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Ninety retailers across Scotland are among hundreds across the UK which have either been closed or are no longer selling potentially dangerous psychoactive substances, according to new figures released today. The statistics were announced as the UK government minister for safeguarding, vulnerability

Immigration lawyers have said European migrants are rushing to the UK before the UK government begins the process of leaving the EU, The Brief reports. Following the publication of quarterly figures on migration to the UK from the Office of National Statistics, lawyers have said the government's pla

A new guide to ensure refugees’ right to quality accommodation is upheld has been issued to housing professionals. Published by the Scottish Refugee Council with the support of the Scottish government and the Chartered Institute of Housing Scotland, the updated guide aims to ensure that all refuge

A human rights lawyer raised the alarm over a flaw in Apple's iOS software after receiving anonymous text messages that could have compromised his phone's security. Ahmed Mansoor contacted security researchers after receiving an SMS message with a link to allegedly "secret" information about torture

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An 18-year-old motorist who was caught driving without insurance will not have his licence revoked after a sheriff found that there were “special reasons” for not endorsing it with penalty points. Sheriff Philip Mann ruled that Kyle Siegel was entitled to assume that his mother had arranged for

A judge in the Court of Session has said Theresa May “acted unreasonably” when as Home Secretary she rejected a Tamil Tiger’s asylum application after he said he risked death if returned. Lord Boyd of Duncansby said that Ms May wrongly rejected the man’s bid to stay in Scotland.

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Caroline Maguire Caroline Maguire , employment legal adviser at Law Centre (NI), writes for our sister publication Irish Legal News on access to justice for victims of labour exploitation in the wake of an important UKSC decision.

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Fraser Morrison Macdonald Henderson has advised Clark Communications in the acquisition of Golley Slater Scotland Limited.

The HM Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS) has taken a tenancy in an Aberdeen office complex. The body, responsible for the administration of the courts south of the border, has taken a long lease for ground-floor accommodation at the AB1 building on Huntly Street.

A man who claimed he was unaware that a document he signed included an indemnity has successfully challenged a sheriff’s decision to dismiss his case. The Sheriff Appeal Court allowed a proof before answer after ruling that the sheriff’s judgment was “completely inadequate” in that it failed

Improving information for clients will be vital in a more competitive legal market according to the Law Society of Scotland. In its response to the Competition & Markets Authority's Interim Report on the Legal Services Market, the Law Society has said that the legal services sector should be ful

Scott Blair Advocate Scott Blair, licensing specialist with Terra Firma Chambers, has just secured another licensing success.