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Esme Macfarlane (left) and Joanne Ockrim

Lynda Towers Public law expert Lynda Towers surveys the latest bill on the path to Brexit.

Lady Dorrian The Scottish Sentencing Council is launching a public consultation on its first draft guideline, which sets out the principles and purposes of sentencing for all offences.

Graeme MacLeod takes a look at the Apologies (Scotland) Act.

The UK government has launched a consultation on how a new anti-money laundering supervisory body should operate and be funded. Hosted by the Financial Conduct Authority, the UK government has created a new Office for Professional Body AML Supervision (OPBAS) to improve co-ordination and consistency

Scientists have called on the UK government to introduce laws that would stop women being required to wear high heels at work. Research from Aberdeen University found that the shoes increase the risk of developing musculoskeletal conditions and injury.

Derek Mackay It is unacceptable that police and fire services in Scotland remain the only territorial forces in the UK unable to reclaim the VAT they incur on the purchase of goods and services, Finance Secretary Derek Mackay said today.

The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) is now an accredited Living Wage Employer.

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has published two new guides, aimed at helping reduce complaints from criminal law cases. The first has advice for people on working with their criminal law solicitor. It is aimed at helping to ensure their case goes smoothly and follows previous consu

David Strang Scotland’s chief inspector of prisons has called for jail sentences of less than 12 months to be brought to an end.

Scotland’s Economy Secretary has written to the UK government to call for protection of the Scotch whisky industry following Brexit. Keith Brown (pictured) has called for the current EU definition of whisky to be applied into UK law after the UK leaves the EU.

Guy Harvey Shepherd and Wedderburn today announced that it has secured a portfolio-based litigation finance arrangement from Burford Capital, a global finance firm focused on law.

Today marks 100 years since the commencement of the Battle of Passchendaele, otherwise known as the Third Battle of Ypres. Solicitor Gillian Mawdsley remembers three Scots lawyers who died in the fighting. For some, the name of Passchendaele alone may well conjure up long-forgotten English lessons:

Terra Firma’s Philip Simpson QC will join a panel of well-known tax specialists for MBL’s Corporate Tax Conference, on 27th September 2017. The conference will cover a wide range of topical issues and problems from the likely impact of Brexit through to company reorganisations and anti-avoidance

According to Advocate General Wahl, a supplier of luxury goods may prohibit its authorised retailers from selling its products on third-party platforms such as Amazon or eBay. Such a prohibition, which seeks to preserve the luxury image of the products concerned, is not, under certain conditions, ca