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Ledingham Chalmers will bring together members of the Scottish business community next month for a cycle event aimed at raising funds for the £300,000 development of world-class sports facilities in Avoch.
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The incoming chair of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) in England and Wales has warned that the routine filming of Crown Court proceedings would require "extremely sensitive and vigilant consideration". Chris Henley, currently the association's vice-chair, made the comments to
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The Ministry of Justice has taken over the running of HMP Birmingham from private contractor G4S amid serious concerns about safety and security. The takeover, initially for six months, follows an extended period of engagement between HM Prison and Probation Servic
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Six young stars of the Malawian Youth Choir took time out from performances at The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo to visit the Faculty of Advocates – and for at least one of them, the occasion went straight to her head.
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British citizens living in other EU countries have launched a court challenge against Brexit on the basis of electoral law breaches during the referendum campaign. The UK in EU Challenge group, represented by English law firm Croft Solicitors, argues that the referendum was not conduc
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The European Commission has given Poland one month to take measures to undo controversial judicial reforms before it takes the country to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). The Commission said the response from the Polish authorities to the letter of formal notice
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Royal Mail has been fined a record £50 million by the UK communications watchdog Ofcom after a "serious breach" of competition law in 2014. The regulator found Royal Mail to have abused its dominant position in the market by discriminating against its only major competitor deliv
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Staff from Ellis Whittam in Glasgow have been raising funds for Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity.
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The Law Society of England and Wales has succeeded in overturning cuts to legal aid payments for document-heavy Crown Court cases. In a strongly-worded judgment, Lord Justice Leggatt and Mrs Justice Carr DBE quashed changes to the Litigators Graduated Fee
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A specialist court pilot for handling financial disputes in divorces will be expanded across England and Wales after its initial success, The Brief reports. Sir James Mundy, the outgoing senior family judge in England and Wales, announced that the pilot would be tested in nine more regions
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In the latest of our occasional series, Graham Ogilvy visits Inveraray Jail and Courthouse. Inveraray Jail and Courthouse occupy one of the most beautiful locations of any of Scotland’s legal establishments and is well worth a visit.
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The High Court in London has found that a couple's Islamic marriage falls within the scope of English marriage law but is void in a ruling that could affect thousands of Muslims in England and Wales. Solicitor Nasreen Akhtar, 46, petitioned the court for divorce from her husband
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A survey of over 10,000 judges has revealed concerns that the £1.2 billion courts modernisation programme in England and Wales is being "driven by austerity and the need to achieve savings". The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Lord Burnett of Maldon, and the Senior President
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It walks like a tablet, but talks like a laptop — the super slick Surface Pro is Microsoft’s answer to the latest iPad, and probably the one after that too.
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