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The cybersecurity arm of the UK government has published its first-ever report on the threat facing UK law firms from cybercriminals. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said it was "extremely important" for law firms to have access to the advice and guidance set out in the
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Amy Entwistle explores the details of recently enacted community empowerment provisions. Last month saw reports of the completion of the transfer to the North West Mull Community Woodland Company of the Island of Ulva. North West Mull Community Woodland Company is a Community Body (more below)
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Chris Dun considers the provisions of legislation varying the social housing regime in Scotland. The Housing (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill passed through Stage 3 of the Scottish Parliament on 31 May 2018 by 114 votes to nil. All that is needed now for the bill to become law is Royal Assent which is ex
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Sarah Denham Macleerie, who graduated from the University of Stirling on Thursday with an LLB (Hons) is pictured above. Ms Macleerie was the recipient of the Oxford University Press Prize, awarded to the best Bachelors of Law student.
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In the latest edition of his podcast Pod’s Law, Julius Komorowski and Lindsey Reynolds, senior solicitor for the Equality and Human Rights Commission, discuss the recent decision in AA v Secretary of State for BEIS in which Lord Tyre ruled that Employment Tribunal claimants can raise parallel
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It was the 86th anniversary of the famous snail in the bottle case — Donoghue v Stevenson — on Saturday.
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The face of UKCS contracting is changing, and rapidly so with the introduction of the Oil and Gas Authority in October 2016. Laura Petrie considers whether mutual indemnities remain beneficial to all parties. To set the scene, the 2016 Court of Appeal decision in Transocean Drilling UK Ltd v Provide
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Rebecca Barrass looks at the litigation surrounding the Glendoe Hydro-Electric Scheme In January 2009, energy giant SSE started operating the Glendoe Hydro-Electric Scheme. Opened officially by the Queen later that year, the scheme was cited as one of Scotland’s biggest civil engineering proje
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Police are on the hunt for a driver who was filmed playing the guitar while steering a car with his knees. The incident took place on a motorway in Mallorca but the car in question had British number plates, The Local reports.
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