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HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has published draft technical guidance on how Scottish taxpayer status should be decided. The move comes as the Scottish Parliament prepares to set its own Scottish rate of income tax (SRIT) from April 2016, as enabled by the provisions of the Scotland Act 2012.

The UK's Supreme Court saw a record 105,000 visitors in 2014/15, almost a third more than in 2013/14, according to an annual report. The Court's fifth Annual Report and Accounts was laid before Parliament yesterday.

John Swinney A source in the SNP has said the party has dropped attempts for abortion laws to be devolved to Holyrood.

Beth Saddler Balfour+Manson has welcomed Beth Saddler to its personal injury team as it celebrates eleven years of operations in Aberdeen.

The new Conservative administration is set to publish a European Union Referendum Bill as soon as next week, according to a senior Whitehall source quoted in press reports. A piece of legislation to enable an in-out referendum on the European Union is expected to be among the first bills published o

Eight of the 10 seats due to be filled on the Law Society of Scotland’s Council this year will see a contested election after 17 solicitors put themselves forward for the 2015 elections. This year’s elections sees the final reduction in the number of seats since Law Society members voted to redu

Four solicitors have been promoted to partner at Morton Fraser, bringing the number of new partners at the Scottish law firm in the past year to eleven. In recognition and reward for their depth of experience and expertise, Iain Young, David Stewart, Brian Macfarlane and Lucia Clark will take up pos

An expert body has urged politicians to strengthen human rights after the general election. The Scottish Human Rights Council (SHRC) said in a reporton future human rights legislation that debate surrounding such rights was “regressive”.

The inquiry into contamination of NHS blood supplies resulting in thousands being infected with Hepatitis C and HIV between 1970 and 1991 has recommended that anyone who received a blood transfusion before 1991 should be tested for Hepatitis C. Scotland is the only part of the UK to hold an inquiry

A report setting out the progress made throughout 2014 to implement the UK government's counter-terrorism strategy has been published by the home secretary Theresa May. It outlines the current threat to the country from terrorism and how the government is responding using the four-strand structure o

From left: Stacey Bairner, Craig Morrison, Alan Cassels and Victoria Miller

A new report from the Intelligence and Security Committee says that the legal framework for surveillance is "unnecessarily complicated" and "lacks transparency". The 149-page document was prepared after an in-depth inquiry into UK security agencies, which investigated "the degree to which they intru

Seventeen members of the Faculty of Advocates have been appointed to a new panel of counsel for the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). The commission has drawn up two groups, for Scotland and for England and Wales. In total, there are 81 advocates, barristers and solicitor advocates who wi

MacRoberts has appointed John McGovern (pictured) partner. Mr McGovern heads a three-strong team appointed by the firm to further strengthen the intellectual property, technology & commercial (IPTC) practice group.

The rights of over 1,000 UK prisoners were breached when they were disallowed from voting in elections judges in the European Court of Human Rights have ruled after inmates who were prevented from voting during elections between 2009 and 2011 brought a case to the Strasbourg court. In today's judgme