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The criminal justice system is failing rape complainants, and "widespread reform is needed to build trust and secure justice", a new report has found. A joint inspection by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI)

A fee-share law firm this week announced that it is the first top 200 UK law firm to take payment in cryptocurrency. It claims this means it can work with a wider variety of clients and its ‘partners’ (self-employed consultant solicitors) can be paid how they choose. Other firms, however

Protecting foxes, hares and other wild mammals from being chased and killed by packs of dogs is the purpose of the Scottish government’s new Hunting with Dogs Bill. The bill will replace existing legislation in this area, making the law clearer and closing loopholes.

The Edinburgh Tax Network and Chartered Institute of Taxation invite you to join Scottish Government officials and David Phillips from the Institute for Fiscal Studies for an update on developments in devolved taxation. The event will take place on Thursday 10 March 2022 at the Mackenzie Buildi

A new report from Transparency International (TI) suggests the fight against global corruption has stalled, with more than 80 per cent of countries making little or no progress over the last decade. According to the 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), which ranks 180 countries and territories b

Burges Salmon has advised hotel franchise group Atlas Hotels Limited on the acquisition of the Chardon Group – a move that sees Atlas add six new properties to its portfolio. The six hotels are located in Dunfermline, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Perth.

A reclaiming motion by a housebuilding company against a decision that its former employee was entitled to bonus payments after he was made redundant has been refused by the Inner House of the Court of Session. It was held by the Lord Ordinary that Gavin Loudon, a former employee of the Stewart Miln

A student has been caught with a Bluetooth device surgically implanted in his ear to enable him to cheat in a medical exam. The Indian man used the device during his last attempt at passing a test. It was linked to a phone in a hidden pocket of his trousers.

A preschool in north-eastern Ukraine was hit on Friday morning with widely-banned cluster munitions while civilians took shelter inside, killing three of them, including a child, and wounding another child, Amnesty International has said. The attack appears to have been carried out by Russian forces

A sole practitioner solicitor who was found to have unfairly dismissed his receptionist by an employment tribunal and ordered to pay her over £15,000 in compensation has lost an appeal to the Employment Appeal Tribunal against the decision. The appellant, Mr W Finlayson (trading as Finlaysons)

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, 51, has been nominated to sit on the Supreme Court by President Biden, who said she was "one of the nation's brightest legal minds". She will be the first black woman to serve at the court in its 233-year history, if confirmed. The nomination comes ahead of Justice Steph

Scotland’s ability to prevent and respond to the growing cyber threat "will be increased" with the creation of a new Scottish Cyber Co-ordination Centre (SC3). The £1.5 million central coordination function will strengthen Scotland’s resilience to withstand the highest level of cyb

More than 1,000 church leaders have urged the UK government to “substantially” change the terms of the controversial Nationality and Borders Bill. Lord Wallace of Tankerness QC, moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, is among those who say they are “horrified

Murray Beith Murray is looking for a summer student administrator to work for 8-10 weeks over the summer period. The firm will consider applications from both legal and non-legal students as the nature of the placement is dependent on the needs of the business at that time.