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South Africa has withdrawn notification of its intention to withdraw from the International Criminal Court following a ruling by the country's High Court. The opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) successfully argued that Parliament had to be consulted in order for the country to withdraw.

An invited audience and specialist speakers will analyse the Scottish government’s Brexit strategy at a special Faculty of Advocates conference.European experts from home and abroad are being brought together for a day of discussion and debate about issues raised by the paper, Scotland’s Place i

Pictured (l-r): Nicky Clemence and John Sinclair Burness Paull has further strengthened its property team with two senior appointments.

Pictured (left to right, top to bottom): Emma Carmichael, Leigh Herd, Patricia Hawthorn, Yvonne Brady and Gillian Carty Women are leading the way at UK firm Shepherd and Wedderburn, the firm said ahead of International Women's Day tomorrow.

The Human Rights Alliance is encouraging lawyers in Aberdeen to join them in standing up for human rights at a pop-up event to be held tomorrow in conjunction with Human Rights Consortium Scotland. The HRA is running the "March for Rights" campaign throughout the month of March.

As former newspaper journalists, we take no delight in the continuing decline of the printed media in Scotland. But it is important to highlight last month’s disastrous ABC circulation figures for both The Herald and The Scotsman. For the first time, The Scotsman fell below 20,000 (including free

The latest instalment in the Scottish Young Lawyers' Association (SYLA) "So you want to be" series is "So you want to be a Family Lawyer?" The seminar will give an insight into the daily life of family lawyers, and is kindly hosted by Lindsays.

Dr Duncan Morrow Scotland should consider introducing strict liability rules in order to tackle sectarianism in football, an academic has recommended in a new report.

A Russian lawmaker wants to legalise the country's highly organised football hooligans and make their brawling an official spectator sport. Last year organised groups of Russian fans deployed with military precision to fight English supporters on the streets of Marseille during the European Champion

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Holyrood’s European Committee has called for a bespoke solution on Brexit that reflects Scotland’s majority vote to remain in the single market to be explored with the “EU 27” in negotiations before and after the UK government triggers Article 50. The committee’s report Determining Scotlan

A consultant cardiac surgeon who disputed a sheriff’s fatal accident inquiry finding over a “reasonable precaution” which the doctor could have taken whereby the death might have been avoided has had his legal challenge against the determination dismissed. A judge in the Court of Session refus

Pictured (L-R): Martin Darroch, Dan Wallace and Colin Hartley.

Jamie Kerr Thorntons partner and immigration expert Jamie Kerr considers the implications of Brexit in this year’s SLN Annual Review.

Miles Briggs A Holyrood member's bill to introduce a law extending free care for dementia to patients under 65 will be launched in the summer, the Scottish Conservatives have announced.