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Police acted unlawfully in arresting a trainee Baptist minister who shouted “Who elected him?” at a proclamation of the accession of King Charles III. Symon Hill, 47, has received £2,500 in compensation from Thames Valley police over the incident in September 2022. 

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The Crown Office has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry into the death of 36-year-old Michael McDonald. Mr McDonald died on 5 July 2022 at HMP Shotts. The Crown Office is obliged to investigate deaths in custody. A preliminary hearing will be held on 7 Apri

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Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has been arrested on foot of an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant issued over alleged crimes against humanity during his "war on drugs". Mr Duterte, who served as president from 2016 to 2022, was arrested by Philippine police yesterday, though it

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Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) has announced a string of promotions. The firm has announced the promotion of three new partners and two new senior legal directors. In its commercial property team, Sarajane Drake has been promoted to partner. Aged 33, she becomes WJM’s youngest

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In The Inns of Court & Selden Society Annual Legal History Lecture 2024, former president of the Supreme Court Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury considers how Lord Mansfield’s jurisprudence was influenced by his politically dangerous family background, his deep learning and wide-ranging interes

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The Criminal Justice Committee has backed the general principles of the Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Bill at stage one. The committee gives support to the introduction of a review process into deaths related to abusive behaviour within relationship

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A software developer who set up his employer's computer systems to fail in the event of being fired is facing up to 10 years in prison after his plan came to fruition. Texas man David Lu, 55, began to sabotage his employer's systems after being effectively demoted in 2018, according to the US Depart

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The Crown Office has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a discretionary fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the death of Alexander Gray. Mr Gray, aged 73, was killed by his son Christopher Gray on 23 February 2021 in the flat they shared in Falkirk. 

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Lord Carloway is to reflect on his tenure as Scotland's most senior judge in an upcoming lecture. Lord Carloway was appointed as lord justice clerk in 2012, and lord president and lord justice general in 2015, holding the position until his retirement this year.

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Revolut and Visa have launched legal challenges against the UK's Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), disputing its proposed cap on international digital transaction fees. The companies argue the PSR has exceeded its statutory powers with the plan, which aims to limit interchange fees on cross-border on

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