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Lawyers and law students are being invited to a special event to formally launch a new Faculty of Advocates scholarship and to mark the first anniversary of the Scottish Ethnic Minorities Lawyers' Association (SEMLA). The evening will feature a keynote speech by Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf. The d
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US star lawyer David Rudolf, who featured in the popular Netflix documentary The Staircase, has urged Scotland not to scrap its historic ‘not proven’ verdict ahead of a new speaking tour focused on problems with the criminal justice system in the US and abroad. In an interview with Scott
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Lord Hodge has underlined the importance of corroboration as a safeguard mitigating the simple majority required to secure a conviction in the Scots jury system. In a speech delivered to the Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China, the Supreme Court justice contrasted the jury system of Scotland with
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Landlords will be forced to acquire full planning permission to lease homes by the night on websites including Airbnb and land for house-building will be made more affordable after changes to the Scottish Government’s Planning Bill were agreed by MSPs yesterday. Holyrood’s Local Governme
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European Lawyers Day at the Faculty of Advocates featured a highly informative and thought-provoking talk by Philippe Sands QC, law professor, author and international counsel. Mr Sands spoke on “Contemporary challenges to global justice” and explored topics such as Brexit and the US in
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Professor Dr Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler, the president of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA), spoke on Tuesday night at an ICCA Edinburgh reception hosted by the Scottish Arbitration Centre. The next ICCA Congress, the largest international arbitration conference in the world
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A specialist law firm is extending its car sticker campaign – ‘I ride too!’ – after having already sent out over 3,000 stickers to motorcyclists and cyclists to display in the rear window of their four-wheeled vehicles. The campaign by Road Traffic Accident Law (Scotland
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The creation of a single regulatory body for solicitors risks weakening public protection, increasing costs for those who pay for legal services and is a "surprising" suggestion to be made without consulting lawyers, the Law Society of Scotland has said. The report of the independent review of legal
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Lawyers have sought clarification on the Scottish government's redress scheme for victims of abuse in care, announced yesterday by Deputy First Minister John Swinney. Mr Swinney confirmed the Scottish government accepts the main recommendations put forward by the InterAction Action Plan Review
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BTO Solicitors LLP has been reappointed to NFU Mutual’s revised legal panel following an extensive competitive tender process. BTO is one of four firms to have secured a place on the panel which previously comprised seven legal firms. The win closely follows BTO’s successful reappointmen
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The number of Scottish firms failing in the third quarter of 2018 was down by 5.3 per cent during the third quarter of 2018 according to analysis of the latest figures by accountants and business advisers French Duncan LLP. The latest Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB) figures show that 232 Scottish fir
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Val Surgenor examines the recent Morrison's case from south of the border. Last week, the Court of Appeal considered Wm Morrison Supermarket Plc’s (“Morrison’s”) appeal against the earlier High Court decision which held them liable for a data breach which was the result of a
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Professor Hector MacQueen is to deliver the Juridical Review Lecture next month, entitled "Joe Thomson and Contract Law in Scotland", reflecting on the influence of the late Professor Joe Thomson. The lecture will take place in the City Chambers, Edinburgh on Wednesday 14 November at 6pm and will be
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