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The Scottish Parliament should, next week, give its legislative consent to Westminster passing theScotland Bill - the key recommendation to all MSPs in a parliamentary report published today. The endorsement of the UK bill by Holyrood’s Devolution Committee is a “significant milestone in a remar

Michael Matheson Applications for special measures for vulnerable witnesses have risen sharply in the wake of changes introduced last year. To the end of February this year there have been 3,400 applications for special measures.

Balfour+Manson has welcomed Kirsten Lobban (pictured right) and Jamie Robb as associates. Ms Lobban joins the Aberdeen office of the firm as an associate in the firm’s family law team. The team is already well known for the expertise and knowledge of its individual members and its emphasis on find

Giles Murphy A new survey of law firms across Great Britain has found that most managing partners and leadership figures do not receive enough strategic support.

Joe FitzPatrick The Scottish Parliament has passed legislation meant to “increase transparency” in lobbying by creating a register on which dealings between lobbyists and politicians must be recorded.

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The UK’s largest private landowner has been accused of acting contrary to Scotland’s “right to roam” law by imposing a £10 charge on walkers and joggers who want to access his park during a certain period. From March 21, the gates to the Duke of Buccleuch’s Dalkeith Country Park will be c

Neil Richardson Police Scotland should have no involvement in an investigation into whether it acted criminally by spying on one of its detectives according to MSPs.

The Supreme Court's decision to yesterday dismiss the appeal of a company which claimed a rival had infringed its design of a ride-on suitcase for children will have "disastrous" implications, a senior lawyer has said. Magmatic, manufacturer of the Trunki case, sued PMS International Limited, manufa

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The Supreme Court has ruled that bonuses awarded by banks to employees in the form of redeemable shares in offshore companies, in order to take advantage of ITEPA provisions, should be treated – for income tax purposes – as if they had been paid in cash. Lord Neuberger, Lord Mance, Lord Reed, Lo

A man found guilty of murder whose conviction was later quashed following a successful appeal has had a legal bid for compensation for the years he spent in prison refused for a third time. A judge in the Court of Session dismissed the petition for judicial review of a decision to refuse the applica

David Johnston QC David Johnston QC, who serves as a Scottish law commissioner, is among 56 new Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

John Swinney New legislation introducing a tax supplement on purchases of additional residential properties has been passed by the Scottish Parliament.