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A tenant of the Glasgow premises from which the Rogano restaurant traded has lost a Supreme Court appeal over whether it could recover profits allegedly lost by its wholly owned subsidiary as a result of the landlord’s alleged breaches of the lease. The court rejected an argument that Scots la
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Holmes Mackillop Solicitors has appointed wills, estates and future planning specialist Yvonne Finlay to its busy Bishopbriggs office. A graduate of Edinburgh University and University of Strathclyde, Ms Finlay has extensive experience advising on the preparation of and making a will, granting a pow
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Mackinnons has announced the appointment of Cole Milne as a solicitor within the firm’s commercial property team following completion of his two-year traineeship with the team. Mr Milne has developed a particular interest in the sale and purchase of commercial property and commercial leasing.
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A former nuclear engineer who swapped power stations for private client law has joined growing Glasgow firm Matheson Lawson. Frank McKnight has been appointed director and head of private client at the boutique practice, taking responsibility for growing the department while strengthening the leader
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Macdonald Henderson has announced the appointment of Laura McKnight as managing director. Ms McKnight joined the firm in 2015 and has played a central role in its growth and development over the past decade. Recognised as one of Scotland’s Top 25 Women in Law (The Business), she has advised on
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Aberdein Considine LLP has further reinforced its lender services division with two more senior appointments to its Newcastle office. Tahir Bashir has rejoined the firm’s Lender Services Practice Group as senior UK recoveries operations director after sharpening his skills in the broader secto
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Stronachs LLP has welcomed five new trainee solicitors to its Aberdeen office. As part of Stronachs’ two-year traineeship programme, each trainee will have the opportunity to gain experience across a range of departments, developing their skills and knowledge before qualification in 2028.
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People struggling to access legal advice, communities facing barriers to healthcare, and individuals unable to exercise rights that already exist in law are among the challenges a new research centre at Robert Gordon University (RGU) aims to address. Bringing together experts in law, sociology, psyc
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Undocumented conversations, inconsistent terminology, and exposure to unnecessary contextual information can undermine the integrity of criminal investigations, a University of Dundee-led study has found. Research from the Horizon Europe-funded Clarus Project, spearheaded by Dundee experts, has high
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The Centre for Scots Law at the University of Aberdeen has hosted a book launch for two of its members, Professor Andrew Simpson and Dr Euan West.
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Lecturers at Edinburgh Law School have been awarded funding by the Scottish Institute for Policing Research for their research project examining live facial recognition governance. Dr Lachlan Urquhart, senior lecturer in technology law and human-computer interaction at Edinburgh Law School, and Dr D
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A new blog by Mabel Omolola Demokun for the Aberdeen University Centre for Energy Law examines the health and safety challenges posed by the rapid expansion of the offshore wind industry. The article considers issues raised at a May workshop funded by the National Decommissioning Centre, including t
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Finland is examining whether prisoners sentenced by its courts could serve their terms abroad as authorities seek to ease overcrowding. The country's Ministry of Justice has published a study examining the legal conditions for renting prison places from another country, following Sweden’s agre
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A Paris court has awarded Kim Kardashian €1 in compensation after she was targeted in an armed jewellery robbery in the French capital in 2016. The sum was the amount requested by Kardashian, who said the robbery had been “the most terrifying experience of my life”.
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A New York high school student was suspended on her first day of school after refusing to throw away a cup of coffee, in what she described as an act of “civil disobedience”. Julie Kaputa, a senior at Beaver River Central School in Castorland in upstate New York, said she had been told t
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A Florida woman has been charged with burglary and battery after allegedly throwing a bucket of human faeces at a neighbour she accused of having an affair with her husband. Yirsi Esperanza Machado Rivera, 50, is accused of forcing her way into the neighbour’s mobile home near Miami Gardens be
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A Belgian man has sent £8,500 in supermarket vouchers to a scammer posing as singer Céline Dion and remains convinced they are in a relationship, despite warnings from his family. His daughter, Karla, said her father had been buying vouchers from Carrefour, a supermarket, and sending th
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