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A man accused of assault and a statutory breach of the peace who was acquitted after a sheriff refused to grant a further adjournment in a part-heard trial will now have to face the charges after the Crown successfully challenged the decision. The Sheriff Appeal Court passed a Bill of Advocation tak
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The Scottish government has set out how to meet its potential for “effective, economic and environmentally sustainable” land use. The revised Land Use Strategy sets out policies and proposals for the next five years and beyond. Getting the best from our land is Scotland’s second land use strat
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Alistair Drummond A recent judgment is a harsh reminder for tenants, say Alistair Drummond and Gavin Deeprose.
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New analysis shows that an 8,000 jobs boost follows each one per cent growth in legal services; that £379 million is added to the economy for every one per cent growth in the UK legal services sector and that the sector grew by eight per cent from 2014 to 2015. The first ever investigation of the w
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Norman Biggart CBE, former president of the Law Society of Scotland between 1982-83, passed away last week.
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A council is to pay thousands of women as much as £100 million following a long-running pay dispute. Around 6,500 staff at Glasgow City Council could share in the windfall after they were paid less than male colleagues despite new wage rules that came into effect in 2007 which were meant to ensure
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A “good arguable case” for the purposes of proceeds of crime proceedings in which an enforcement authority is seeking the civil recovery of property obtained through “unlawful conduct” is not necessarily one which has a “good prospect of succeeding”, appeal judges have ruled. The Inner H
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Camilla Horneman (right) receives the award
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A European inquiry into the e-commerce sector has found that widespread geo-blocking could be in breach of EU antitrust rules in some cases. The European Commission has published its initial findings from research conducted as part of an ongoing antitrust sector inquiry launched last year into the e
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Aileen McLeod Twenty bird of prey crimes were recorded in 2015 including six poisoning incidents, according to the latest bird of prey crime maps.
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A law student at Aberdeen University was found dead in her halls last week, reports The Press and Journal. Emily Drouet could not be saved by emergency services who were called to Hillhead accommodation on Don Street on Friday.
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