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A Holyrood committee has taken evidence on the Disabled Persons’ Parking Places (Scotland) Act 2009 in its penultimate evidence session. The Local Government and Communities Committee has been undertaking post-legislative scrutiny of the act to determine how well it is working.

MacRoberts LLP has embarked upon a new corporate partnership with ENABLE Scotland. Showing its support for the organisation, partners and employees from the firm first took to the streets for the Glasgow Kiltwalk on Sunday 30 April.MacRoberts has chosen to support ENABLE Scotland in a variety of wa

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According to Advocate General Bot (pictured), a non-EU national may benefit from a right of residence in the member state in which his EU citizen family member resided before acquiring the nationality of that member state and developing a family life there. In order to guarantee the effectiveness of

Scotland risks a “race to the bottom” in the standard of legal representation for people accused of the most serious crimes unless the legal aid system is improved, the Faculty of Advocates has suggested. In written evidence to the Independent Review of Legal Aid, the Faculty said criminal legal

Visa applicants will be forced to pay to contact the UK Visas and Immigration service by email, the Home Office has announced. The fee changes come as private company Sitel UK takes over customer service enquiries for the government service.

James Wolffe QC A Scottish government strategy to help train professionals to spot the signs of human trafficking and provide new powers to disrupt trafficking activity has been published.

Lord Neuberger President of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger (pictured), has called for the compulsory judicial retirement age of 70 to be abolished.

Jennifer Wilkie Brodies has expanded its family law team with the appointment of Jennifer Wilkie as an associate.

Elspeth Paget The number of adults in Scotland registering a power of attorney (PoA) has fallen significantly according to figures obtained by Gillespie Macandrew from the Office of the Public Guardian.

Research has found only a small number of barristers want to change their business model or the way they receive instructions. The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has published a report on the provision of legal services by barristers, based on an online survey conducted in September-October 2016.

Westwater Advocates’ Calum MacNeill QC has succeeded in the Inner House, where he represented multiple claimants backed by the GMB Union in a challenge to the “pay protection” arrangements introduced by Glasgow City Council on the introduction of its Workplace Pay and Benefits Review (WPBR) in

Provision of Approved Premises for former prisoners constitutes direct discrimination against women which is unlawful unless justified, justices in the Supreme Courthave ruled. Lady Hale, Lord Clarke, Lord Wilson, Lord Hodge and Lord Toulson unanimously allowed the appeal to the extent above. Lady H

Alan Inglis The President of the Family Division of the English High Court, Sir James Munby has given his second judgment in two important cases concerning Scottish children placed for adoption in England.