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Gordon Jackson QC The Law Society of Scotland and Faculty of Advocates have welcomed a parliamentary bill to raise the age of criminal responsibility from eight to 12.

Fiona Beal New regulations are being introduced to make it easier for directors to suppress their home address on Companies House records, writes Fiona Beal.

Facebook has been blocked from using British citizens’ WhatsApp data outwith the app itself. The tech giant announced in 2016 that it planned to use data from the chat app to show more relevant adverts and provide better friend suggestions to users within Facebook.

Alan Meek Morton Fraser is expanding its corporate restructuring and insolvency team with the appointment of Alan Meek as a partner in the firm's Glasgow office.

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission Consumer Panel has launched a new tool for legal professionals and regulators to mark Consumer Rights Day. The guide is designed to help practitioners and regulatory bodies to apply the internationally recognised consumer principles.

The law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers leak is to close down. Mossack Fonseca, 11.5 million of whose files were leaked during the investigation into offshore finances, will close its remaining offices by the end of this month, according to a statement obtained by the the International Conso

The Scottish Parliament is expected to repeal the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act this afternoon – in what would be a legislative first for Holyrood. All four opposition parties back Labour MSP James Kelly’s bill to scrap the act, which has been dogged by controversy.

A man with an “uncontrollable obsession” with child pornography who was given an extended sentence after being convicted of being in possession of indecent images of children has successfully appealed against the sentence imposed.

The Scottish government has launched a consultation on changed needed to the rules on alcohol licence applications as well as objections and hearings. The Licensing (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 came into force on 1st February 2008. They provide for various procedural matters under the Lic

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Angela Grahame QC Women lawyers have been much in demand for speaking engagements recently.

Richard Henderson Representation is one of The FOUR Rs to be put in the spotlight at a social care conference, and the Faculty’s Richard Henderson will be on hand to spell out the details.

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Kenneth Campbell A special half price deal is now available to students and trainee solicitors for an essential seminar on Brexit this month featuring six experts and offering 3 hours' CPD.