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The "circumstances in which it was decided that there was a legal basis for UK military action" in Iraq were "far from satisfactory", according to Sir John Chilcot, who today published the 2.6 million word report following his seven-year inquiry into the Iraq War. The Iraq Inquiry was asked to consi

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Two women have been sentenced to 23-and-a-half-years and 24 years in jail after they were found guilty of the murder of a two year old boy in Fife. The court heard that Liam Fee died having suffered a blow to his abdomen. Rachel and Nyomi Fee had tried to blame the injuries on another boy.

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Students at Edinburgh Law School’s Freedom of Expression Law Clinic have submitted a petition to the UN Working Group of Arbitrary Detention, urging the group to support detained Vietnamese bloggers, Nguyễn Hữu Vinh and Ngô Hào. Supported by experienced practitioners, the final year LLB stud

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Matthew Gray A Scottish law firm is adding to the positivity surrounding Watsonians FC’s New Myreside home – by agreeing a four figure sponsorship deal.

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Susan O'Brien QC has resigned as chair of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry complaining that the Inquiry's independence was being undermined by government interference -- an allegation also made by Professor Michael Lamb, a senior psychologist resigned from the inquiry last week claiming that interfe

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The General Court of the European Union has ruled that the repute of McDonald’s trade marks makes it possible to prevent the registration, for foods or beverages, of trade marks combining the prefix ‘Mac’ or ‘Mc’ with the name of a foodstuff or beverage. The Court today upheld the European

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Peter Boyd Boyd Legal Solicitors, a full service practice headquartered in Edinburgh, has undertaken a strategic review of its operations and parted ways with its high volume mortgage referral conveyancing team.

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