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Scottish Legal News can reveal that the the Duke of Buccleuch’s proposed annual £10 charge, to be levied on walkers and joggers accessing his Dalkeith CountryPark at certain times from March 21, may be illegal.

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The Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB) is currently carrying out a review of the Protected Trust Deed (PTD) legislation that was introduced by the Protected Trust Deed (Scotland) Regulations 2013. This review will assess, wherever possible, the impact of the changes made to PTDs through this legislation

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Professor Fergus McNeill Experts have warned of “mass supervision” by the justice system following news the number of Scottish offenders serving community sentences has increased sevenfold while the prison population remains stable, The Herald reports.

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The Scottish Legal News Annual Review 2016 is now being delivered across Scotland. The full colour magazine features core updates in criminal, public, employment, commercial, property, family and human rights law. A digital version of the Review can be downloaded by clicking on the banner. In this y

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Most adults in Scotland experienced no crime in 2014/15 and both the overall number of crimes and the risk of being a victim of crime have continued the decreasing trend seen in recent years according to new figures. Scotland’s chief statistician today released the Scottish Crime and Justice Surve

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Doug Land CMS has advised SSE plc (SSE) on the signing of agreements for the disposal of 49.9 per cent of its operational 349.6MW Clyde Wind Farm to Greencoat UK Wind Plc (UKW) and GMPF & LPFA Infrastructure LLP (GLIL), a partnership between the Greater Manchester Pension Fund and the London Pen

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More than 200 lawyers have said theInvestigatory Powers Bill breaches international surveillance standards and is not fit for purpose ahead of its second reading in the House of Commons today. In a letter to The Guardian, senior lawyers condemned the bill, which sets out a legal framework facilitati

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A man in Ireland has failed in his appeal against conviction for producing child pornography in a Skype conversation with a third party. The appellant, Mark Mulligan, had challenged the status of the conversation as child pornography within the meaning of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 19

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