Appointments

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Brodies LLP has announced the appointment of six new partners following its latest round of promotions as well as the appointment of a new chief financial officer.

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Aberdein Considine LLP has appointed Simon Dawes as senior associate in its commercial real estate team and to support continued growth across England and Wales. Mr Dawes brings more than 25 years’ experience in advising clients across the full spectrum of commercial property, including landlo

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Irwin Mitchell has strengthened the firm’s expertise in personal injury litigation with the appointment of a specialist serious injury partner and a senior associate in the medical negligence team. Amy Gannon joins Irwin Mitchell as head of serious injury in Scotland and brings extensive exper

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Lindsays has strengthened its commercial property team with the appointment of Philip Sim as a consultant. Mr Sim has spent the past eight years running his own legal practice - Sim Legal - having previously been a partner at Ledingham Chalmers, McClure Naismith and Harper Macleod.

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Pinsent Masons has appointed financial services litigation specialist Stuart Murdoch as partner. Mr Murdoch joins the team in Edinburgh and will strengthen the firm’s disputes capability for financial institutions, funds and insurers in the UK and internationally.

Universities

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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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A team from Edinburgh Law School's 'Cybercrime and Cyber Security' Masters course competed in the flagship Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge international competition hosted by Johns Hopkins University. Arundhati Kale (innovation, technology and the law LLM), Isabelle Jaber (cyber security, privacy and

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Glasgow University has prevailed against the University of Dundee in the final of the Sir Alexander Stone Moot.  Dating back to 1986, the competition involves 10 Scottish universities competing over several rounds, culminating in the final which is held in the Sir Alexander Stone Moot Court at

And Finally

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A driver was taken to hospital after he crashed his car into a wall near Glasgow’s Clyde Tunnel, having mistaken a graffiti mural for the tunnel entrance. Emergency services were called to Shieldhall Road shortly after 2.30pm on Sunday following reports of a one-vehicle collision near the A739

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Actors created using AI will not be eligible for Oscars under new rules introduced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, as the organisation moves to curb the technology’s growing influence. The changes stipulate that only human performers can be recognised, while screenplays mus

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A beekeeper who unleashed swarms of honeybees at police attempting to carry out an eviction against her friend has been jailed for six months. Rebecca Woods, 59, brought a trailer of hives to the home of an elderly friend undergoing cancer treatment in Longmeadow, near Springfield, Massachusetts. Sh

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The US will issue limited edition passports this summer bearing an image of President Donald Trump, as part of events marking 250 years since independence. The commemorative documents will feature a large photograph of Trump on the inside cover, accompanied by the text of the Declaration of Independ