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Dungavel immigration removal centre is to close and be replaced with a new facility in a move welcomed by campaigners. The Home Office has announced that the controversial detention facility in Lanarkshire is to close towards the end of next year and will be replaced with a short-term holding facili

The number of solicitors from England and Wales seeking to register the Law Society of Ireland has now reached 568 as uncertainty about the impact of Brexit continues. So far, 400 applications for the right to practise in the Irish courts have been accepted with a further 168 applications pending.

A three-month period of engagement on the named person service will begin immediately, Deputy First Minister John Swinney (pictured) confirmed in theScottish Parliament this week. The Scottish government will gather input from practitioners undertaking the named person role, parents, charities, youn

MacRoberts LLP has topped Scottish Business Insider'sSME300 listing of the country's best performing small to medium-sized businesses. The firm’s turnover grew from £17.96 million to £19.8m, with profits rising from £6.18m to £6.9m.

Morton Fraser has been appointed to three legal panels of self-invested personal pension (SIPP) providers as UK-wide demand for specialist advice on commercial property held in personal pensions continues to grow. Its specialist property in pensions team will provide legal services to Barnett Waddin

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Judges have slammed plans to devolve employment tribunals to Scotland as they will “seriously undermine” the system and result in a poorer service, The Herald reports. Under the proposals, sheriffs could find themselves taking on a role normally reserved for specialist employment judges as the s

The Law Society of Scotland is to publish unsatisfactory professional conduct findings on its website. The Law Society’s professional conduct sub-committees, comprising solicitor and non-solicitor members, have the power to make findings of unsatisfactory professional conduct (UPC) following inves

A company based in Lancashire has admitted health and safety offences after an employee fell through a void in the floor of a building under construction at Fort Kinnaird Retail Park, Edinburgh. Technic Concrete Floors Limited, a specialist flooring contractor that operates nationwide, pled guilty t

A family right group has questioned where the Scottish government intends to take forward the SNP manifesto commitment to a review of family law following the unveiling of its legislative programme this week. Ian Maxwell of Families Need Fathers Scotland(pictured) said he hoped the absence of any fa

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In her first appearance before the Commons Justice Select Committee the new Justice Secretary reiterated the goal of pushing through a British Bill of Rights. Liz Truss (pictured) confirmed that the Conservativegovernment still plans to repeal the Human Rights Actbut remain a signatory to the Europe