Law firms are increasingly concerned that the current slowdown in M&A activity will damage their profitability, according to new research by Thomson Reuters' legal business. According to the ninth annual research survey by the firm, nearly a quarter (24 per cent) of the finance directors (FDs) o
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The National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh is one of the country’s gems, used and visited by thousands of people. Many perhaps do not realise, however, that, literally through the wall, lies another great institution, the Advocates Library, which is where it all began for “the National”.
The Solicitor General for Scotland, Alison Di Rollo(pictured), has been appointed as Queen’s Counsel by Her Majesty the Queen on the recommendation of the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Ms Di Rollo was nominated by the James Wolffe QC, the Lord Advocate. Ms Di Rollo was appointed Solicitor Genera
Our ideas of Paris during the war may well have been shaped from the film Casablanca. "Well, Rick, we’ll always have Paris…" Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman) says. But I would doubt few, if any of us, would have paused to consider what Paris actually meant for those living there in the period of the Second
Tim Eicke QC, 50, has been sworn in as the UK’s judge at the European Court of Human Rights. Mr Eicke, whose name was put forward as the best-qualified candidate, won by a clear majority of parliamentary representatives at the Council of Europe in June. He read English law at the Uni
Gurkha soldiers who complained that their pension entitlements had been less favourable than those of non-Gurkha soldiers in the British Army and those of younger Gurkha soldiers who had more years of service after 1 July 1997 suffered no violation of article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) read
Thousands of calls to the police are abandoned by callers before being answered, it has emerged. Figures show that 77,670 calls made to the 101 number were abandoned in 2015.
Holyrood will debate creating a new offence to hold abusive partners to account, after it was announced in the Programme for Government. In 2014-15 nearly 60,000 domestic abuse incidents were reported to police, with 79 per cent of these incidents having a male perpetrator and female victim.
The bid of bakers in Forfar to acquire EU protected status for their bridie has been put in doubt by claims that every baker has their own recipe for the savoury pastry,The Courier reports. Saddler’s and McLaren and Son would like protected geographical indication for the "Forfar Bridie", meaning
Following European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker's state of the union address this week, the Commission has this week set out proposals on the modernisation of copyright to "increase cultural diversity in Europe and content available online". President Juncker said in his address: "I want
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The European Court of Human Rights held a Grand Chamber hearing today in the case of Satakunnan Markkinapörssi Oy and Satamedia Oy v. Finland. The case concerns the ban on two publishing companies’ processing of taxation data.
Cannabis use for medical purposes should be legalised according to a cross-party group at Westminster. Baroness Meacher (pictured), chairman of the group of peers and MPs who undertook an inquiry into the issue, said that to refuse to recognise the medicinal advantages of cannabis was “irrational
Derek McCombe (pictured), a partner in the corporate department of Maclay Murray & Spens LLP, comes under this week's SLN Spotlight. What has been your best experience as a lawyer?
