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Human rights lawyers in Denmark have pushed back against government proposals to double criminal penalties in designated "ghettoes". Birgitte Arent Eiriksson, attorney and project leader at Justitia, Denmark's first judicial think tank, said she could not see how the proposal was compatible with equ

Liam McArthur MSP An executive review of the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) that makes 17 recommendations on how the SPA Executive can support the SPA Board to deliver its statutory functions has been described as "a missed opportunity for wider reform".

Matt Hancock Plans for another public inquiry into the conduct of the press have been abandoned by the UK government.

Blog: What happens when employees can't get to work? As the UK continues to endure a snowy apocalypse, Robin Turnbull looks at where employers and employees stand if people are unable to get to work or the workplace is closed.

James Wolffe QC The Lord Advocate has made an unprecedented address at Holyrood defending the Scottish government over the Withdrawal from the European Union (Legal Continuity) (Scotland) Bill against the presiding officer’s claim that it is ultra vires.

The House of Lords EU Justice Sub-Committee has written to immigration minister Caroline Nokes MP to express its disappointment to the response it received regarding the rights of EU citizens. A number of the concerns raised by the committee have been ignored entirely, and others have received an in

Kate Hodgkiss DLA Piper Scotland is marking International Women’s Day on Thursday 8th March by bringing together members of the business, legal and academic communities to discuss gender equality during an event hosted in Edinburgh.

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Michael Matheson A pilot scheme aimed at improving the support available for complainers and victims of rape as they engage with the justice system will be extended, Justice Secretary Michael Matheson has announced.

Acid has been classified as a "highly dangerous weapon" in sentencing guidelines in a bid to crack down on acid attacks, The Brief reports. The classification appears in the latest advice from the Sentencing Council for England and Wales, but was absent from a draft published in October.

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A former prosecutor has described his installation as sheriff in Greenock as a “tremendous privilege”, the Greenock Telegraph reports. Andrew McIntyre took up the role after a 16-year career at the Crown Office, which saw him specialise in trafficking cases.

A solicitor against whom a company sought damages for careless misrepresentation has had her appeal unanimously allowed by justices in the Supreme Court, who stated there is no authority for finding an assumption of responsibility for a careless misrepresentation about a fact wholly within the knowl

A man who was admonished after pleading guilty to being concerned in the supply of cocaine has failed in appeal against a sheriff’s decision to make a confiscation order of more than £270,000. The appellant challenged the sheriff’s decision to make the order under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

The Supreme Court will hear a landmark challenge to "attempts by the UK government to conceal the role of a top MI6 officer in renditions to Libya". Senior judges have given permission for a “leapfrog” appeal by two victims of rendition and torture direct to the UK’s highest court. The case wi