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The failure by the Lord Advocate to adopt and publish a policy identifying the facts and circumstances which he will take into account in deciding whether or not to authorise the prosecution in Scotland of a person who assists another to commit suicide does not breach human rights law, appeal judges

Calum MacNeill QC Westwater Advocates’ Calum MacNeill QC represented Greater Glasgow Health Board in the proof recently decided by Lord Stewart who denied a £15 million claim for clinical negligence brought against it by a sufferer of cerebral palsy.

Professor Neil McKeganey A drug addiction expert has said prisoners should have their sentences cut if they can prove they are clean, The Scotsman reports.

Prison reform campaigners are to send volunteers to Scottish courts amid concerns about how the system treats female prisoners, The Herald reports. The number of women in Scottish jails has doubled in the past decade.

David S Christie Technology is reducing the reliance on traditional courtroom hearings, writes David S Christie.

Tim Macdonald Lindsays has appointed Tim Macdonald to its rural services team as a solicitor.

Dr Simone Lamont-Black Dr Simone Lamont-Black, founder of theEdinburgh Vis Moot Project and lecturer in international trade law at the University of Edinburgh, has welcomed the continued support and sponsorship from the Scottish Arbitration Centre for the law school’s Vis Pre-Moot, to be held on 2

Dr Cyrus Tata Wednesday 24th February 2016 6-7.40pm Strathclyde University

Srikanth Srinivasan An Indian-born judge is a frontrunner in the race to replace the vacant seat on the US Supreme Court bench following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia last week.

(L-R): Colin McCulloch, Johnston Clark and Paul Devine Blackadders LLP and Glasgow-based Boyle Shaughnessy, solicitors are to merge on 1 April 2016.

A minister who was found guilty of sexual assault charges has successfully appealed against his conviction after appeal judges ruled that the trial judge had “misdirected” the jury. The Criminal Appeal Court quashed the convictions against Walter Masocha after ruling that the sheriff failed to d

Alex Neil The Scottish government will not enforce a law meant to prevent UK charities from speaking out about controversial policies.

Drew Scott A legal expert has said Holyrood would gain a raft of new powers in the event of Brexit.

Work has begun on hewing down a massive hedge which sparked a 30-year war between neighbours in the first use of the High Hedges (Scotland) Act 2013. Workers took chainsaws to the 40ft hedge in the village of Buchylvie near Stirling yesterday in work that is expected to take several days, The Herald

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