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Soaring immigration fees have led to accusations of profiteering against the Home Office, which made £500 million last year. Analysis by The Times shows that fees charged to hundreds of thousands of people for British residency and citizenship have increased sharply over the past five years, w

Skippers breaking fishing laws are agreeing to "anonymous" fines, The Herald reports. Charity Open Seas has said those who commit crimes at sea should be named and shamed amid fears that the penalties in place do not deter wrongdoing.

Planning lawyer Fraser Mitchell has been appointed to Shoosmiths as a partner in its Edinburgh-based real estate team. Mr Mitchell, who graduated in law from the University of Edinburgh has moved from Shepherd & Wedderburn in Edinburgh where he was previously senior associate in its planning and

The Scottish Law Commission (SLC) is keen to hear from family law practitioners about their experiences, and those of their clients, of claims under the cohabitation provisions in the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006. The commission would be grateful if practitioners would take time to compl

Irwin Mitchell, the UK-wide law firm which has an office in Glasgow, has announced significant growth in its turnover and profit for the 2018-19 financial year. Turnover for the group was up by nine per cent to £263 million (FY18 £242m) while profits rose by 76 per cent to £21m (FY

Employers will be taking a sharp intake of breath at the recent decision of the Court of Appeal in the case Brazel v The Harpur Trust (UNISON intervening) which addresses how to calculate pay for workers and employees who work irregular hours throughout the year, writes Tricia Walker. The decision

Edinburgh University Press has acquired the publishing assets of Avizandum Publishing for an undisclosed sum. The deal does not include Avizandum bookshop in Edinburgh, which continues to operate as an independent business.

Last Friday a gathering was held in the Advocates' Library to thank some of the core supporters of the Tumbling Lassie appeal for their help over the years since 2015 when the appeal began.

The head of a Scottish justice organisation has been profiled in a BBC Radio 4 programme. Scotland’s Justice Warrior takes a look at the work of Karyn McCluskey, chief executive of Community Justice Scotland.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has unveiled plans to "overhaul the criminal justice system" in England and Wales by reviewing sentencing policy, investing £2.5 billion in the construction of new prisons, and strengthening police stop-and-search powers. A review team reporting back to Mr Johnson

A teenager who broke into an airport and took two planes for a ride has been invited to train there as a pilot. The 13-year-old sneaked into the local airport and gave the planes a whirl, crashing the first into a guardrail and abandoning the other after taking it round in circles on the runway.

A landlord who failed to pay a tenancy deposit into an approved deposit scheme until four years into the tenancy has been unsuccessful in challenging a payment order. Linda Searle appealed against a decision of the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Housing and Property Chamber (FtT) in which she

The number of self-harm incidents and attempted suicides recorded in prisons during the first seven months of 2019 has already far exceeded the figures for the whole of 2018. Figures acquired through freedom of information requests by the Evening Express and Scottish Liberal Democrats also show

Burness Paull LLP has confirmed three promotions to partner and one new lateral partner hire. The firm has promoted energy lawyers Neil Bruce and Peter Ward to partner.

Dentons has launched a risk consulting business to provide advisory, assurance and remediation services to clients. Dentons Risk Consulting is led by managing directors John Davison and Christian Blackwell.