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Jenny Hopkins Prosecutors and police chiefs have published an honour-based violence/abuse and forced marriage protocol highlighting the complexities of these cases and the barriers victims face in coming forward to report.

An appeal against an Opinion of an Extra Division of the Inner House of the Court of Session that a pharmacist convicted of domestic abuse offences not be removed from the practice register on the basis of a "middle way" between suspension and removal, as well as the respondent pharmacist’s cross-

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Simon Mackintosh The lack of alternative business structures in Scotland leaves its law firms less competitive than those south of the border, according to one expert.

A recipient of state benefits who challenged a decision to impose a direct earnings attachment after she allegedly obtained more than £20,000 by misrepresentation has a had a petition for judicial review dismissed. The petitioner claimed that the obligation to repay benefits received by misrepresen

The House of Lords Constitution Committee has launched a new call for evidence as part of its inquiry into the legislative process. The committee is looking for evidence on the creation, use and scrutiny of delegated powers, in advance of the introduction next year of a "Great Repeal Bill".

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David W Rivkin A new international anti-corruption task force will develop standards and practice guidance for lawyers involved in establishing and advising on international commercial structures and recommended actions for governments.

Carol Crowther Stronachs LLP in Aberdeen has achieved specialist accreditation for its private client team, becoming one of only five Scottish practices to be recognised as an “employer partner” by STEP.

The key to Oscar Wilde's jail cell has been sold for £15,000, three times its estimated value. The key, used to unlock the Reading Gaol cell occupied by Wilde between 1895-1897, was put on auction in London yesterday by Sotheby's, who expected it to sell for £4,000-6000.

A council tenant who claimed that his occupancy agreement which was to “continue on a fortnightly basis” should be treated as a Scottish secure tenancy because it did not contain an express provision stating that it was for a term of less than six months has won an appeal against a decision allo

James Wolffe QC The Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC, has stressed the need to respect the dignity and rights of all within the criminal justice system, whether victim, witness or accused.

Lorna McGregor A greater effort is needed to protect Britain’s position as a global leader in human rights as the development of a new British Bill of Rights, a rise in hate crime in recent years and changes to social security provide an uncertain future for society’s most vulnerable and margina

New information in papers relating to Thomas Muir have been uncovered in the Advocates Library in Edinburgh, shedding light on the life of the Scottish radical. Regarded as the father of Scottish democracy, the Glasgow-born Muir was convicted of sedition in 1793 and was sent to Australia.

Whether EU member states are obliged to grant humanitarian visas to people yet to enter its territory will be decided by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) following an emergency request from Belgium, EUobserver reports. The country's foreigners’ claims council has asked the court to rule on the