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China has put a disabled human rights lawyer under house arrest and stopped foreign diplomats from seeing her, weeks after the US State Department gave her an award for bravery. Ni Yulan, who defended people evicted from their homes, told Reuters she has been under house arrest for 12 days.

Sheriff Principal Craig Scott QC A sheriff’s decision to desert a trial simpliciter on the basis that the proceedings would inevitably be “unfair” after it emerged that CCTV images identifying the accused would not be available has been successfully challenged by prosecutors.

Theresa May The Home Secretary, Theresa May, has said the UK should withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights.

Alison McInnes The Scottish Liberal Democrats have revealed a Police Scotland database of over 850 million number plate records is logged by a method that is not backed by any specific law.

Brian Inkster Crofting Law expert, Brian Inkster, has commented on the publicity from last week surrounding a Common Grazings Committee being summarily removed from office by the Crofting Commission.

Rhoda Grant The purchase of sex should be criminalised but sex workers themselves should not face sanctions, Scottish Labour is to argue in its manifesto.

Mike Dailly Solicitor advocate Mike Dailly is launching a trust fund to help impoverished students in Dundee who want to study at college or university.

Sixty-four per cent of drivers witnessed fellow motorists illegally use their phones while driving according to a new survey commissioned by the RAC. About six per cent of 2,120 people surveyed said they saw between five and seven drivers using their phones. Twenty-six per cent reported seeing no su

The Magic Circle’s 40 new promotions have revealed the most common universities partners attended, with two Scots institutions among them. The Lawyer reports that Oxford produced 12 partners this year, more than any other institution. It was followed by Cambridge with seven and Edinburgh, with fou

A group of judges and lawyers from Sweden enjoyed a warm welcome on a memorable visit to the Faculty of Advocates and Parliament House, Edinburgh. The group was given a brief introduction to Scots law and the Scottish legal system by Lord Carloway, the Lord President, and the Dean of Faculty, James

(L-R): Wendy Murphy from Brodies’ HR Department, Calum Fairbairn and Gregg Orrock

Prosecutors have failed in an appeal against a judge’s decision to order the disclosure of recordings of interviews of two complainers in a sex abuse case after appeal judges ruled that such label productions are subject to the control of the court, not the Crown. The Criminal Appeal Court held it

Mike Dailly Solicitor advocate Mike Dailly has slammed the UK government's proposed increase of more than 500 per cent in asylum and immigration tribunal fees, saying that "Securing a fair and just outcome should never depend upon your bank balance."

Previously confidential documents published this week reveal the extent of UK government surveillance kept secret from the public and Parliament for the last 15 years. Revealed in a case brought by Privacy International about the use of so-called “Bulk Personal Datasets” (BPDs), the extracts sho

of the formal investigation procedure and, on the other, the aid schemes had not been notified to the Commission in any way. The undertakings in question therefore could not reasonably believe, despite the delay in the investigation procedure, that the Commission’s doubts no longer existed and th