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A scientist involved in Britain's biggest ever tax fraud has had 10 years added to his jail sentence after he failed to pay back £11 million. Michael Richards, 59, ran an investment scheme for sports stars, comedians and others.

New criteria will come into effect in Scotland from October encouraging employers to explicitly promote flexible and family friendly practices. The Fair Work First approach is focused on "driving high quality and fair work across the labour market by applying relevant criteria to public sector grant

Although one of the newest law accountancy practices, Hamilton Mullan continues to expand its training programme and is currently recruiting another trainee law accountant based in Stirling. Director David Hamilton and Stewart Mullan developed a structured training plan which includes blended method

A Canadian soldier who was accused of drugging her comrades with cannabis-laced cupcakes at a live-fire training exercise has been found guilty of various offences. Sandra Cogswell was convicted by a military judge on eight counts of administering a noxious substance as well as one of behaving in a

The High Court of Justiciary has refused three appeals on behalf of men convicted of abduction and rape based on advances in medical science after their cases were referred to the court by the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission. Brian Meighan, Kevin Kane, and David Pugh each re

Chris Horsley looks at measures contracting authorities may take in order to try to mitigate the current market pressures on resources. The ongoing squeeze on construction material supplies has been headline news in the industry.

Aberdein Considine has appointed Emma Roman as a senior solicitor in Edinburgh. Having gained an LLB from the University of Aberdeen in 2015, she obtained her diploma at the University of Edinburgh in 2016.

DAC Beachcroft, which has offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh, has reported an increase in profits by nearly a fifth to reach £67 million. The firm today announced its provisional, unaudited results for the year ending 30 April 2021, with turnover up by seven per cent to £275 million.

Homeowners are being urged to install interlinked heat and smoke alarms in a nationwide media campaign launched before new fire safety laws come into effect next year. From February all homeowners will be required to have interlinked alarms under legislation brought forward after the Grenfell Tower

Geronimo the alpaca will be slaughtered after a High Court bid to stop his execution failed. The animal, which tested positive for bovine tuberculosis, is to be slaughtered on the orders of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

The collection rate of court fines is reaching pre-pandemic levels, figures from the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service show. The three-year collection rates for all fine/penalty types show improvement for both value and number with the figures as of 19 April 2021 compared with 19 July 2021.

The number of sole practitioners in England and Wales has declined by nearly a half in the past decade, according to new analysis of Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) data. There were 3,640 sole practitioners in July 2011, making up a third of all solicitors, but the figure has fallen by 47 per

Sardinian authorities have pleaded with tourists not to steal sand from its famous beaches, such as the iconic pink beach on Budelli. At least six tonnes of sand has been stolen from Sardinian beaches this year so far, according to campaign group Sardinia Robbed and Plundered.

The Inner House of the Court of Session has refused an Iraqi citizen of Kurdish ethnicity who claimed to be involved in a blood feud permission to appeal the refusal of his judicial review petition against the Upper Tribunal. HMH, the appellant, claimed that he was at a real risk of persec

An organisation for LGBT+ legal professionals in Scotland has refused an invitation from the Faculty of Advocates to co-host a Pride event on the basis "the Dean of the Faculty of Advocates continuously and publicly supports the opinions and words of actively transphobic rights groups". In a stateme