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Aberdeen firm Balfour+Manson has strengthened its team in north-east Scotland with the appointment of Anne McTaggart, who joins as partner in the firm's family law team. A practising solicitor since 1976, Ms McTaggart is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a family law specialist and as a s

All Scottish prisoners should have the right to vote, the Scottish Parliament's equalities and human rights committee has said. The commitee began considering the issue last September after receiving a letter on the issue from Scottish Green MSP Patrick Harvie.

Edinburgh-based IP practice Marks & Clerk has announced plans to relocate to larger premises in the regenerated Haymarket area.

Dickson Minto has announced the appointment of Catherine Christie as a partner in its corporate M&A team in Edinburgh. Ms Christie has been with the firm for the entire length of her legal career, starting in 1997.

The UK government has apologised for its role in a Libyan dissident's 2004 abduction, torture and rendition to Libya. In a letter, Prime Minister Theresa May acknowledged that an MI6 tip-off allowed Abdul Hakim Belhaj and his wife, Fatima Boudchar, to be detained by US forces in Thailand.

The Electoral Commission has slapped campaign group Leave.EU with a £70,000 fine for breaching electoral law in the 2016 EU referendum. The group's chief executive, Liz Bilney, has also been referred to the police in connection with potential criminal offences.

New research by Aberdein Considine has revealed that the vast majority of family firms in Scotland would give up control of the business if that was the only way for it to expand or grow. Three quarters (75 per cent) of family-run firms in Scotland would consider ceding control of the business in or

Stephen McGowan, head of licensing at TLT Solicitors, has warned the Scottish government to think carefully over proposals to change licensing laws to compel venues to arrange safe transportation home for staff. Mr McGowan told Scottish Licensed Trade News that licensing law "should not be used as a

Border guards at Heathrow Airport seized an illegal shipment of 50 live crocodiles being smuggled to Britain. The year-old saltwater crocodiles, around 10 foot long and weighing 40 kilograms each, were packed into five boxes.

Thorntons Solicitors has granted a funding boost to downhill biking competitors from Leslie Bike Shop.

The Supreme Court will hear the UK government's challenge to the Scottish Parliament's Continuity Bill over two days in July, the court has confirmed. Hearings will take place before five or seven justices from 24-25 July 2018 to establish whether the bill is within Scotland's devolved competencies.

Police Scotland has threatened water sports enthusiasts with prosecution if they bother dolphins in the Moray Firth. A number of incidents were reported in the area last summer involving personal boats and kite surfers risking disturbance to dolphins.

Lawyers received a high-level update and review of law and procedure in non-medical professional negligence disputes at the Professional Negligence Lawyers Association (PNLA)'s recent annual conference in Edinburgh. The conference at the Signet Library went over some of the Scottish cases that have

Proposals to revive plans for another public inquiry into the conduct of the press have been narrowly defeated in the House of Commons. MPs voted by 304-295 against a cross-party amendment to the Data Protection Bill tabled by Ed Miliband, Ken Clarke, Brendan O’Hara, Christine Jardine, Liz Sav