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The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has appointed Sarah McCormick as a legal counsel, expanding its award-winning legal team to six lawyers and two paralegals. Ms McCormick joins SWA from Brodies LLP and has previously worked for Dentons UK and Middle East LLP.
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The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) has secured certification trademark status for 'Scotch Whisky' in Hong Kong, ensuring that only whiskies produced in Scotland following strict guidelines can be labelled as such. To qualify, whisky must be crafted using water, cereals, and yeast, and must mature i
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At a cursory glance, the minimum legal requirements for producing Scotch Whisky appear to be deceptively simple. The spirit can only be made in Scotland from just three natural ingredients – water, yeast and cereals – and must be matured in oak casks for a minimum of three year
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The Scotch Whisky Association’s legal affairs team has been awarded the best Not-For-Profit Organisation Team of the Year at the World Trademark Review Awards in Singapore.
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If there is one thing the Scotch whisky industry could have done without this year it is a global pandemic. The sector, which employs 11,000 people and contributes billions of pounds to the UK economy each year, was still reeling from the impact of tariffs introduced by US President Donald Trump las
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