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Frank Mulholland QC The Lord Advocate, Frank Mulholland QC has today called for restraint from all parties in the provision and publication of information relating to the death of Sheku Bayoh.

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A man who secretly took a screenshot of a photograph of a woman’s private parts from her mobile phone and sent it to a third party has had an appeal to be taken off the sex offenders register refused. Aidan McHugh, 21, who pled guilty to a statutory breach of the peace charge, became subject to th

A man who challenged the admission in evidence of material that revealed his membership of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and meant he was convicted of being a member of a proscribed organisation has failed in his appeal to the UK Supreme Court that the material should have been excluded at trial.

The Law Society of Scotland has paid tribute to past president, Michael Scanlan, who passed away yesterday. Mr Scanlan served as president of the Law Society between 1999 and 2000 and chaired many of the Society’s committees, including the remuneration, insurance and education & training commi

Derek Penman Edinburgh has the highest crime rate and lowest detection rate in Scotland according to a watchdog.

Measures aimed at creating a modern and comprehensive framework for burials and cremations are to be examined by two Holyrood committees. The Health and Sport Committee and the Local Government and Regeneration Committee will both scrutinise the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Bill, each looking at

The European Court of Human Rights is holding a Grand Chamber hearing today in the case of Hutchinson v the United Kingdom. The case concerns the complaint by a man serving a whole life sentence for murder that his sentence amounts to inhuman and degrading treatment as he has no hope of release.

Neil Stevenson The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission(SLCC) has been invited to give evidence to the Northern Ireland Assembly’s Committee for Finance and Personnel today.

From left: Kirsten Dunford, Christopher Boyd and Alix Reid

Alison Levitt QC A former prosecutor has called for a new law giving sex abuse suspects anonymity until they are charged.

An impressive £13,000 has been raised by the Tumbling Lassie Ball, a charity event organised by a group of advocates in honour of the central character in a 17th century court case.

“If you’re a blood donor, you’re a hero to someone, somewhere, who received your gracious gift of life”. This is the quote which inspired thirty of the team from Gillespie Macandrew’s Edinburgh office to donate blood.