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Scottish Legal News can reveal that a contract worth £300,000 to conduct studies on real juries has been awarded to Ipsos MORI by the Scottish government. A notice available on Public Contracts Scotland details that the the Scottish government "wishes to commission a research project that expl
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Gilson Gray has promoted two senior lawyers to partner, strengthening its real estate and litigation offering. Real estate specialist Gregor Duthie and litigator Stephen Forsyth have both stepped up from legal director to partner.
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Miller Samuel Hill Brown has announced the appointment of Jennifer Cowan, Laura Shields, Erin Doherty and Laura Cousins. Ms Cowan is an associate in licensing who brings over 15 years of experience advising a diverse client base. She is recognised for her practical and responsive approach and also b
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Lindsays has strengthened its private client team with the appointment of Aileen Entwistle. Ms Entwistle has this week joined the firm’s Glasgow office following six years as a partner with Aberdein Considine.
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Morton Fraser MacRoberts (MFMac) has appointed Kamal Panglea as its new chief people officer, further strengthening the firm's leadership team as it continues to invest in its people strategy. Mr Panglea joins MFMac with over 25 years' experience in HR, having held senior positions across a number o
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Glasgow firm MacDonald Lynch is marking its fifth anniversary with the launch of a new Uddingston office. The practice has opened premises on Main Street, expanding into South Lanarkshire. MacDonald Lynch was established in 2021 when senior partner Elaine MacDonald took over the long-establishe
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Thorntons has appointed two new legal directors to its Inverness office. Gary Munro (commercial real estate) and Susan Bird (residential property), bring with them extensive experience across the Scottish legal market and deep knowledge of all aspects of the local property landscape.
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The Aberdeen Law Project (ALP) has successfully obtained a four-figure settlement for a client in connection with a consumer services dispute. Prior to ALP’s engagement in the matter, the client had contracted with a company to have some roofing and rendering services carried out to their prop
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Lady Carmichael delivered the Aberdeen Law Project's annual lecture on 10 April. This year’s lecture focused on the role of law clinics in both advancing access to justice and legal education, alongside broader reflections on professionalism, the rule of law, and the responsibilities of future
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An Aberdeen academic has been awarded almost £300,000 by The British Academy to examine how artificial intelligence is governed in outer space. Dr Maria Manoli, lecturer in space law at the University of Aberdeen, will lead an international and interdisciplinary team of scholars. She is a lead
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Dr Gloria M Alvarez, a senior law lecturer at the University of Aberdeen, has been appointed co-chair of the Academic Forum on Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) for the 2026–2027 term. She will serve alongside Dr Ana Maria Daza Vargas of the University of Edinburgh.
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Researchers have made a series of recommendations to help avoid conflict over the care of children with life-limiting conditions spilling into the Scottish courts. Dr Sarah Sivers, associate dean for research at Robert Gordon University’s (RGU) School of Law and Social Sciences, and her team s
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Peter Murrell, formerly one of the most influential figures in Scottish politics, faces prison after admitting to embezzling more than £400,000 from the SNP over 12 years and using the money to buy everything from a luxury car to the video game Grand Theft Auto V. The hit series, which origina
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An Iowa man is suing Nintendo and The Pokémon Company International after allegedly being refused certification as a 'Pokémon Professor' despite passing the qualifying exam. Kyle Owens, 34, of Laurens, filed the lawsuit in the US District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, allegi
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The chief executive of a US firm has defended his decision to eliminate the company’s HR department, arguing the team had been “creating problems that didn’t exist”. Ryan Breslow, co-founder and chief executive of Bolt, made the comments after the company cut around 30 per ce
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A detectorist who has been finding artefacts for two decades has made over £13,000 at auction after selling her finds.
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A spectacular blue-green diamond known as the "Ocean Dream" has shattered records at Christie's in Geneva, selling for 13.6 million Swiss francs (c. £13m; 14.9m) and setting a new world auction benchmark for diamonds of its colour. Weighing 5.5 carats and cut into a striking triangular shape,
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