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Jason Collins looks at efforts to ensure tech giants pay their taxes.HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) believes that US-based multinational businesses may have underpaid £4.6 billion of UK tax last year, up 35 per cent from £3.4bn in 2017.Figures obtained by Pinsent Masons show that HMRC w

A number of Australia's most notorious criminals are likely to have their convictions quashed because their barrister was a police informant, The Times reports. Nicola Gobbo, 47, one of the country's top defence lawyers, is the subject of a public inquiry that could see murderers and others freed.

Half of vegans feel discriminated against by their employers, while nearly a third have felt harassed at work or unfairly treated due to their veganism, according to a new survey. Researchers discovered that nearly half, 45 per cent, of 1,000 vegan employees questioned have felt discriminated agains

Asbestos sufferers will benefit from an £8,000 fundraiser after dedicated walkers completed a massive 20-mile charity walk.

Dallas McMillan has raised more than £10,000 for charity.

Advocate and family law expert Kirsty Malcolm will deliver a Glasgow seminar on cohabitation next month, hosted by Jones Whyte Law. The seminar, "Increase in Cohabitation and the difficulties arising in these specialist cases", is aimed at lawyers who have dealings with cohabitation issues, includin

A city in the United States has voted to effectively decriminalise the use and possession of magic mushrooms. In the first-ever US referendum on magic mushrooms, 50.6 per cent of voters in Denver, Colorado voted to bar officials from "spending resources to impose criminal penalties" for the use or p

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Singapore: Fake news law a 'disaster' for freedom of speech, says rights group

A public park has introduced designated zones for drug dealers after several failed bids to ban them altogether. The manager of the Görlitzer Park in Berlin, Cengiz Demirci, said the "pink zones" would help families and other park visitors feel less intimidated by the dealers.

Two single parent asylum seekers who claimed that the reduction in the level of financial support available to them was “unlawful” have had their appeal rejected. The Inner House of the Court of Session upheld a judge’s decision to dismiss a legal challenge to changes in

The Roberton Review fails to appreciate the separation of powers, proposes a regime that will effectively cost the consumer more and is so lacking in credibility that it should "form no basis for any changes" to the regulation of legal services in Scotland, solicitors have said. The Scottish La

Rachel Grant has been appointed to lead Manolete Partners plc's Scottish practice. Ms Grant's appointment to the insolvency litigation financing company follows its IPO on the London Stock Exchange (AIM) in December 2018.

The community safety minister has welcomed the appointment of a new chair of Community Justice Scotland, saying his substantial experience of Scotland’s justice sector and strong connections to the third sector will be invaluable. Lindsay Montgomery CBE will take on the role of chair of the or

The use of armed officers in more than 5,000 routine incidents last year has been defended by ministers. Community Safety Minister Ash Denham said that allowing armed officers to attend routine calls was “sensible use of police time”.

In the first three months of 2019, the number of decrees against Scottish businesses dropped by 25 per cent, compared to the same period of 2018, according to figures released today by Registry Trust. The total, 561, was the lowest of any quarter on record.