this week set out proposals on the modernisation of copyright to "increase cultural diversity in Europe and content available online". President Juncker said in his address: "I want