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Mark McDonald Childcare & Early Years Minister Mark McDonald has set out plans to increase the minimum age of criminal responsibility in Scotland from eight to 12 by 2018.
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Govan Law Centre details its findings of failings in Scotland's personal insolvency market.
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Perran Jervis Scotland is one of just four regions identified by the UK's top 100 retailers as still having potential for more shops alongside the South West, the West Midlands and London according to a report by TLT and global retail research agency Conlumino.
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Carol Crowther Stronachs LLP in Aberdeen has achieved specialist accreditation for its private client team, becoming one of only five Scottish practices to be recognised as an “employer partner” by STEP.
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The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has welcomed the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)’s final report on the legal services market study for England and Wales, including imposing a requirement on providers to publish price information. After the completion of a year-long study in
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John Brett (left) and Shane Presley
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Murray McCall Anderson Strathern is negotiating a merger deal that would see it make an entry into the Aberdeen market.
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Thomas Ross The president of the Scottish Criminal Bar Association (SCBA) has announced his intention not to seek re-election at the group's AGM on 20th January 2017.
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Liina Tulk Liina Tulk considers circumstances where a banking dispute can turn into a professional negligence claim against previous lawyers.
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Court of Session judges have commented on poor management of child contact and residence issues in a case in which a mother’s conviction for contempt of court was overturned.Lord Glennie stated in his leading judgment: “The passage of time can have irremediable consequences for relations between
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Michael Matheson The proportion of drivers stopped by police who were found to be over the limit during the festive period has risen from 2.8 per cent to 3.3 per cent in a year.
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Research shows that January is the month that employees seriously begin to seek fresh pastures and new challenges. Scottish Legal News is read by virtually all of Scotland's lawyers with 11,626 daily subscribers to the daily newsletter and 30,000 users of our www.scottishlegal.com website. Our Twitt
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Heather McKendrick A Law Society of Scotland education programme for pupils at Scottish schools in disadvantaged areas is up for a prestigious European award.
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Steven Walker QC New silk Steven Walker QC of Terra Firma Chambers has been ranked band 1 for international arbitration in Singapore in the Chambers & Partners Asia Pacific Guide 2017. He is the only Scottish silk ranked and is only one of four British silks ranked band 1.
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