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The Law Society of Scotland is to publish unsatisfactory professional conduct findings on its website. The Law Society’s professional conduct sub-committees, comprising solicitor and non-solicitor members, have the power to make findings of unsatisfactory professional conduct (UPC) following inves
A family right group has questioned where the Scottish government intends to take forward the SNP manifesto commitment to a review of family law following the unveiling of its legislative programme this week. Ian Maxwell of Families Need Fathers Scotland(pictured) said he hoped the absence of any fa
In her first appearance before the Commons Justice Select Committee the new Justice Secretary reiterated the goal of pushing through a British Bill of Rights. Liz Truss (pictured) confirmed that the Conservativegovernment still plans to repeal the Human Rights Actbut remain a signatory to the Europe
A former Scots lawyer who left the law to start a business has found herself on the big screen alongside the likes of Harvey Keitel and Toni Collette. Shuiken Chan (pictured), 38, who also goes by Sue Cann, spent a month in Paris filming Madame after getting a breakthrough role.
Audited figures from Harper Macleod reveal that the firm’s turnover was £26 million while it made £9.3m in profits in the last financial year. Turnover actually grew by 18 rather than 17 per cent as reported in April. And profits grew by 16 per cent, rather than 14.
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Changes to the Ordinary Cause Rules will make it clear that, when a family or civil partnership action is intimated to a child who is not a party to the proceedings, a copy of the initial writ must not be sent to the child, the Scottish Civil Justice Council has said. Currently, the Ordinary Cause R
The Faculty of Advocates will be a proud host of the celebratory launch of a Scottish group which has emerged from the wreckage of a GB adoption charity to continue vital work on behalf of children in need. The British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) had been renowned for promoting goo
A drug dealer from Livingston has been ordered to pay £80,000 under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. At Livingston Sheriff Court, Graham Carroll was made subject of the confiscation order after previously having been found guilty of being involved in the supply of "designer" drugs.
Anderson Strathern hosted its charity football tournament on Friday 2 September, organised in aid of Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland, its charity of the year.
The Scottish Property Federation (SPF) has called for the five per cent threshold of residential LBTT to be raised to £500,000 in the light of evidence suggesting a downturn in the value and number of transactions in the first year of LBTT. The call is made in the industry body’s submission to th
ICAS has issued a call to the Scottish government to reform the rate and way in which statutory interest is calculated in personal bankruptcy in Scotland. Responding to an informal consultation by the Accountant in Bankruptcy on draft consolidated Bankruptcy Regulations which will underpin the intro
