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An appeal against a provision of immigration entry rules requiring non-EEA applicants to have a specified minimum income by an applicant who failed to meet this requirement has been unanimously allowed by Justices in the Supreme Court on the basis of extreme interference with family life while four

Glen Gilson Gilson Gray has doubled the capacity of its centrally located Edinburgh office after rapid growth in its first three years.

Just Employment Law has recently made two new additions to its growing Glasgow team – Amanda Deeley and Angela Strzyzewska. Ms Deeley (pictured right) is a respected employment lawyer having qualified in 2006. She brings to Just Employment Law a wealth of experience in employment law and HR – fi

Final year law students Ruby Davies, Christiane Schleich, Christie Allan and Blythe Petrie have been selected to represent the University of Dundee in this year’s Telders International Law Moot Court Competition. Each year, teams from all over Europe compete in national rounds. The winning team fr

Linda Klein Donald Trump’s first draft budget includes a proposal to scrap the Legal Services Corporation, a body which provides legal aid funding to around 2 million poor Americans each year.

A woman who was left permanently disabled after sustaining a “profound and irreversible” brain injury during her birth has had an appeal to amend her claim against a health board refused. A judge had refused to allow a minute of amendment after proof but before issuing his judgment on the merits

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James Wolffe QC In this year’s SLN Annual Review, Lord Advocate James Wolffe QC addresses concerns expressed by the current Dean of Faculty, Gordon Jackson QC, that the Crown Office has become too closely aligned to the perspective of victims of crime.

Sally Morris-Smith Shepherd and Wedderburn partner, Sally Morris-Smith, will step down as the chairman of the South East branch of Women in Property (WiP) at the end of this month. Having served a successful one-year term, Ms Morris-Smith will introduce incoming chairman, Marcia Gillings from the Lo

Mary Munro Mary Munro and Cyrus Tata of Strathclyde University Law School's Centre for Law, Crime & Justice have secured funding for a programme of public events on "Developing Restorative Justice in Scotland".

Derek Penman Police Scotland has made “substantial improvements” in its stop and search practices according to a new report from a police watchdog.

Kenneth Campbell QC A new advocate member has been appointed to the Scottish Civil Justice Council (SCJC).

James I of Scotland Archaeologists have launched a bid to find the last resting place of James I of Scotland – 580 years to the day after his brutal assassination.

Alistair Bonnington In response to the Scottish Parliament's invitation for submissions to the remit of the "Commission on Parliamentary Reform”, lawyer and legal commentator Alistair Bonnington gives MSPs and the Parliament short shrift. The views expressed are Alistair's own!

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