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British lawyers could be stationed in Rwandan courts as part of a new treaty to support the deportation scheme, which is expected to be signed shortly. The move comes in response to the Supreme Court's ruling last month, which held the deportation plan to be unlawful.

A senior English judge in the family courts has been treated in hospital after he was assaulted by a man whose case he was hearing. The litigant in person, who cannot be named, has pleaded guilty to assault, criminal damage and causing intentional harassment, alarm or distress and is due to be sente

TLT has advised Greater Manchester-based UK Electronics on its transition to employee ownership (EO). TLT’s Edinburgh-based corporate partner Douglas Roberts led the deal, supported by senior associate Nimarta Cheema. UK Electronics, whose premises are in Royton, Oldham, specialises in the man

President of the Supreme Court, Lord Reed of Allermuir, has been awarded the honorary degree of LLD by the University of Edinburgh. It is a little over 45 years since Lord Reed’s previous graduation at Edinburgh when, on 14 July 1978, he received the degree of LLB in the company of four others

A doctoral student studying the concept of unfitness for trial is looking for research participants from the legal profession. Danielle Dyason, a PhD student in clinical psychology at Edinburgh University, is looking at legal and healthcare professionals’ views on the definition, terminology,

A senior Paraguayan government official has lost his job after signing an agreement with a fake country led by a suspected sex offender. Arnaldo Chamorro, chief of staff in Paraguay's agriculture ministry, told reporters that he had signed an agreement with representatives of the "United States of K

Fife firm Innes Johnston LLP has become a wellbeing pioneer after attending the first resilience workshop of its kind to be officially accredited in Scotland.

BTO has announced its latest round of promotions, including four new partners, with effect from 1 December 2023. This news closely follows the addition of new Edinburgh based partners Tim Edward and Euan Fleming in November.

Russia's top court has banned the "international LGBT movement" as an "extremist organisation" at the behest of the Russian government in a move widely condemned by human rights and LGBT+ organisations. Judge Oleg Nefedov approved the Russian justice ministry's request after a four-hour hearing yest

Former chancellor Alistair Darling has died at the age of 70. Educated at Chinthurst School, in Tadworth, Surrey, then in Kirkcaldy, and at the private Loretto School, in Musselburgh, he obtained an LLB from Aberdeen University and qualified as a solicitor in 1978. He was admitted to Faculty in 1984

Aretha Franklin's sons have been awarded ownership of the late singer's former homes on the basis of a handwritten will which was found down the back of her sofa months after she died. Judge Jennifer Callaghan on Monday divided the musician's real estate assets between her four sons on the basis of

A criminal defence lawyer who defecated in a Pringles can and then tossed the soiled vessel into the car park of a victims' charity has been suspended from practice. Ohio attorney Jack A. Blakeslee admitted throwing the can from his car window on his way to a court hearing in 2021, but denied delibe

The Crown Office has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry into the death of 30-year-old Gregg Anderson. Mr Anderson died on 26 December 2021 at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow. He had been an inmate within HMP Glenochil when he was admitted

Proposals to help the Gaelic and Scots languages prosper in the years ahead have been set out in legislation today, as Scotland marks St Andrew’s Day. One of the proposals in the Scottish Languages Bill is the creation of new Areas of Linguistic Significance, which would give Gaelic communitie

Digital assets and the legal framework surrounding them will be the focus of a new research project funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE). A team from the University of Aberdeen’s Centre for Commercial Law consisting of Dr Burcu Yüksel Ripley, Dr Alisdair MacPherson and Luci Care