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DAC Beachcroft Scotland has reported strong growth over 2018 as a result of five new panel appointments and securing additional work from existing clients. With more pipeline work and tender outcomes awaited, John Maillie, location head for DAC Beachcroft Scotland, is optimistic heading into 20

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The Scottish government is seeking views on proposals to strengthen enforcement powers for animal welfare offences. Proposed amendments to the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 would increase the maximum penalty for the most serious cruelty offences from 12 months to five years' imprison

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A prisoner facing a three-month jail sentence for making an improvised tattoo gun interrupted a sheriff yesterday to point out the maximum possible sentence was 30 days. James Kidd, 25, admitted having the banned item in Perth Prison in December 2017, which he had made from a spoon, a guitar string,

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The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission’s (SLCC) proposed budget for 2019/20 risks increasing costs for consumers, the Law Society of Scotland has warned. The proposed budget, which is now out for statutory consultation, includes a 9.2 per cent rise in income funded by a levy on solicito

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Proposals to increase the use of electronic tags and reduce the period for which people with prior convictions must disclose them have received the backing of MSPs on the Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee. The measures form part of a wider Management of Offenders Bill, that would allow t

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Once an Employment Tribunal decision (and the reasons for it) have been recorded in writing, they are entered into the public register. Since February 2017, such Tribunal decisions have been available online. This means that all judgments (and reasons) are available for public inspection unless the

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A London-based company has admitted a health and safety offence after a falling barrier struck a young girl at a shopping centre in Glasgow. Arcadia Group Ltd, a multinational retail company, pled guilty to a contravention of Sections 3(1) and Section 33(1)(a) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. A

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DWF has announced plans for an initial public offering and has submitted necessary documents for approval to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Recently-incorporated DWF Group Limited plans to undertake a reorganisation of its structure, governance and internal contractual arrangements

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