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An aim of sparing child and other vulnerable witnesses from having to appear in court has been supported by the Faculty of Advocates as “logical and sensible”. The Faculty said that a scheme to pre-record the evidence of such witnesses, if carried out effectively and to required standards, would

A Scot in Dubai sentenced to three months' imprisonment for public indecency has been exonerated by special order of the country's ruler. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum exonerated Jamie Harron, 27, whose case has now been dismissed and sentence nullified.

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A new project which aims to help rural businesses and communities to tackle difficult issues and decisions will be launched with a programme of meetings across communities in the north and west Highlands this month.

Time is running out for any delegates who have not yet registered for the Scots Law 2017 Conference/Exhibition which will take place at BT Murrayfield Stadium on 30th & 31st October.

Stuart Murray Shoosmiths has advised on the sale and employee buy-out of Photonic Solutions, a supplier of laser and photonic equipment.

An American couple who run a guest house in the Highlands have had a legal challenge against the refusal of their application for indefinite leave to remain in the UK rejected. A judge in the Court of Session upheld the decision of the Secretary of State for the Home Department in refusing Russell F

Dominic Raab The first phase of the scheme to refund Employment Tribunal fees has been launched by the UK government.

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The Scottish government has published the new model form of private residential tenancy agreement which will be used under legislation coming into force on 1 December 2017, TC Young explains. Under the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016, which replaces Assured and Short Assured Tenancie

All regulated lobbying in Scotland, as defined in the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016, will have to be included in the new Lobbying Register from Monday 12 March 2018. Passed in 2016, the act states that certain face to face meetings with MSPs or the Scottish government’s ministers, special advisers

Terra Firma Chambers is delighted to provide sponsorship for the Edinburgh Law School Music Society for the 7th consecutive year. The Edinburgh Law School Music Society was formed in 2009. They perform two concerts every year. The first is as Christmas, featuring renditions of well-known festive son

We are pleased to report that our sister publication Scottish Construction Now has reached an important milestone, clocking up 54,000 unique users and over 7,500 subscribers to the free daily newsletter last month -- confirming Scottish Construction Now as the number one media resource for Scotland

Kim Leslie A landmark Supreme Court ruling has given hope to victims after a local authority was held responsible for abusive foster parents, according to Scottish law firm Digby Brown.

John Finnie The Scottish government has given its backing to a bill aimed at abolishing "reasonable chastisement" as a defence for common assault of a child.