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A petition by a British citizen who was raised in France challenging a decision to refuse a request that he be transferred from a Scottish prison to a French prison where he would serve a shorter custodial sentence has been refused by a Lord Ordinary. Thomas Wainwright had been sentenced to 12 years

The Edinburgh Foundation for Women in Law has announced that the 2022-23 annual speaker is Solicitor General Ruth Charteris KC. During the Annual Reflections Lecture, Ms Charteris will reflect upon their career to date; explore some of the obstacles, barriers, and challenges that they have faced; an

The UK government's plan to deport migrants to Rwanda is lawful, the High Court has ruled. The court ruled yesterday that the scheme did not fall foul of the UN's Refugee Convention on human rights laws.

Stun guns bought online and imported from abroad are classed as prohibited firearms, High Court prosecutors have warned. The warning came as a 35-year-old man was jailed for five years at the High Court in Edinburgh after being convicted of discharging a taser in a children’s skatepark.

All new-build homes in Scotland will soon have to meet the internationally recognised ‘Passivhaus’ standard after the Scottish government agreed to progress legislation proposed by Scottish Labour MSP Alex Rowley. The Proposed Domestic Building Environmental Standards (Scotland) Bil

Anderson Strathern has reported its most successful year ever for investment deals. The corporate investment team, led by Euan Tripp, advises some of Scotland’s most active investors – spanning private equity funds, institutional investors, angel syndicates, family offices and high net w

Ampersand has welcomed Brandon Malone to the stable, after he called to the bar. Stable director Euan Mackenzie KC said: “I am delighted to welcome Brandon to Ampersand. He is a renowned lawyer with an impressive CV and accomplishments before coming to the bar. He will be an asset to the stabl

"Do you want to keep your brain engaged over the festive season?", asks the Supreme Court (presumably instead of eating your weight in chocolate and letting lingering resentments with siblings boil over). Then you may want to enrol in a free course offered by the court, in which participants will ge

Lawyer Catherine Barile has been appointed as a member of the Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland. The committee was set up under the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001 to advise Scottish ministers on the barriers and challenges for disabled people in relation to transport.

The Crown Office has received reports from Police Scotland following the arrest of former sheriff Alistair Duff in connection with alleged communications offences. Concerns had been raised earlier this year over the fact no information had been made available following the arrest of Mr Duff, former

The poor state of courthouse buildings in England and Wales is contributing to the courts backlog with cases delayed due to leaking roofs and broken heating systems, according to new research. Around two-thirds (64 per cent) of solicitors surveyed by the Law Society of England and Wales had experien

Dear Editor I respectfully point out that the Bosman case was argued in Luxembourg not in Strasbourg. It might also be pointed out that the ending of the regime where the hiring of a promising young player from a small club by a large club entailed the payment of a training indemnity to the former c

A new documentary marks the 70th anniversary of the European Court of Justice. How did EU law develop to become what it is today? How has the Court of Justice evolved throughout its history?

Two women have been given suspended prison sentences after feeding stray cats near a courthouse in order to trap and neuter them. Animal rights organisations protested after Beverly Roberts, 85, and Mary Alston, 61, were arrested near the courthouse in Elmore County in eastern Alabama, the Montgomer

It’s not an insignificant mark of regard of one’s peers for an advocate to be elected Clerk of Faculty as Barney Ross was last month following a six-way contest. It’s also one about which he is typically self-effacing, and he gently points out that his observations are made in a pe