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Women win bedroom tax challenge

Two women have won a legal challenge against the effects of the controversial bedroom tax, reports the Daily Record. Under the bedroom tax rules, tenants in council or housing association properties can have their housing benefit cut by between 14 – 25% if their homes have at least one spare bedroom. The two challengers lived […]

Tribunal reform legislation published

Following a consultation exercise carried out in Spring 2012, the Scottish Parliament has now published legislation to create a more user-friendly and simplified structure for Scotland’s tribunals. Tribunals are a key part of the legal system, protecting people from potentially unfair treatment in a range of specialist areas such as support for learning, health, land […]

Court reforms set to make litigation quicker and more efficient in Scotland

The changes to litigation procedure, known as the Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session Amendment No. 5) (Miscellaneous) 2012, were approved by the Scottish Parliament last month. Among other things, they make a number of changes specific to IP cases, which are heard before the Court of Session in Edinburgh. These include […]