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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.

All places have been snapped up for the Faculty of Advocates’ Open Day, when visitors will be given a taste of life at the Scottish bar. The event is being held on Wednesday, 4 November, and will kick off with information sessions from Dr Kirsty Hood QC, Clerk of Faculty, and David Parratt, direct

  The Convention rights of three Pakistani nationals were not violated after they were detained by UK authorities for 13 days without charge the European Court of Human Rights has ruled.

Plans to wipe driving offences after a year will result in safe motorists being handed higher insurance premiums insurers have warned. A number of insurers have said the Scottish government's plans for a fairer rehabilitation scheme for offenders will mean they cannot identify dangerous drivers and

Dr Monica Beg A leaked UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) document which called on member states to consider “decriminalising drug use and possession for personal consumption” does not represent UNODC policy, the UN office has clarified.

  A woman who challenged a local council's decision that she was no longer entitled to housing after she rejected its second offer of a house has lost her case at the European Court of Human Rights after the court held unanimously there was no violation of article 6 § 1 of the European Convent

The English Bridge Union (EBU) has failed in a legal challenge to have the card game recognised as a sport. A judge at the High Court in London ruled that the decision by English Sports Council- a non-departmental public body which provides government and lottery funding for sport in the community -

Lawyers representing Wikileaks founder Julian Assange  over rape and sexual assault allegations say correspondence between prosecutors in England and Sweden reveal that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) was “more interested in winning the case than finding the truth&rdquo