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Juliet Harris The annual prize for the best dissertation by a student on the taught masters programme in human rights law at the University of Strathclyde has this year been awarded to Juliet Harris. The dissertation, entitled The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in Scots Law: A

Law Society of Scotland staff have raised a total of £9,040 for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust over the past year.A huge range of fundraising activity by staff from across the organisation contributed to the grand total including climbing Ben Nevis, running in the Edinburgh marathon relay and the Great

Pictured: Angus MacLeod, partner at Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP, sponsors of the Royal National Mòd Traditional Gold Medal competition with winners Claire Macaulay and Torquil MacLeod and their awards.

James Kelly In a response to moves to repeal the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012, Celtic has criticised strict liability rules that would see clubs held liable for the behaviour of fans, saying this could actually encourage “unacceptable conduct i

A Somalian refugee convicted of rape who successfully challenged a decision to deport him to his home country on human rights grounds has seen an appeal against that ruling refused. The Inner House of the Court of Session refused an appeal by the Home Secretary against an Upper Tribunal ruling, whic

Iain McDougall Over the past two weeks there have been a number of revelations regarding the conduct of the Royal Bank of Scotland’s Global Restructuring Group. Iain McDougall looks at what's next for bank customers who have had their businesses affected by the conduct of the department.

Pictured (L-R): Laura McDonagh, Carolyn Jackson, Lorna Hale and Darren Deery

Patrick McGuire Scots who own Volkswagens are moving ahead with their legal battle for damages from the car manufacturer in the wake of a $15 billion settlement in the US.

The pages of a 350-year-old book listing the names of people in Scotland accused of witchcraft have been made available online for the first time.

Stephen Gibb Following a three-month fit-out period, Shepherd and Wedderburn has today relocated its Glasgow teams to new city centre premises.

Pictured (L-R): Thomas Ross, Jerome Buting, Lord Bonomy and Claire Mitchell

Pictured: (L-R): Willie Hunter, Ally Middleton and Chris West

An accountant who was banned from being a company director after he paid trade creditors but not HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) when his business went into liquidation has failed in an appeal against his three-year disqualification. Patrick Bradley was a director of Barhaul (2003) Limited, which went

A city in China has been forced to scrap a scheme that allows members of the public to exchange cigarette butts for tissues, due to abuse. Authorities in Shengzhou, Zhejiang Province, set up the exchange scheme in a bid to encourage people to pick up cigarette butts, offering a pack of tissues for e

Routine difficulty in meeting statutory time limits in Scotland’s criminal justice system requires urgent attention, the Faculty of Advocates has told MSPs. Other “difficulties” facing the prosecution service were also highlighted by the Faculty in a submission to the Scottish Parliament’s J