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Professor Sue Black Professor Sue Black, a leading expert in forensic anthropology has received a damehood for her services to her profession.

Police in Texas successfully apprehended a man who ran from police during a traffic stop after a field of cows grassed him up. Samuel White, who was pulled over for speeding, led police on a high-speed chase after being told he faced arrest.

Welcome to SLN's new book review feature where we review some of the latest non-fiction books that may be of interest to our readers. In our first feature Graham Ogilvy finds the war-time memoir of a Jewish refugee fleeing Nazi persecution both timely and moving while Flora Edgar enjoys a biography

Philip Gormley Police Scotland has paid a total VAT tax bill of £76.5 million since its formation in 2013 – and remains the only UK force which is unable to reclaim the tax.

The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) has issued a new report finding that the UK government is failing in its responsibility to prioritise children. There have been various improvements in an attempt to prioritise children since the last report in 2008 but recent cuts to s

New figures released today show a slight increase in incidents of hate crime reported to Scotland’s prosecution service in 2015-16, compared to the previous year. Within the figures, racial crime remains the most commonly reported hate crime with 3,712 charges reported in 2015-16, a decrease on la

Cori Crider UK government prosecutors investigating the kidnap and “rendition” of two families to Libya by MI6 and the CIA have announced their conclusions that a senior British intelligence official was involved in the operation and had – to a limited extent – sought political approval for

Joachim Feldges A year before the Unified Patent Court (UPC) is set to launch, considerably more patent heavy businesses believe the UPC will benefit their company (80 per cent) compared to only 36 per cent of those with small portfolios, according to a survey by Allen & Overy.

Caitlin Sherrett and Finlay Allmond, winners of the Dewar Debate 2015/16 (centre) pictured with deputy presiding officer Linda Fabiani MSP; Eilidh Wiseman, president of the Law Society Scotland; Peter Dennis of Hodder Gibson; judges and fellow competitors.

Sam Mercer Statistics released by the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) have prompted the Bar Council to call for a more diverse judiciary.

Donald Trump, presumptive Republican nominee in the US presidential election, was left embarrassed after it emerged his lawyer has donated thousands of dollars to opponent Hillary Clinton's campaign. Trump is currently embroiled in legal action over the now-defunct Trump University, in which he's re

George Wyllie and the Glasgow arts revival George Wyllie is remembered as a bunnet-wearing, boiler-suited artist in late middle age who burst onto the contemporary art scene in the late 1980s with two major performance-based installation works, The Straw Locomotive (1987) and The Paper Boat (1989).

A Scottish local authority which refused a cab driver's application to renew his taxi booking office licence after finding that he was "not a fit and proper person" has successfully challenged a sheriff's ruling to overturn its decision. Judges in the Inner House of the Court of Session held that th

The Faculty of Advocates favours a change in the law of prescription, as it has been held to be by the Supreme Court.

The EU referendum could face a legal challenge after the deadline for voter registration was extended. Arron Banks, a funder of the Leave.EU campaign, may apply for the decision to be judicially reviewed.