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Brodies LLP has been appointed to the Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges (APUC) framework agreement for legal services, to provide legal support to Scotland’s universities and colleges and associated members in Scotland.
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An expert group will be established to advise the Scottish government on the banning of conversion practices, which aim to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. The group will include people with personal experience of conversion practices as well as representatives from LGB
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A recent EAT judgment finds even costs incurred by choice need to be deducted when calculating NMW, writes Nicole Moscardini. According to HMRC's National Minimum Wage Manual, deductions made from a worker's pay or payments made by the worker to the employer will always reduce national mi
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Two companies have been fined after a security guard died of hypothermia when he and his colleague were snowed in on a construction site. Ronnie Alexander was on duty at Afton Windfarm construction site near New Cumnock, East Ayrshire on 21 January 2018 during bad weather. The 74-year-old was found
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The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has come under pressure from US legislators to speak out against the UK government's controversial plans to end all criminal investigations and prosecutions linked to killings during the Troubles. A bipartisan group of 21 members of the US Congress, led by
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Two men who were jailed for killing Malcolm X are to be exonerated following the discovery of new evidence. Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam were convicted of shooting the civil rights leader at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan on 21 February 1965.
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A doctor who wrote fake prescriptions to get free viagra for the benefit of his extramarital affair could be struck off. Dr Harsit Tejura, a consultant gynaecologist in Cardiff, Wales, risked his career to obtain 30 packs of viagra pills worth about £360, the BBC reports.
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An appeal hearing is to be live-streamed by the Court of Session for the first time. The Lord President, Lord Carloway, has granted permission for an appeal of international significance to be live-streamed by the court.
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Crimes of fraud in Scotland have increased by two-thirds over the past two years, sparking fresh calls for people to be vigilant. With International Fraud Awareness Week underway, the latest official figures show a rise from 797 cases in September 2019 to 1,328 in September this year – up by 6
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DLA Piper has appointed of Finlay Campbell as a partner in its Edinburgh office. Joining from Brodies, Mr Campbell's practice focuses on working with investors in the acquisition, management and disposal of properties in the retail, leisure, office, industrial and alternative market sectors. He also
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Compass Chambers has welcomed Carla Fraser to the stable. Ms Fraser called to the bar in 2020 having gained considerable experience as a solicitor and as a solicitor advocate since 2014.
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Hungary broke EU law by making it an offence for people or groups to help migrants and refugees apply for asylum, the Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled. The country erected a razor-wire barrier on the border with Serbia and Croatia in 2015 as one million people, most of whom were flee
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Judith Hutchison and Paolo Martone have joined Scullion LAW in Glasgow. Ms Hutchison, a solicitor advocate, has joined the court department, bringing with her a wealth of knowledge and experience.
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Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity (ECHC) and Alzheimer Scotland are to share a donation of £38,000 from Gillespie Macandrew. Partners at the firm commit to donating one per cent of the firm’s pre-tax profits each year to its partner charities. Earlier this year Gillespie Macand
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