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Deputy first minister John Swinney MSP The Scottish Government has thrown its weight behind calls for more powers to be included in the new devolution legislation working its way through Parliament.
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Kenny MacAskill MSP Former justice secretary Kenny MacAskill has announced that he is to stand down as an MSP at next year's Holyrood election.
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Oliver Adair The Law Society of Scotland has paid tribute to its former Council member and legal aid convener Oliver Adair who passed away earlier this week after a long fight with cancer.
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Crispin Passmore The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has given the go-ahead for plans to radically change the separate business rule – against strong opposition from the Law Society.
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Professor Alan Miller The Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has achieved the top grade of accreditation, for the second time, from the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions.
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Dame Elish Angiolini QC The commisioner of the Metropolitan Police has said officers will need to be taken off the streets if more resources do not become available to deal with an “overwhelming” rise in reports of rape.
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Liz McRobb Shepherd and Wedderburn has advised Open Water on its recommendations made to a regulator as part of the creation of a competitive water sector in England.
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John Fotheringham The latest SLN Spotlight falls on bto's John Fotheringham. Described by Chambers UK as "a guru for child support cases", he has over 30 years' experience in these spheres, representing clients in the Court of Session and in the sheriff courts throughout Scotland.
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Michael Matheson The Scottish government's plans to end automatic early release of prisoners may be further diluted after an MSP put forward an amendment to proposals which would see prisoners released when they have 12.5 per cent of their sentence remaining.
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Calum Liddle New research has suggested freedom of information laws are “past their sell-by date” because institutions either ignore them or claim the law does not apply to them.
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Catriona Watt Anderson Strathern partner Catriona Watt has been elected chair of the 1,000 strong UK Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers (ARDL).
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Bruce Craig Pinsent Masons has appointed litigator Bruce Craig to join its 30-strong oil and gas team in Aberdeen.
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Paul McBride QC The family of Paul McBride QC, who died in 2012, have donated over £80,000 to the children's ward of a hospital.
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Mike Penning The UK government has announced a new blanket ban on legal highs that will carry prison terms of up to seven years.
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