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CCPD Training launched their first event with Alan Eccles, Partner at Brodies LLP, speaking on Estate Planning and the Family Home to a huge audience of over 60 delegates. We would like to extend a huge thank you to Alan for his participation, fantastic seminar and comprehensive accompanying materi

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC), the SLCC Consumer Panel and the Law Society of Scotland have all commented on a newly-published decision from the Court of Session that raises significant issues in dealing with complaints from consumers and others about lawyers. The decision in the c

The Faculty of Advocates has identified a downside to plans by the European Commission to speed up child abduction court cases. One of the proposed changes to the Brussels IIa Regulation, the “cornerstone of EU judicial cooperation in cross-border matrimonial matters”, is for a single appeal to

The Law Society of Scotland is encouraging LLB and Diploma students and graduates across Scotland to sign up as its first "student associates". The benefits of becoming a student associate of the Law Society include receiving free career advice and CV-boosting tips, alongside opportunities to get in

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Maria Miller The Commons’ Women and Equalities Committee has called for women in the UK to have protections similar to those in Germany after a “shocking” increase in workplace pregnancy discrimination over the past decade.

Revised proposals to establish a common system for calculating the tax base of businesses operating in the EU are expected to be brought forward by the European Commission in November. The Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) was first proposed in 2011, and the Commission announced in June

A bungling burglar was busted after his burger boxers made a strong impression on his victim. Darren Machon, 39, was jailed for two years and 10 months after breaking into a woman's home in South Wales.

Alun Thomas British Transport Police (BTP) are to equip a number of police officers on Scotland’s railways with tasers in order to increase security.

Sheriff Brown Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Jack Brown as Sheriff of the Sheriffdom of Grampian, Highland and Islands, on the recommendation of the First Minister.

Pictured (L-R): Jamie Reid, Fiona Cameron, Victoria Curren, Murray Shaw, Grace Watson, Amy McDowell and Ross MacRae

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

Sheila Westwater Westwater Advocates’ Sheila Westwater yesterday marked the outstanding achievement of 30 years with the Faculty of Advocates’ service company Faculty Services Ltd.

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