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Traditionally it has been understood that legal trainees learn best from experience in an office environment but with the advent of the pandemic, Shirley Phillips, director of people at Thorntons, believes that blended learning could enrich the education for trainee solicitors and will influence fut
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A sheriff in Glasgow has removed the parental rights of a convicted rapist in respect of his son and determined that it would not be in the best interests of the child to have any form of contact with him while still allowing him to have letterbox contact with his daughter. Proceedings for contact w
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Dear Editor I see the eternal debate about the merits of the 'not proven' verdict has flared up again.
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Pupils from Peebles High School have been crowned Scotland’s best young debaters, after winning the grand final of the Donald Dewar Memorial Debating Tournament 2020/21, organised by the Law Society of Scotland. Thomas Dunmur and Laura Eggleton of Peebles High School in the Borders won the nat
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Beliefs about how you live your life, matters of private decision, views best kept for private enjoyment, prejudice or entertainment, can't be imposed by the operation of criminal law. Attempts to enforce such views can only make the government the subject of ridicule.
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Glasgow Caledonian University has secured funding from the Clark Foundation for Legal Education for a new undergraduate prize.
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New guidance for schools on supporting transgender children and young people has been published. The guidance contains real-life examples, best practice and advice on a range of issues that are known to affect transgender pupils including bullying, safety and privacy.
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A leader is best when people barely know that he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worst when they despise him.
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The man who appeared nude as a baby on the cover of Nirvana's best-selling Nevermind album is suing the band and others for $2.5 million, claiming the photo represents "commercial child pornography". Spencer Elden, now 30, has filed a lawsuit in California seeking $150,000 in damages from 15 parties
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Men crowd into honourable careers without other vocation than their vanity, or at best their love of fame.
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The Law Society of Scotland has been shortlisted for a national award for its work to support its members during the pandemic. The professional body for Scottish solicitors is one of seven finalists in the Best Covid-19 Response in Associations category. Organised by GCN Events, the Covid Response A
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Thursday 4 November 2021 | 5:30pm-7:00pm Lord Hodge is to lecture next month on the importance of embracing developments in technology to best uphold the rule of law in modern democratic society.
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Attempts to make online courts the default forum for civil justice do not "make any sense" and are "very much second best" to conducting legal business in person, experts have told Scottish Legal News. Draft rules prepared by the Scottish Civil Justice Council – which are currently out for con
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Queen of Rock 'n' Rolll Tina Turner has launched legal proceedings against a tribute act whom she claims looks too much like her. Lawyers for the 81-year-old star say concertgoers could be misled by posters for Simply the Best – The Tina Turner Story because its star looks so much like the rea
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