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The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission’s draft budget is “unacceptable” according to Law Society of Scotland president, Eilidh Wiseman (pictured right), who warned that the complaints body will face “deep anger” from solicitors who are “increasingly concerned” at how it is operating.

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Engineering giant Rolls-Royce will pay £671 million to settle corruption cases with authorities in the UK and US. The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) found the company failed to prevent bribery as well as conspiracy to corrupt in India, China and other markets.

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Douglas Mill Was the clear winner in last month's challenge to find a title for the ongoing battle between LSS and SLCC. I actually laughed out loud when I read the e-mail. Brilliant-and written by a Paisley boy too. Gerry Rafferty if you are not the same vintage as me. So well done Fraser Oliver of

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Brian McConnachie QC Following a judgment this week which saw a woman awarded £100,000 after Lord Armstrong in the Court of Session ruled that two professional footballers raped her, Brian McConnachie QC has said the importance of the case has been “exaggerated” and described the comments of Ra

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Christine O’Neill The Lord Advocate has appointed solicitor advocate Christine O’Neill (pictured) as first standing junior counsel, and Ruth Charteris as second standing junior counsel.

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An increase in the number of complicated cases, with “resource implications” for the courts, is likely to result from the removal of a time-bar in historical childhood abuse actions, the Faculty of Advocates has suggested. The Limitation (Childhood Abuse) (Scotland) Bill seeks to exempt cases of

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