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Pictured (L-R): Ravinder Kaur, Mark McDonald, MSP, and Janys Scott QC

A man who was jailed for 13 years after being convicted of raping his daughter and his niece has had an appeal against his sentence refused. The appellant, “JM”, was given an extended sentence of 16 years, the custodial part of which was 13 years and the extension period was three years, after b

Tim Eicke QC, 50, has been sworn in as the UK’s judge at the European Court of Human Rights. Mr Eicke, whose name was put forward as the best-qualified candidate, won by a clear majority of parliamentary representatives at the Council of Europe in June. He read English law at the Uni

Gurkha soldiers who complained that their pension entitlements had been less favourable than those of non-Gurkha soldiers in the British Army and those of younger Gurkha soldiers who had more years of service after 1 July 1997 suffered no violation of article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) read

Thousands of calls to the police are abandoned by callers before being answered, it has emerged. Figures show that 77,670 calls made to the 101 number were abandoned in 2015.

Holyrood will debate creating a new offence to hold abusive partners to account, after it was announced in the Programme for Government. In 2014-15 nearly 60,000 domestic abuse incidents were reported to police, with 79 per cent of these incidents having a male perpetrator and female victim.

Pictured (L-R): Matt Wightman, Rob Aberdein and Joseph Bowie will lead Aberdein Considine’s expansion into England and Wales.

The bid of bakers in Forfar to acquire EU protected status for their bridie has been put in doubt by claims that every baker has their own recipe for the savoury pastry,The Courier reports. Saddler’s and McLaren and Son would like protected geographical indication for the "Forfar Bridie", meaning

Following European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker's state of the union address this week, the Commission has this week set out proposals on the modernisation of copyright to "increase cultural diversity in Europe and content available online". President Juncker said in his address: "I want

Terra Firma Chambers has re-affirmed its ongoing commitment to strengthening links with law firms and direct access organisations throughout Scotland by announcing three seminar events this Autumn. The first will take place in Oban on 6th October, followed by Inverness on 26th October and Aberdeen o

Pictured: Back row (L-R): Jennifer Love, Graeme Watt, Hamish Lean, Bobby McDonald and Laura Bisset

In the Grand Chamber judgment in the case of Ibrahim and Others v. the United Kingdom, the European Court of Human Rights has held, by 15 votes to two, that there had been no violation of the rights of three applicants (Mr Ibrahim, Mr Mohammed and Mr Omar) under Article 6 §§ 1 and 3 (c) (right to

Alistair Carmichael Liberal Democrat MP Alistair Carmichael has criticised the body that investigates possible miscarriages of justice over the murder of a Bangladeshi waiter in 1994, The Herald reports.

Lord Minginish The Scottish Land Court has issued a decision to the effect that an application by Colin Kennedy, convener of the Crofting Commission, to purchase his Apportionment at Arinagour Common Grazings on the Isle of Coll is incompetent.