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Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf has announced an £825,000 training scheme to assist police officers in dealing with domestic abuse. Mr Yousaf was speaking as Police Scotland began preparing officers and staff for the introduction of legislation next year banning controlling and coercive behavio

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Pictured (L-R): Ken Thomson, Andrew Kirkhope and Colin Graham Thorntons has expanded its senior team in Edinburgh with the appointment of new partner Andrew Kirkhope.

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A taskforce will be set up to take forward recommendations from the First Minister’s Advisory Group on Human Rights Leadership.The announcement was made by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Human Rights Day today, as the group published its final report, with seven recommendations aimed at&nbs

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Cullen Kilshaw is to move to new premises in Jedburgh next year. The law firm has purchased the Royal Bank of Scotland building which it hopes will be renovated and ready to open its doors by the end of February 2019.

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Alan McIntosh discusses a recent case, in which he was involved, at Greenock Sheriff Court that raised some interesting questions about the effects of Time Orders under section 129 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974. A hearing is scheduled for later this month. The Facts

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The Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee is undertaking a fact-finding visit to Oslo as part of inquiries into police and fire reform and the Vulnerable Witnesses Bill, giving MSPs an international perspective on subjects they are currently scrutinising. Like Scotland, Norway also recently

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Dozens of pairs of designer trainers seized from a convicted gangster are set to be auctioned to raise money for fighting crime. A total of 55 pairs of trainers, together worth almost £20,000, were seized from Isaiah Hanson-Frost, 22, after his arrest.

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Community councils can be sued for damages for personal injuries, the Court of Session has ruled. A judge held that community councils, which had been created by parliament as distinct bodies with rights and duties to act in the public interest, were “hybrid bodies” which could be sued i

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The latest meeting of the referral bars of Scotland, England & Wales, Ireland and Northern Ireland takes place at the Advocates Library in Edinburgh today. Meetings of the four bars – the Faculty of Advocates in Scotland, the Bar Council in England and Wales, The Bar of Ireland in the Iris

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