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30 Mar 2009, 1:48 am
“More than 500 of the richest people in Britain are planning legal action against Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) for losses of more than £200m from investments through Coutts, the Queen's bankers, which it bought in 2000. [read post]
30 Mar 2009, 1:33 am
Lawyers representing Rangzieb Ahmed and Salahuddin Amin are to ask Lady Scotland to consider possible criminal wrongdoing. [read post]
29 Mar 2009, 11:26 am
- Ed)"A Diary of Injustice in Scotland" reports :Advisory : Clients must protect their money from unsafe legal firms as Law Society's Guarantee Fund fails.Your money is no longer safe with your lawyer. [read post]
29 Mar 2009, 11:12 am
As the financial crisis continues to hit the legal profession, many of Scotland's legal firms are shedding staff and partners, however trainee solicitors expecting to start work are also being hit.One company, McClure Naismith apparently picked the names of trainees out of a hat to decide who would say on and who would be let go … (must have been a small hat - Ed)Scotland on Sunday reports :Law firm pulls names out of hat to pick… [read post]
29 Mar 2009, 11:10 am
In Scotland claims could be backdated to 2001, raising the prospect of taxpayers having to pay £67m in compensation. [read post]
29 Mar 2009, 7:15 am
The deal is a further dent in Scotland's reputation as a centre of financial probity, coming so soon after HBOS was merged with Lloyds and Royal Bank of Scotland was part- nationalised. [read post]
29 Mar 2009, 6:55 am
" John Wilson, an SNP MSP for Central Scotland, said: "While large sections of the workforce are concerned about their future, senior parliament staff are leaving with golden goodbyes prior to their normal retirement age. [read post]
29 Mar 2009, 6:06 am
James Will, of Shepherd & Wedderburn, said: "The financial services industry in Scotland is not just about banks. [read post]
28 Mar 2009, 6:23 am
The decline in the housing market has hit the legal profession in many ways, but now there is a double blow as Abbey, the mortgage lender, has dumped some 7000 solicitors across the UK including Scotland from their conveyancing business.Letters received by solicitors, reports the BBC went something like this : "Given the low volume of transactions dealt with by your firm during the past 12 months, I regret to inform you that your panel appointment has been revoked with immediate… [read post]
28 Mar 2009, 5:30 am
There is no obvious reason why such pre-action protocols could not be employed in Scotland. [read post]
27 Mar 2009, 3:55 am
As the Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, Richard Keen QC recently said himself, its time for the ban on Class Action lawsuits in Scotland to be lifted.Although the Dean himself seemed to be more interested in taking on the banks, the long standing peculiarly Scottish prohibition of consumers banding together to take on big business and companies that breach their rights or provide sharp practice in consumer services, should now be at an end. [read post]
27 Mar 2009, 3:20 am
Sheriff Kevin Drummond, one of Scotland's more well known Sheriffs, speaks out on the drinks culture affecting youths & young adults in the Scottish Borders, although his comments reflect a 'drinks culture' which also affects the rest of the country as many are aware. [read post]
27 Mar 2009, 3:16 am
Despite the almost collapse of the Royal Bank of Scotland, due to the bad decision making by the board and its advisers, Deloitte, the auditor to the RBS has received £58.8million, a rise of £27.4million on the previous year …Sounds a bit odd, yes ? [read post]
27 Mar 2009, 2:20 am
“One of Britain’s most prolific sex attackers could have been caught years earlier if it was not for a series of errors by police officers who continually missed chances to catch him. [read post]
26 Mar 2009, 12:39 pm
CBI Scotland warned that the proposed extension would drive companies away from Scotland, claiming that, if companies were less exposed in England, they were more likely to do business south of the Border. [read post]
26 Mar 2009, 9:31 am
With more than 240 separate organisations currently delivering public services to the 5.5 million people living in Scotland, this has to make sense. [read post]
26 Mar 2009, 5:53 am
Scotland said she [read post]
26 Mar 2009, 4:06 am
Fiscal fines, which were part of the Scottish Government's summary justice system reforms, have been much less successful than the Crown Office may hope everyone believes, as reports in today's newspapers show.Yesterday, the Crown Office welcomed the findings of the thematic Review on the use of Fiscal fines but didn't go too heavily on the fact that despite the enforcement powers for payment, only half of Fiscal fines issued have actually been paid.The Herald reports :Almost half of… [read post]
26 Mar 2009, 3:50 am
Hugh Henry's outburst came as MSPs questioned civil servants over the resignation of Transport Scotland's finance director. [read post]
26 Mar 2009, 3:45 am
In a related development, Baroness Scotland issued guidelines last week to prosecutors on plea negotiations in fraud trials. [read post]
