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The deadline for donations to the Faculty Christmas Collection, which supports vulnerable families in Fife, is fast approaching. Now in its eighth year, the Faculty Christmas Collection raises funds to support vulnerable families in Fife facilitated through Home-Start, a charity that helps families

Stronachs has swapped Secret Santa for donations of money, food and staple household items to local charity CFine (Community Food Initiatives North East).

The Scottish legal sector has welcomed 55 new solicitors to the profession at an admissions ceremony at the Signet Library in Edinburgh.

BTO’s corporate team acted in the sale of Dunfermline-based family business Scott Group (Scott Pallets) to BSW Group, part of the Binderholz Group, a global sawmilling group with operations in Austria, Germany, Finland and the USA, and headquartered in Earlston, Scotland. BSW Timber is the lar

A challenge to the legislative competence of part of Scottish legislation aimed at reducing a perceived imbalance in the relationship between the landlords of “tied pubs” and their tenants has been refused by a Lord Ordinary in the Outer House of the Court of Session. Petitioners Greene

Via Dundee Law School: "Congratulations to diploma student, Rebecca Coakley, who won the Criminal Competition held at Dundee Sheriff Court. Thanks to Sheriff Carmichael for judging and to James Laverty, module organiser, for arranging the competition. Well done to all participants!"

People in South Korea are set to become a year younger under new legislation scrapping the century-old "Korean age" counting system. Under the Korean age system, a person turns one on the day they are born and grows a year older on the first day of the new year.

The Supreme Court has ruled that the Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Northern Ireland) Bill is intra vires after it was challenged for infringing the right to freedom of assembly under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The court found that placing limitations on where abort

The Scottish government must ensure more funding is provided for the justice sector in this year’s budget otherwise the sector could face severe cuts to services and staff numbers, say the Scottish Parliament’s Criminal Justice committee. The committee’s pre-budget scrutiny was pri

Denmark's outright ban on adoption in the context of a commercial surrogacy agreement violated the rights of two children born to a surrogate mother, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled.

Families of loved ones killed abroad are to receive additional support at a time “when people need help the most”. The Scottish government is providing grant funding to Victim Support Scotland which provides a specialist service offering financial and emotional support to families reside

Burges Salmon has advised the shareholders of Regular Music on their partial sale to German promoter, venue operator and ticketing conglomerate Deutsche Entertainment AG (DEAG). The deal, through DEAG’s UK subsidiary Kilimanjaro Group, sees DEAG continue to increase its international promoter

Professor Alexandra Braun, Lord President Reid chair of law at Edinburgh Law School, has written an article entitled Compensating unpaid domestic care in the testamentary context II: Possible approaches and potential objections – for the Edinburgh Private Law Blog. "In a previous blog entry, I

The Scottish government’s Victim Surcharge Fund has awarded less than £420,000 to organisations, despite previously promising up to £1.2m a year, the Scottish Liberal Democrats have said. The government had claimed: “A total of £413,727 has been awarded to organisations

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