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All regulated lobbying in Scotland, as defined in the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016, will have to be included in the new Lobbying Register from Monday 12 March 2018. Passed in 2016, the act states that certain face to face meetings with MSPs or the Scottish government’s ministers, special advisers

Terra Firma Chambers is delighted to provide sponsorship for the Edinburgh Law School Music Society for the 7th consecutive year. The Edinburgh Law School Music Society was formed in 2009. They perform two concerts every year. The first is as Christmas, featuring renditions of well-known festive son

We are pleased to report that our sister publication Scottish Construction Now has reached an important milestone, clocking up 54,000 unique users and over 7,500 subscribers to the free daily newsletter last month -- confirming Scottish Construction Now as the number one media resource for Scotland

Kim Leslie A landmark Supreme Court ruling has given hope to victims after a local authority was held responsible for abusive foster parents, according to Scottish law firm Digby Brown.

John Finnie The Scottish government has given its backing to a bill aimed at abolishing "reasonable chastisement" as a defence for common assault of a child.

The Law Society of Scotland has said that aspects of the universal service obligation (USO) for broadband service providers mean it is unlikely to meet the needs of more remote rural communities in Scotland. In its response to the Department for Digital, Culture Media and Sport's consultation on the

Provisions of the State Immunity Act 1978 preventing employees of foreign embassies bringing claims for compensation again employer states are unlawful, the UK Supreme Court has ruled. Judgment was handed down yesterday in the case of Janah v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs a

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Shepherd and Wedderburn has promoted eight solicitors to associate across its Edinburgh and Glasgow offices.

The administrators of collapsed Pagan Osborne have secured approval from the former law firm’s creditors to sell off the firm’s assets. With a history stretching back 250-years, Pagans was one of Scotland’s most high profile small law firms when it collapsed at the start of September.

New rules coming into effect next month will require legal aid applicants to give the Scottish Legal Aid Board advance notice of intention to apply for an award of expenses out of the Legal Aid Fund. The new rules affect applications under section 19(1) of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 (applicat

Alan McIntosh, senior money adviser in Inverclyde Council, writes on the Common Financial Tool. In the first year of implementation of the Bankruptcy and Debt Advice (Scotland) Act 2014 (BADAS), the number of sequestrations in Scotland dropped by 44%; Debt Payment Programmes dropped by 50%; and alth

Andrew Green QC The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has agreed to the Treasury Committee’s proposal for a legal adviser to study its report into misconduct at 73 per cent state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland’s now notorious GRG restructuring unit.

Joe Boyd An Edinburgh-based solicitor has spoken out about being a lawyer with a stammer in the run up to International Stammering Awareness Day.

Lord Matthews The Boundary Commission for Scotland has published its Revised Proposals for UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland as part of its 2018 Review.