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Unsettled property investors across Scotland are facing an unexpected capital gains pitfall because of a little-known tax change. Tax experts have warned that many face trouble as they rethink their holdings, while unaware that the timeframe to pay any capital gains tax (CGT) has been changed.

Balfour and Manson has retained of its second-year trainee solicitors who qualify this week. Taylor Henry, Klaudia Wasilewska and Emily Deans become newly qualified solicitors today after a challenging traineeship dominated by the pandemic,

Roddy Cairns and Chloe Hussey look at the relaxation of rules prohibiting athletes at the Olympic Games from expressing their political views. The Olympic Games has long held itself out as a designated “no-politics zone”. That status is protected by rule 50.2 of the Olympic Cha

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has launched a public consultation on its draft international data transfer agreement (IDTA) and guidance. When organisations send personal information to a country outside the UK, they must ensure people’s data protection rights continue to be

Ledingham Chalmers marked its 30th anniversary by asking 30 colleagues to climb 30 peaks at the end of July.

A bungling bank robber left his target empty-handed because bank staff couldn't make decipher the poor handwriting on his threatening note. Sussex man Alan Slattery, 67, has been jailed after robbing one bank and attempting to rob two others in the space of two weeks.

A judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has refused to recall an interlocutor relating to a motion for interim damages in a personal injury case after the defender’s legal team failed to intimate opposition to the motion in time. Wojciech Kosno sought damages from&nbs

Malicious prosecution victim Charles Green has been awarded £6.3 million in compensation after he was wrongfully prosecuted by the Crown Office. Mr Green, 68, was one of a group of men arrested over a botched fraud probe into the sale of Rangers.

The news that the courts will review Scottish government ministers' ability to grant an unexplained wealth order on Donald Trump’s acquisition of Scottish golf courses has been welcomed. Campaign group Avaaz have today been given permission to seek a judicial review of the decision by the Scot

Malcolm Gunnyeon considers the domestic implications of a recent corporate emissions decision from the Netherlands. The recent landmark ruling by the Dutch courts against Royal Dutch Shell, one of the world’s biggest energy companies, is a stark warning to large emitters everywhere of the pote

As some employers consider cutting the pay of employees who choose to work from home permanently, Joanne Frew highlights the legal considerations they should take into account. The Covid-19 infection rate is still high but the vaccination programme is going well. Employees won't have to self-is

UN experts have expressed "grave concern" that UK government plans to end all prosecutions for incidents during the Troubles, including killings, will amount to a policy of blanket impunity for serious human rights violations. Fabián Salvioli, the special rapporteur on the promotion of truth,

A violent serial offender has been jailed for 15 years for a catalogue of historical offences against nine women and girls. Following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow last month, George West was convicted of sixteen charges including rape and indecent assault.

A judge in British Columbia has refused to ask members of a jury about their vaccination status. “I do not think the participation of unvaccinated jurors risks public confidence in the administration of justice,” Justice Geoffrey Gomery said in a ruling.

Aamer Anwar is to appear at the Scottish Solicitors’ Discipline Tribunal next month. He said in a statement: “It would obviously be inappropriate for me to comment in any detail on pending matters before the tribunal involving confidential client business, but I can say this is a histori