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A “fugitive from justice” in Poland who claimed that his extradition from Scotland would breach his human rights has had an appeal refused. Jaroslaw Pofelski, who claimed that he had been held in custody for a total of four years in Poland while awaiting trial before leaving the country for Scot

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The Solicitor General for Scotland, Alison Di Rollo(pictured), has been appointed as Queen’s Counsel by Her Majesty the Queen on the recommendation of the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Ms Di Rollo was nominated by the James Wolffe QC, the Lord Advocate. Ms Di Rollo was appointed Solicitor Genera

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Colin Souter has written a final reply to solicitor Brian Inkster in an ongoing debate surrounding the Crofting Commission. I note Mr Inkster has shared another article published on Scottish Legal News. I have no intention of inflicting this debate upon your readers as a series of articles but will

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Tim Eicke QC, 50, has been sworn in as the UK’s judge at the European Court of Human Rights. Mr Eicke, whose name was put forward as the best-qualified candidate, won by a clear majority of parliamentary representatives at the Council of Europe in June. He read English law at the Uni

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Gurkha soldiers who complained that their pension entitlements had been less favourable than those of non-Gurkha soldiers in the British Army and those of younger Gurkha soldiers who had more years of service after 1 July 1997 suffered no violation of article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) read

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Holyrood will debate creating a new offence to hold abusive partners to account, after it was announced in the Programme for Government. In 2014-15 nearly 60,000 domestic abuse incidents were reported to police, with 79 per cent of these incidents having a male perpetrator and female victim.

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