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HMRC is homing in on inheritance tax avoidance by wealthy families through the creation of a secret unit which will investigate the ways in which investment companies are used to reduce bills. HMRC established a team in April last year, to investigate the use of family investment companies (FICs) am

A 52 year-old man from Glasgow has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment for causing the death of a 45 year-old man after attacking him in a bar. Thomas Allan, of Govan, was sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh after he pled guilty to causing the death of Jason Haig. He struck Mr Haig with

A number of the Faculty of Advocates’ devils have been speaking to students about the process of joining the Scots bar. Aspiring advocates often seek answers to their questions about life at the Faculty, and who better to offer guidance than those currently undergoing the internationally-recog

A human rights expert has paid a visit to New College Lanarkshire to share his experiences with students. Organised by the Faculty of Business, Social Science and Sport, Professor Nils Melzer visited the College’s Coatbridge Campus to offer unique insights into his career to an audience of ove

Top musical talent from across Scotland’s legal profession have signed up to take part in the first ’Lex Factor’ battle of the bands. Six bands from some of Scotland’s best-known law firms, the Law Society of Scotland and the Faculty of Advocates, will take to the stage to co

A teacher has been arrested after he was caught telling students to append a bribe to their exam papers. The class 10 and 12 exams have begun in India and herald the country's annual 'cheating season', The Times reports.

A Scots lawyer who acted on behalf of a woman who was seeking to buy her estranged husband’s share in their former matrimonial home so she could remain in the property with her children, while also acting for the woman’s new partner who had agreed to fund the purchase and let the propert

The Scottish government has said it will seek the UK government’s support in obtaining the full US Senate torture report, in order to establish what role Scottish airports played in CIA rendition flights. So far, only the redacted 525-page Executive Summary of the 6,700 page report has be

Pictured (L-R): Thorntons' chairman Colin Graham, Catriona Miller and Murray Etherington Thorntons has appointed Catriona Miller as a partner in its Edinburgh private client team based at Citypoint, Haymarket.

Fraser Irvine Sheriff Officers LLP has announced the appointment of Joy McLaughlin as a consultant to the firm. Ms McLaughlin was formerly a partner in Scott & Co (Scotland) LLP.

The Employment Tribunal office in Glasgow may introduce evening sittings to deal with the high volume of cases. The abolition of Employment Tribunal fees has led to an increase in cases across the country.

Katherine Metcalfe compares building safety regulations north and south of the border. The UK government announced last month that a new building safety regulator for England, under the auspices of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), will be formed as part of a package of measures to improve high

As the consultation for the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill draws to a close, equality practitioners could be forgiven for deciding not to comment on what has become a fraught debate. The government appears to consider there will be no impact on sex-based rights, a curious position when st

Brodies LLP has advised on a number of major hotel deals in Scotland in the last three months' worth over £170 million, coinciding with the appointment of industry specialist Bob Asher. Brodies advised Great Century, which is a partner of Hong Kong property firm Lai Sun Group, on the purchase

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled in favour of a religious community which was prohibited from importing religious literature by the Azerbaijani authorities. The community of Jehovah’s Witnesses sought official approval to import religious materials but select texts were reject