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Jodie Ginsberg Proposed changes to official secrets legislation would see the maximum prison sentence for journalists who obtain leaked official documents increased to 14 years.
The owners of the “Tartan Army” trade mark have failed in a legal bid to prevent another company using the name without its permission. Tartan Army Limited claimed that Alba Football Fans Limited was infringing its rights in terms of section 10 of the Trade Marks Act 1994 and EU Trade Mark Regul
Pictured (L-R): chairman, Colin Graham , Audrey Dishington and managing partner, Craig Nicol.
Margaret Mitchell The Scottish government is sitting on £1 million worth of empty courtrooms, while around one in six Police Scotland buildings are not in daily use,
Housing: Crackdown on ‘illegal’ immigrants leading to discrimination against ethnic minority Britons
Foreigners and British citizens without passports, particularly those from ethnic minorities, are being discriminated against in the private rental housing market as a result of the Right to Rent scheme designed to crack down on irregular immigration, according to a new report by the Joint Council f
Maria Botha-Lopez The property market in east central Scotland has seen a slight increase in the number of properties being put up for sale over the last three months, according to the latest analysis from ESPC.
Ministry of Justice (MoJ) plans to impose cuts of up to £30 million on criminal defence solicitors have been condemned today by the Law Society. The cuts come less than a month after the MoJ published proposals that will see QCs' fees rise by 10 per cent "at the expense of other criminal advocates"
Why a rugby ace’s mysterious retirement offers valuable lessons for holding on to business prize assets, writes Graham Millar.Johan Goosen announced his immediate retirement from rugby (aged just 24) and is now listed as a commercial director in his native South Africa.Rumour has it he wanted a mo
Angela Constance The Child Poverty (Scotland) Bill has been published today and will see Scotland become the only part of the UK with statutory targets in a bid to reduce the number of children experiencing the damaging effects of poverty by 2030.
A man found guilty of a series of rape and sexual abuse charges has successfully appealed against his conviction of some of the offences. The Criminal Appeal Court ruled that the doctrine of “mutual corroboration” could not be applied because of the “long lapse of time” between the relevant
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Fergus Ewing has asked the Crofting Commission to take urgent action to improve performance in crucial areas.
Comparative advertising based on prices as between shops having different formats and sizes is unlawful in certain circumstances and is also liable to be misleading if the consumer is not informed clearly in the advertising itself of the difference in format and size of the shops in respect of which