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Visitors to the National Library of Scotland are offered the chance to spot the fakes amongst the real deal in a new free display.
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Dentons has strengthened its restructuring and insolvency practice in the UK with the appointment of highly regarded restructuring partner Kevin Heverin from Baker McKenzie. Mr Heverin will work across Dentons' London and Scottish offices, spending regular time with colleagues and clients in Scotlan
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Emma Dewar has joined the planning and environment team at Shoosmiths in Scotland as a legal director. Ms Dewar has considerable knowledge of both contentious and non-contentious planning, advising developers and public bodies on legal agreements, consenting strategy, appeals, compulsory purchase, e
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Gibson Kerr has welcomed Donna Brennan as partner and head of personal law. Ms Brennan joins from Weightmans, where she was a partner responsible for private client work in Scotland. She has previously held senior positions at several leading law firms.
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One of Scotland's most experienced civil solicitor advocates, Tony Jones KC, has been called to the bar and joined Ampersand Advocates, bringing more than 35 years of disputes experience in professional negligence and construction. Mr Jones joins the bar from Brodies LLP, where he was a partner from
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Burges Salmon is expanding its family law offering with the launch of a new specialist team in Edinburgh. The new practice will be led by Rachael Kelsey, who joins the firm as a partner today alongside a team of family law specialists.
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Shepherd and Wedderburn has broadened its legal offering by establishing a family law practice. Two specialists will head the team: Alison Edmondson and Robert Gilmour, who have joined Shepherd and Wedderburn as partners and will be supported by five other lawyers who join with them.
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Sir Colin Birss, master of the rolls and lead judge for artificial intelligence in England and Wales, will deliver the University of Glasgow’s annual James Wood Lecture on 20 November. His lecture, entitled AI and Legal Reasoning, will take place from 5pm to 7pm in the Senate Room at the unive
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Head of the School of Law at the University of Aberdeen and co-convenor of the Anti-SLAPP Research Hub has addressed members of the European Parliament on the implementation of the EU Anti-SLAPP Directive. Professor Justin Borg-Barthet warned that significant gaps remain in the protection of jo
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A lecture at the University of Edinburgh will examine how adoption law defines family relationships and how approaches to adoption vary across legal and cultural settings. The W.A. Wilson Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Professor Anne Röthel, director of the Max Planck Institute for Compa
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Samantha McPhillips, an LLM student at the University of Edinburgh, has won the postgraduate category of the Mason Institute’s 2025/26 Student Essay Competition. Her winning essay, From Risk to Capacity: The Limits of Fusion Law in Reforming Involuntary Treatment, was recognised in the competi
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Kehinde Adeogun, director of legal services and policy at the Black Equity Organisation (BEO), is to discuss strategic litigation and racial justice in a lecture at the University of Glasgow next month. Her lecture, entitled On Racial Justice and the Law: In Conversation with Kehinde Adeogun, will t
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A man has been jailed for deceiving his mother, aunt and uncle into giving him money for a fake investigation – supposedly overseen by US Chief Justice John Roberts. Jason Taylor, 38, of Pelham in the US state of New Hampshire was sentenced to two-and-a-half to five years in prison after plead
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An Italian chef has lost an unfair dismissal claim after being sacked from a Brisbane restaurant where he refused to make ham and pineapple pizzas, saying the topping insulted his culture. The Fair Work Commission said Davide Tamburella had rejected the request three times over four years. He had ar
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Libya’s religious authority, the Dar al-Ifta, has issued a fatwa prohibiting Muslims from buying, selling or wearing Nike-branded clothing. Approved by Grand Mufti Sadiq al-Gharyani, it argues that the logo invokes the Greek goddess of victory and promotes symbols associated “with polyth
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Throuples, foursomes and those in polyamorous relationships will be able to register their partnerships in West Hollywood, California following a City Council vote on 3 November.
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A Mexican tourist has been awarded $200,000 (£148,474) in damages after he was arrested for failing to obey a police order. Police commands in poorly pronounced Spanish translated to “fart police”.
