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Exploratory research into the reasons behind decisions on bail and remand has been commissioned to support work to reduce the number of people on pre-trial and pre-sentencing remand in the prison system. Scotland has the highest prison population per head in western Europe and approximately one in f

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Katherine Irvine has joined Lindsays’ employment team in Edinburgh. Ms Irvine has a wealth of both advisory and advocacy experience, advising a variety of clients involved in sectors from hospitality and leisure, third sector and technology to transport, construction and education.

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CMS has announced the appointment of Julie Devlin, who joins the firm’s finance practice group as an of counsel. She will be based in Glasgow. Ms Devlin joins from Dentons, bringing a wealth of experience in the specialist area of regulated credit and hire. She began her career in 1991 as a tr

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The SYLA recently published the results of a survey on retention issues within the legal profession. Well done them. Much needed and with the number of responses received totally statistically significant. Seventy-seven per cent of responses were from Glasgow and Edinburgh and 11 per cent from Dunde

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The former stockbroker whose memoir was adapted into Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street has accused the film's production company of fraud. Jordan Belfort created a stock manipulation scheme and was subsequently jailed for securities fraud in 1999.

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A couple who sued their upstairs neighbours over the noise coming from a Saniflo toilet have had their “nuisance” claim dismissed by a court. Retired solicitor James Morris and his wife Carol Morris, a former court shorthand writer, described the noise from the toilet and

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The Scottish government is consulting on which bodies it should add to legislation to give them data sharing powers in respect of debt and fraud. Part 5 of the Digital Economy Act 2017 introduces new information-sharing powers to reduce debt owed to, or fraud against, the public sector.

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The Supreme Court will hand down judgment in FMX Food Merchants Import Export Co Ltd (Respondent) v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Appellant), UKSC 2018/0218 next Wednesday. The issue in the case, which is on appeal from the Court of Appeal Civil Division, is:

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Have you recently been on a tour of the Supreme Court with your school? Did your visit spark an interest in the law? Are you considering studying law at university? Or perhaps you have a general interest in how the justice system works here in the UK. If you're an S5 or S6 pupil in Scotland or Year

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