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The families of victims of a US drone strike in Libya in November 2018 have filed a criminal complaint against the commander of Italian Naval Air Station Sigonella used to carry out the strike. The complaint accuses the Italian commander of the unlawful use of force under both international and Ital

Two men who were found guilty of raping a woman in a flat in Edinburgh have successfully challenged their convictions in the High Court of Justiciary. The appellants, AW and HB, argued that the trial judge had failed to direct the jury on a number of key issues in the trial, including details on how

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A flamingo that flew away from a Kansas zoo some 17 years ago and has been on the run has been spotted in Texas. Pink Floyd, as the bird is known, was seen on March 10 wading into Cox Bay near Port Lavaca, about 120 miles from Houston.

A specialist, cross-sector team from the firm has advised on the sale of the Speyside and Cramlingtion biomass with CHP projects Burges Salmon has recently advised Speyside Renewable Energy Partnership, the owner of a 15MWe biomass combined heat and power (CHP) plant near Craigellachie, Moray, on it

From dealing with the assorted miscreants at the notorious Marine Court in Glasgow to presiding over one of Scotland's oldest and most venerable law firms, Donald Bremner Reid has had a remarkable life at the heart of the UK legal profession. The specialist consultant at, and former chairman of, Gla

Six British judges have resisted calls to stand down from Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal, after sitting judges Lord Reed and Lord Hodge stepped down from the court over freedom of speech concerns. In a joint statement, Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Lord Sumption,

The Russian military’s siege warfare tactics in Ukraine, marked by indiscriminate attacks on densely-populated areas, are unlawfully killing civilians in several cities, Amnesty International said today in a new on-the-ground investigation. For the first time, Amnesty International field inves

A conveyancer who discovered she no longer had a job while she was on adoption leave from summer 2020 to spring 2021 has been successful in a claim for statutory redundancy payment before an employment tribunal. Catriona Pattullo had been employed by solicitor John Paterson Gray, who had traded as A

Turcan Connell has announced the promotion of 19 lawyers, including one partner, Richard Douglas-Home; one legal director, Simran Panesar-Saggu; three senior associates, five associates and nine senior solicitors. Chairman Alexander Garden said: "These promotions are thoroughly deserved by all conce

Lindsays has announced a record number of promotions. Two new partners are among the 11 newly promoted lawyers who begin work in their new posts from today.

Euan Fleming has joined Burness Paull as a partner in its private client team. Mr Fleming, who will be based in the firm’s Edinburgh office, specialises in asset protection, succession and tax planning, and the administration of estates and trusts.

Experts from the University of Edinburgh Law School are hosting a virtual event on the international legal challenges raised by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Through short presentations, the session will offer a range of perspectives across the field of international law to think through how l

Nominations are now open for solicitors hoping to join the Law Society of Scotland’s decision-making body, representing the Glasgow & Strathkelvin, Perth, Greenock, Kilmarnock & Paisley Cupar, Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy constituencies. Becoming a member of the Law Society Council provid

A comic strip mocking judges has been removed from public exhibition. The government of the Balearics was forced to take down the offending art, which implied judges were out-of-touch misogynists, after a judicial backlash.