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A man has appeared in court charged with the illegal possession of Viagra with intent to supply at an army barracks. Tommy McEvoy (37) is accused of possessing the prescription-only drug Sildenafil (trade name Viagra) at Cathal Brugha Barracks in Rathmines and his his home in Co Wicklow.

Calls to the LawCare helpline in 2016 from lawyers in the UK and Ireland rose by 12 per cent compared with 2015. The top two most common reasons for calls remain the same, with stress at 38 per cent of calls (37 per cent in 2015) and depression at 12 per cent (11 per cent).

Scotland’s police force has been described as “an organisation in crisis” after the Auditor General’s told a Holyrood committee there is a £200 million deficit in the budget. Caroline Gardner, the Auditor General for Scotland, reported last month that the Scottish Police Authority (SPA), wa

A man accused of a statutory breach of the peace who was seeking to suspend an apprehension warrant has been told by the Sheriff Appeal Court that his legal challenge was “incompetent”. The appeal sheriffs concluded that suspension of a warrant such as this granted by a sheriff exercising his ad

Alan Pritchard A data breach is the unintended disclosure of private data. For some, this means clients’ personal details, for others, it is a leak of critical data about a major acquisition or merger. Every hour approximately 157,154 records are stolen or leaked into the public domain and the cos

Lord Bracadale Lord Bracadale is to begin a review this month into the suite of laws covering hate crime offences in Scotland to ensure it is fit for purpose in the 21st century.

Hans Litten To mark Holocaust Memorial Day, Connor Beaton tells the inspiring and moving story of Hans Litten, the German lawyer murdered by the Nazis after cross-examining Hitler.

Gok Wan and Edith Forrest Advocate Edith Forrest is a Burns Supper veteran, having spoken at dinners from Kilmarnock to Kazakhstan and London to Lerwick, but there was still something new for her at her latest appearance.

Robert Sutherland There is irony in the fact that whilst surveys show that the number of agricultural tenancies in Scotland has been falling, the amount (and complexity) of legislation and regulation of agricultural tenancies continues to increase. As a consequence, the need for an updated version o

Lord Hope of Craighead Former Lord President and Deputy President of the Supreme Court, Lord Hope of Craighead has revealed he sought an amendment to the Scotland Bill last year that would have put the Sewel Convention on a statutory footing, The Times reports.

Oral evidence should continue to be the norm at fatal accident inquires, although there is scope for witness statements, the Faculty of Advocates has suggested. In a consultation on draft rules for the Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Act 2016, the Scottish Civil Just

A yoga teacher has been arrested for "illegal missionary activity" under controversial new laws designed to combat terrorism in Russia.Dmitry Ugay was giving a talk about the philosophy of yoga at a St Petersburg festival when cops bundled him away to protect the motherland from what they presumed t

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A man has gone on trial in Glasgow Sheriff Court, accused of making death threats against the head of Northern Ireland’s prosecution service, The Herald reports. Gordon Galloway, 50, posted a comment on Facebook under a story about the Director of Public Prosectuions, Barra McGrory QC during his t

A prisoner who claimed that his human rights had been breached because he had not been given a reasonable opportunity to rehabilitate himself has had a legal challenge dismissed. A judge in the Court of Session refused the petition for judicial review after ruling that the Scottish Prison Service di