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The High Court in Belfast has refused two landmark judicial reviews challenging the UK government's ability to activate Article 50 and withdraw from the European Union, our sister publication, Irish Legal News reports. The judicial reviews were brought by victims' campaigner Raymond McCord and a cro

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An artisan Scottish cheesemaker whose products were removed from the shelves following an E.coli outbreak is bringing a judicial review against Food Standards Scotland in a bid to defeat claims it was the source of the outbreak. Errington Cheese’s products were recalled in September following alle

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Juliet Harris The annual prize for the best dissertation by a student on the taught masters programme in human rights law at the University of Strathclyde has this year been awarded to Juliet Harris. The dissertation, entitled The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in Scots Law: A

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Law Society of Scotland staff have raised a total of £9,040 for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust over the past year.A huge range of fundraising activity by staff from across the organisation contributed to the grand total including climbing Ben Nevis, running in the Edinburgh marathon relay and the Great

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James Kelly In a response to moves to repeal the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012, Celtic has criticised strict liability rules that would see clubs held liable for the behaviour of fans, saying this could actually encourage “unacceptable conduct i

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A Somalian refugee convicted of rape who successfully challenged a decision to deport him to his home country on human rights grounds has seen an appeal against that ruling refused. The Inner House of the Court of Session refused an appeal by the Home Secretary against an Upper Tribunal ruling, whic

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Iain McDougall Over the past two weeks there have been a number of revelations regarding the conduct of the Royal Bank of Scotland’s Global Restructuring Group. Iain McDougall looks at what's next for bank customers who have had their businesses affected by the conduct of the department.

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