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Voting is open for the Law Society of Scotland in-house lawyers committee (ILC) convener election and all in-house solicitors are being encouraged to make the most of their vote. The ILC convener will play a major role in leading and supporting the in-house community and representing in-house solici

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This day, 244 years ago, marked a milestone in the fight to abolish slavery, when the Scots-born Lord Mansfield, the Lord Chief Justice declared slavery “odious” and ruled that escaped slave James Somerset must be released in a case that was to usher in the abolition of the trade and, in

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A major conference on vulnerable witnesses staged by the Faculty of Advocates has been hailed as a success. The event - The Treatment of Vulnerable Witnesses in Scotland -featured Scotland’s two senior judges, Lord Carloway, the Lord President, and Lady Dorrian, the Lord Justice Clerk, and was att

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Ali al-Nimr The UN Secretary-General must use a meeting with the Deputy Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia tomorrow to call for the release of three Saudi juveniles who face beheading after allegedly attending protests, human rights organisation Reprieve has said.

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A man who claimed entitlement to the Baronetcy of Stichill on the basis that DNA evidence put in doubt his rival’s claim has succeeded after the Board of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council found in his favour. Lord Hodge gave the opinion of the Board which also comprised Lord Neuberger, L

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