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Delegates are gathering at an Edinburgh conference today to mark 250 years since the world's first Freedom of Information legislation was introduced in Sweden. The Freedom of Information 2016 conference in The Royal Scots Club has been organised by the Scottish Information Commissioner and Holyrood

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The three-year time limit that prevents childhood abuse survivors from seeking civil damages in court is the focus of a call for evidence issued by MSPs on the Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee. The evidence received will inform the committee’s scrutiny of the Limitations (Childhood Abuse)

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The Lord Advocate has been refused permission to appeal to the UK Supreme Court after a British businessman wanted by authorities in Taiwan to serve a prison sentence won a human rights appeal against a decision to extradite him. Zain Dean was sentenced to four years imprisonment after being convict

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Stephen Gibb Shepherd and Wedderburn has today announced further expansion of its Aberdeen operations through the acquisition of The Commercial Law Practice (CLP), an independent business law firm, which has provided legal services dedicated to the business community in Aberdeen and surrounding area

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Professor Hector MacQueen In the latest phase of its review of contract law in Scotland, the Scottish Law Commission has today published a Discussion Paper on the rule against penalty clauses in contracts, raising for consultation purposes the possibilities that the rule be abolished outright, or be

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We are celebrating St Andrew's Day with a Scottish Legal News Quiz. Five lucky winners will each receive a £25 voucher from Marks and Spencer and a copy of Willie McIntyre’s latest book Present Tense. So, to curl up with a fine glass of Chateau M&S and follow the adventures of Robbie Munro

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David Menzies Scottish laws on insolvency have been brought together for the first time in a generation as the new Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 comes into force today.

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Two men who were involved in the unlawful removal of artefacts from sunken German warships were this week each fined £18,000 at Kirkwall Sheriff Court. Divers Robert Infante and Gordon Meek committed the offences at Scapa Flow, Orkney, where a number of German ships have lain on the seabed since th

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