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The Afghanistan Independent Bar Association in Exile (AIBAIE) has been granted membership of the International Bar Association (IBA). AIBAIE was formed after the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan in 2021 following a two-decade war with the United States and its allies.

Lesley Anne McDougall, devoted mother, cherished daughter, sister, niece and cousin, dear friend to many and much-admired member of Scotland's legal profession, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on 30 May. Born on 29 October 1976 at Bangour Hospital, West Lothian, Lesley was daughter to Anne and

Ledingham Chalmers has invested in new premises in Inverness. All teams based in York House, Church Street and Kintail House, Beechwood Business Park, have moved to Ord House in nearby Cradlehall Business Park.

German police urged English football fans to consider swapping beer for cannabis to keep them in a "chill mood" during the Euro 2024 tournament. Tens of thousands of England supporters descended on Gelsenkirchen for their team's opening match against Serbia yesterday, which England won 1-nil.

Meta has delayed plans to train AI tools on content published by Facebook and Instagram users in the EU following a request from the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC). The social media giant said last Monday that its generative AI features need to be trained on European data to reflect "the div

Paul McNaughton has been sentenced to life imprisonment at the High Court in Glasgow for the murder of retired Edinburgh schoolteacher Peter Coshan in August 2022. The punishment part of the sentence is 22 years and will be backdated to August 18, 2022. McNaughton, 29, pled guilty to both charges at

The government of Honduras is to build a “mega-prison” to deal with gang violence in a move similar to its neighbour El Salvador. President Xiomara Castro announced the new project along with other emergency measures such as giving the military a greater role in tackling organised crime

Secondary school pupils had the opportunity to practise their advocacy skills by taking part in a mock trial at the University of the West of Scotland using materials from the MiniTrials initiative. The fifth and sixth year pupils from St Andrews Academy, Clydebank High School and Lesmahagow High Sc

Lord Chancellor Alex Chalk is being taken to the High Court by lawyers who say legal aid fees are so low they cannot provide representation to thousands of people. The case revolves around access to legal aid for immigration and asylum lawyers and is being brought by Duncan Lewis solicitors.

The taxpayer has footed a legal bill of £400,000 for the case of former sheriff Jack Brown, who was sacked over alleged sexual misconduct. It was announced last month that the 64-year-old would be removed from office after an independent tribunal report found that his misbehaviour rendered him

Digby Brown associate Megan McGuire has been recognised as an accredited specialist in clinical negligence by the Law Society of Scotland. Ms McGuire graduated from the University of Strathclyde with an LLB in 2010 and thereafter with a diploma in legal practice in 2011.

On 12 June, Clan Childlaw celebrated 16 years of delivering its child-centred legal outreach services for children and young people with an event held at the Scottish Storytelling Centre.

The Scottish Parliament’s Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee has welcomed the proposals in the Judicial Factors (Scotland) Bill, which aims to consolidate and update laws related to judicial factors. However, the opportunity for the bill to clarify how judicial factors can work with the

Money Laundering Regulations need greater clarity for the legal sector and a re-focus on key ways to mitigate underlying risk in order to strengthen the UK’s anti-money laundering (AML) system, the Law Society of Scotland has said. Responding to proposals in the HM Treasury consultation on imp

CMS is to host a free-to-attend event focused on one of the key challenges facing the UK renewable energy industry: how to solve the issue of grid connections. The seminar, being held in Aberdeen on 19 June, includes contributions from Calum Watt, grid technical authority at Flotation Energy, who wi