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A number of human rights organisations have issued a joint statement following the publication of two reports yesterday by Westminster's Intelligence and Security Committee on the UK's complicity in torture and rendition incidents. Amnesty International UK, Freedom from Torture, Justice, Rights Watc

Harper Macleod has advised Kingdom Housing Association (KHA) on an £85 million funding package under a debut private placement which secures its development programme of over 1,100 homes until the end of 2019-20. This is the latest in a number of private placement transactions which the housin

With Scotland’s new tribunals structure now progressively coming into operation, lawyers and other interested parties might do well to start updating their internet browser favourites so as to keep up to date with the latest news, write Mitchell Skilling and Douglas Bain. The First-tier T

Aberdeen firm Lefevre Litigation has announced that Liam Mcallister has been assumed as an equity partner with effect from 1 July 2018. Gregor Kelly, senior partner, said: "Having shown a keen interest in our firm as a student at Aberdeen University, and great promise when we offered Liam a trainees

A fresh appeal diet before the Sheriff Appeal Court was assigned yesterday by Sheriff Principal Turnbull in PRA Group (UK) Ltd v MacPherson, for 23 August 2018. The new diet will allow time for the appellant's civil legal aid application to be determined by the Scottish Legal Aid Board.

Millar & Bryce has announced that Professor George Gretton and the Keeper of the Registers of Scotland, Jennifer Henderson, will headline this year’s Modern Conveyancing Conference, set to take place on Tuesday 4 September in Edinburgh. Both will join leading industry experts to discuss so

The Scottish Arbitration Centre co-organised with the Beijing Arbitration Commission/the Beijing International Arbitration Center (BAC/BIAC) the 2018 Edinburgh Summit on Commercial Dispute Resolution in China, which was held at the centre on 22nd June 2018. BAC/BIAC was established in 1995 as an ind

The police officer in command during the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 is to face trial for manslaughter, a judge has ruled. An inquest two years ago found that 96 football fans who were crushed to death in the 1989 FA Cup semi-final at Hillsborough were unlawfully killed.

A multinational cement company has been indicted by French investigative judges on charges including complicity in crimes against humanity and financing of Syrian terrorists. The allegations relate to the conduct of Lafarge Cement Syria, a subsidiary of French-based Lafarge SA, between 2011 and 2014

Lady Justice Arden DBE and Lord Justice Kitchin will join the Supreme Court as justices on 1 October 2018, followed by Lord Justice Sales on 11 January 2019, it was announced yesterday. Her Majesty The Queen made each of the appointments on the advice of the Prime Minister and Lord Chancellor,

Further details of a proposed apprenticeship route to qualification as a solicitor in Scotland were revealed at a round table discussion on legal education hosted by Holyrood's Justice Committee this week. Rob Marrs, head of education at the Law Society of Scotland, said that consultation

Britain's intelligence services were involved in numerous extraordinary rendition operations between 2001-10 – those where there is a real risk of torture – according to a new report. Westminster's Intelligence and Security Committee has published two reports today on the actions of the

Ledingham Chalmers has announced a merger with north east solicitors and estate agents, Gray & Connochie. Effective from 1 July, the agreement increases Ledingham Chalmers’ headcount by 11: partners Julie Longmuir and Fiona Thomson, consultant Ken Shaw, senior solicitor James Florance and

No more than five per cent of households in Scotland should be living in fuel poverty by 2040, under a target set out in a new bill introduced to the Scottish Parliament. The Fuel Poverty (Target, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill also sets out a new definition of fuel poverty with innov