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Chris Jones The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has criticised proposals by the Ministry of Justice to introduce fees for taxpayers wishing to take disputes - appealing a penalty notice for example - with HMRC to tribunal.

Beverley Atkinson A second solicitor advocate at Brodies has been accredited as a specialist in professional negligence law by the Law Society of Scotland.

Scotch Whisky has received legal protection in 17 African countries after an intellectual property organisation on the continent gave it geographical indication (GI) status. Member countries of the Organisation Africaine de la Propriete Intellectuelle (OAPI) will only recognise Scotch whisky as whis

Michael Matheson The Ministerial Group on Offender Reintegration(MGOR) has completed a report setting out pledges to deliver improvements for the reintegration of short-term prisoners into Scottish society.

Edward Snowden An influential business lobby group has declared it shares concerns about controversial proposed changes to the governance of Scottish universities.

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Lord Jones Two “inconsistent” decrees of the same court amount to “exceptional circumstances” which would allow the court to reduce a decree by default if reduction is “necessary to produce substantial justice”, a judge in the Court of Session has ruled.

An organised crime boss who was regularly counselled in prison by a "human rights lawyer" was actually sleeping with her, it has emerged. The nameless Mafia boss, jailed somewhere in Russia's Sverdlovsk Oblast, was caught in the act after a hidden camera was placed in his cell.

The Scottish Arbitration Centre's Arbitrator Training Day - Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010: Five Years On - will be taking place next week on Thursday 24 September 2015.

Civil servants yesterday dismissed claims that the Higher Education Governance Bill will enable government interference in the governance of Scottish universities. Stephen White, strategic policy lead at the Scottish government, told the Scottish Parliament's finance committee that there had been a

Caroline Young The ESPC website has expanded its "unique" school catchment function to Fife, Midlothian, East Lothian, Stirling and Falkirk.

Professor Alan Page The Dean's Medal is to be given to a University of Dundee graduate at the School of Law's annual awards ceremony this evening.

David Cameron Prime Minister David Cameron has defended new anti-extremism laws that give academic bodies a legal duty to address signs of extremism on campus.

Deputy First Minister John Swinney (pictured) has called for dialogue with the UK government over theScotland Bill and a fair fiscal framework for Scotland. Mr Swinney said yesterday that he has "no hesitation" to refuse to recommend a bill that "did not properly allow us to address our own prioriti

Craig Nicol Thorntons has been named as one of Scotland's top ten performing businesses, climbing 33 places in Scottish Business Insider's SME 300 table.