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The average prison time for money laundering offences rose to a record high of 27 months last year after the introduction of new sentencing guidelines, the Financial Times reports. Research undertaken by Thomson Reuters showed that the average length of jail sentences for offenders convicted of mone

Ahead of the new parliamentary year, MSPs from the Scottish Parliament's Justice Committee are spending a day with police officers, legal professionals and others working in the wider justice system in the Scottish Borders. The committee's role is to consider, scrutinise and investigate justice and

A massive haul of suspected drugs seized by airport security turned out to be cake mix for a vegan bakery, police have said. An employee of vegan pizzeria Purezza was transporting the white powder in 25 blue bags and was held up while waiting for tests to be completed.

A legal challenge brought by a cross-party group of parliamentarians to temporarily halt the effect of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s advice to Her Majesty the Queen to shut down the UK Parliament ahead of “Brexit day” has been rejected. A judge in the Court of Session re

Belfast solicitor Laura Banks has warned that the UK government could be brought to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) over its failure to legislate following a landmark ruling on Widowed Parent's Allowance. Ms Banks acted for Siobhan McLaughlin in the case, which was heard by the UK Supreme

Digby Brown Solicitors has marked its year-on-year growth with the appointment of three new partners. Simon Richards, Mairi Day and Gavin Brogan assumed their new positions this month following a successful 2018/19 for the firm.

Five newly qualified solicitors have been welcomed by Clyde & Co. Bronagh Finlay, Campbell Swinley, Katie Love and Laura Williams will commence their legal careers at the firm today having successfully completed their traineeships.

A court in Thailand has upheld two death sentences which the UK’s National Crime Agency has admitted it helped secure. The two defendants, Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo, are now at risk of imminent execution. Reprieve is calling on the UK government to seek a stay of execution for the two Burmese men,

Macdonald Henderson has announced a number of promotions and appointments. Michael Hankinson has been promoted to director in the commercial dispute team; Fraser Morrison has been appointed commercial director and in-house legal counsel of HALO Urban Regeneration; Hilary Malone has been appoint

Yvonne Brady, head of restructuring and business advisory at Shepherd and Wedderburn, has been named best professional in business at the Scottish Women’s Awards 2019. Ms Brady, who earlier this year was also appointed as the firm’s head of diversity, development and inclusion, was recog

Edinburgh Rugby and Dentons have extended a partnership that will see the firm continue to feature on the collar of the team’s playing jerseys for the next three years.

Glasgow firm set to take on the Great Scottish Run for local hospice charity.

Our sister publication Irish Legal News has spoken to lawyer John Finucane, a graduate of Dundee Law School who recently became Lord Mayor of Belfast. Mr Finucane is the son of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane, who was shot and killed in his home on 12 February 1989 by loyalist para

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A wayward traveller ended up in the Dutch city of Rotterdam instead of the English town of Rotherham after a travel mix-up. The man, from Slovakia, was on his way to meet his mother in the English town but accidentally bought the wrong ticket, NL Times reports.