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Fred Mackintosh QC successfully represented the Cockburn Association, the New Town and Broughton Community Council and the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust, at a public inquiry into the appeals submitted by developers against the decisions by the City of Edinburgh Council to refuse their applicat
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In the thirtieth article in Scottish Legal News' jurisprudential primer series, Benjamin Bestgen takes a look at fictional legal systems. See his last entry here. Early readers of this series may recall my article about depictions of law in utopian fiction. What stood out was that utopian write
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A former Deputy First Minister of Scotland has been chosen to be the next moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Lord Wallace of Tankerness QC, Jim Wallace, will become the Kirk’s ambassador at home and abroad next May.
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The number of homicide cases recorded by the police in Scotland increased by three per cent, or two cases, from 62 to 64 between 2018-19 and 2019-20, the latest data from Scotland’s chief statistician show. Elswhere the report shows:
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Scottish Legal News is pleased to report that our sister publication, Scottish Construction Now, has passed a significant milestone breaking through the 10,000 subscribers mark to its free daily newsletter with over 140,000 unique visitors to the www.scottishconstructionnow.com website each mo
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Criminals have failed to complete more than 700,000 hours of community service, according to a leaked report. The document, produced by the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (Cosla), said the Scottish government “responded positively” to calls to write off about 210,000 hour
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Eighty-four per cent of people in Scotland are not confident about their rights during the redundancy process, a new poll for Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has found. The research, carried by the Diffley Partnership, also reveals that 39 per cent of people in work or on furlough are worried about t
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CMS has announced the appointment Jae Fassam as a pensions partner in Edinburgh, bringing the total partner count across its UK pensions law practice to 18. Mr Fassam joins from Pinsent Masons. He is an experienced pensions partner and advises trustees, employers and local government funds as well a
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Where do you see yourself in five years? When this question is asked at a job interview or work appraisal, no clarification is needed on the starting point for the five years. The words “from now” go without saying. The starting point of a crucial five year period for certain claims in S
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Chris Holme looks at the life of Henry Dundas, a controversial figure who has come under scrutiny this year in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement. He’s the man I walk past every day but never get to see up close. That’s because he’s 140 feet up in St Andrew Square –
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The Scottish Liberal Democrats have revealed new figures that show that Scottish prisons are overflowing with prisoners being offered next to no opportunity to leave their cells, as they called on the Scottish government to “stop dancing around the edges of this crisis”. Parliamenta
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Blackadders has appointed Philip Buchan as a director. Originally from Angus, he specialises in the sale and acquisition of estates, forests, farms, salmon fishings and country houses and he advises clients on all aspects of countryside matters from water supply rights to diversification projects.
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