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The new Vice-President of the Sheriff Appeal Court is to be Sheriff Principal Ian Abercrombie QC, it has been announced. Sheriff Principal Abercrombie will replace Sheriff Principal Craig Scott QC, who retires on 31 August. The appointment, until 20 April, 2020, was confirmed by the Lord President.

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Lord Campbell A new Act of Union that would “wrest back the initiative from the separatists” and create a federal Britain has been proposed by a cross-party parliamentary group in a new draft bill.

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Regulations laid at Westminster today will begin the transfer of powers to enable the Scottish Parliament to start legislating on social security and employability. The powers will include the ability to implement new arrangements to support people in receipt of benefits to be devolved, and the long

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Paul Seils The International Center for Transitional Justice in New York has published a new handbook for non-specialists, journalists and activists, that walks them through the intricacies of “complementarity,” a fundamental principle of the International Criminal Court (ICC). It lays out the i

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Robin McGill has been appointed a member of the Scottish Police Authority Board. Mr McGill worked across the BP Group for 30 years in engineering, operations and international business leadership roles ultimately becoming director of the BP Grangemouth Refining and Petrochemicals complex and Forties

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Money paid out in advance for items from sofas to mobile phones and services such as football season tickets and even weddings can be lost if the company you are buying from goes under – especially if you have paid by cash or cheque. In a report published this week the Law Commission recommends th

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