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Liberty campaigners yesterday unveiled an 11-foot banner celebrating the Human Rights Act in Westminster Hall, in protest against the act’s omission from a parliamentary exhibition commemorating the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta.

Jonathan Smithers Social mobility and the global competitiveness of UK law could be damaged by the removal of current approved routes to qualifying as a solicitor, the Law Society warned today.

A conman who impersonated the Duke of Marlborough and accrued bills of over £10,000 has been jailed for three-and-a-half years. Alexander Wood managed to blag his way into top hotels in London by assuming different personae such as a senior member of British Airways staff and, in one instance, the

A decision that a sheriff’s finding of contempt of court and subsequent sentence for breach of interdict were reviewable only by petition to the “nobile officium” has been overruled. A five-judge bench in the Inner House of the Court of Session held that a previous case in which it had been he

Alistair Carmichael Liberal Democrat Alistair Carmichael faces a legal bill of £150,000 following his victory in the Election Court which saw him defeat a bid to unseat him as MP for Orkney and Shetland.

Frank Mulholland QC New prosecution guidelines, designed to protect refugees fleeing persecution, have been introduced by the Lord Advocate, Frank Mulholland QC.

People caught by police with small amounts of cannabis will be given warnings rather than be prosecuted, The Herald reports. The move is part of a change in how officers deal with petty crimes to free up police and prosecutors' time for more serious offending.

Malcolm McPherson HBJ Gateley has completed a round of seven senior hires, including six new partners, as it reported profit growth of 16 per cent in the first half of the financial year.

L-R: Gordon Davidson, Jennifer Burnett, Alasdair Smith, Barbara Calderwood and Neil Fraser Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace (RCC&W) has announced the appointment of four partners and a consultant to strengthen its complete legal services offering for the commercial, corporate and private mar

Paul Hally Shepherd and Wedderburn has announced the appointment of a three partner team to their leading restructuring and insolvency practice. Yvonne Brady,Fiona McKerrell and John Gallacher join the firm in the New Year from HBJ Gateley.

Sir Crispin Westwater Advocates is to jointly sponsor with theLegal Services Agency a major seminar on housing law. The seminar, to be held on 29 February in Glasgow, will look at important recent developments and future changes in housing law and practice in Scotland.

Michael Matheson Justice Secretary Michael Matheson hailed theScottish government's penal reforms during a visit to veterans who have become involved in offending after struggling to make the transition from a life in the forces to living in the community.

Glen Gilson Gilson Gray LLP said it is delighted with today’s decision of the Election Court, which upheld the election of its client, Alistair Carmichael, as MP for the Orkney & Shetland constituency and opened up the prospect of significant changes to public access of high profile trials.

Frank Mulholland QC The Lord Advocate has once again defended the Crown's decision not to prosecute Glasgow bin lorry driver Harry Clarke.

It has emerged that South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius, who was recently convicted of the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013, is studying for a law degree by correspondence at the University of London. Mr Pistorus has avoided returning to jail as he awaits to appeal his conviction