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Citizens Advice Scotland has launched a national advice and legal support service for EU citizens resident in Scotland. The service is for EU citizens who would like to apply for settled status but have complex support needs, limited digital access, difficult personal circumstances, language barrier
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UK officials will withdraw from most EU meetings, including important meetings on European law and policy, with effect from 1 September 2019. Prime Minister Boris Johnson told MPs last month that “very many brilliant UK officials” are “trapped in meeting after meeting in Brussels a
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181 writers and campaigners including Ian Rankin, Sara Sheridan, Christopher Brookmyre, Karen Campbell, Christine de Luca, Zoe Wicomb, James Robertson and Zoe Strachan have signed a letter authored by Scottish PEN calling on the Scottish government to introduce a defamation bill in the forthcoming y
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A new property court similar to the Scottish system should be established in England and Wales to deal with the proposed scrapping of section 21 repossessions, according to a property management firm. Apropos by DJ Alexander believes that the rest of the UK needs the equivalent of the First-tier Tri
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UK officials will withdraw from EU meetings on European law and policy this week in anticipation of the UK's exit later this year, according to reports. Prime Minister Boris Johnson told MPs last month that "very many brilliant UK officials" are "trapped in meeting after meeting in Brussels and Luxe
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MacRoberts has advised on the sale of Cultivate Software Limited, an Edinburgh-based software consultancy business, to international food delivery operators Deliveroo. A team led by corporate finance partner Alan Kelly, share schemes partner James Keith and corporate finance senior solicitor Bonar M
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More than 30 organisations working with migrants and refugees have written to the new Home Secretary, Priti Patel, to raise a number of pressing issues "which require action if the immigration and asylum system is to regain the trust of the public". The letter, whose signatories include representati
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RBS Legal has been going the extra mile to support students from disadvantaged backgrounds take their first steps into a legal career.
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A new short story collection aims to raise public awareness of the bleak future of work we could face: not just in terms of replacing workers with robots, but the multiple ways in which new tech could transform society and work.
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Law is not universally enforceable in the way we believe it is in theory – but “does it always have to be that way?”, Edward Snowden has asked. The American whistleblower, whose revelations in 2013 exposed Britain and America’s mass spying programmes, was addressing the ORGCo
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Two men who were wrongfully convicted and served long sentences before being freed are taking their fight for compensation to the European Court of Human Rights, The Times reports. Sam Hallam, 31, and Victor Nealon, in his fifties, argue the law on compensation is incompatible with the right to a fr
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Voluntary euthanasia has become legal in the Australian state of Victoria, Reuters reports. The law came into force 18 months after being passed by the state parliament in November 2017.
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BTO Solicitors LLP is sponsoring an exhibition featuring works of art from the public collection owned by charity Art in Healthcare. Presented as part of the Connect with Nature Festival at Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, this exciting exhibition presents a selection of work from t
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A lawyer who had already been suspended for stealing wine has been disbarred after preying on a client during her divorce. Rodger W. Moore was suspended in 2015 for stealing three bottles of wine and olive oil in an incident in 2012.
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As someone who has worked in an M&A specialist law firm, I have great respect for the important role these lawyers play in advising clients involved in a transaction. It is, however, surprising that tax considerations are often overlooked in the initial stages of the deal process only to have ta
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