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The Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2016 (LBTT(A)(S)A 2016) was granted Royal Assent on 23 March 2016. Introduced tomorrow, an additional amount of Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT), known as the Additional Dwelling Supplement ("the ADS"), is due on the purchase

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Dame Lowell Goddard Dame Lowell Goddard, chair of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (England and Wales) delivered this year’s Macfadyen Lecture entitled “Making Rights Real: the developing role of human rights in the exercise of public law discretion”.

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Anna Owens Following the publication of Glasgow University Law Society’s third annual Student Law Review recently, Scottish Legal News recognised the best essay with an award.

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Dana Denis-Smith A project documenting the journey of women in the legal profession, from 1919 to present day has uploaded a number of insightful videos to its YouTube channel in recent weeks.

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Two men have been charged with wildlife offences after the BBC obtained footage of a fox hunt in the Scottish Borders. The news comes as campaigners claim the ban on fox hunting with dogs is routinely flouted while supporters say they take care to abide by the law.

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