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A lawyer has agreed to pay seven buffaloes in compensation after insulting an indigenous beauty pageant. Malaysian lawyer Marcel Jude Joseph reached a deal with local native leaders after he insulted the Unduk Ngadau beauty pageant by comparing it to a cattle show.

Surely I must have learnt something. I started work as a trainee solicitor (or an 'articled clerk' as I was then known) in September 1990, qualifying as a solicitor two years later. It’s therefore over 30 years since I was first let loose on the unsuspecting public as a purveyor of legal advic

Shoosmiths' average profit per equity partner (PEP) rose sharply by 41 per cent to £658,000, according to its latest financial results. The firm also announced turnover of £167.9 million for the year to April 2021, an increase of nine per cent on last year's figure of £154.1m.

Unsettled property investors across Scotland are facing an unexpected capital gains pitfall because of a little-known tax change. Tax experts have warned that many face trouble as they rethink their holdings, while unaware that the timeframe to pay any capital gains tax (CGT) has been changed.

Roddy Cairns and Chloe Hussey look at the relaxation of rules prohibiting athletes at the Olympic Games from expressing their political views. The Olympic Games has long held itself out as a designated “no-politics zone”. That status is protected by rule 50.2 of the Olympic Cha

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has launched a public consultation on its draft international data transfer agreement (IDTA) and guidance. When organisations send personal information to a country outside the UK, they must ensure people’s data protection rights continue to be

A judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has refused to recall an interlocutor relating to a motion for interim damages in a personal injury case after the defender’s legal team failed to intimate opposition to the motion in time. Wojciech Kosno sought damages from&nbs

As some employers consider cutting the pay of employees who choose to work from home permanently, Joanne Frew highlights the legal considerations they should take into account. The Covid-19 infection rate is still high but the vaccination programme is going well. Employees won't have to self-is

If you receive an award of compensation in respect of a personal injury, you are able to protect both your current and future entitlement to certain state benefits, local authority assistance and/or other sources of state-assisted support by placing your award into a personal injury trust. What is a

The Sheriff Appeal Court has upheld the decision of a commercial sheriff in a contractual dispute between a housebuilder and a client in Aberdeen who held that the client was required to make an interim payment following the resignation of the firm to which payment applications required to

Should climate change be a mandatory part of legal education to prepare Scotland's lawyers of the future? Or, would having a universal definition of 'ecocide' help to tackle climate change globally? Scots Law students have been challenged to write or record their views on climate change and the law

Balfour and Manson trainees took on Edinburgh's Seven Hills challenge on Saturday in aid of one of the firm's 2021 charity partners, Health in Mind Scotland. Health in Mind has been promoting positive mental health and wellbeing in Scotland since 1982.

The spectre of weekend courts has appeared yet again, despite total opposition from the legal profession. The pleas of lawyers have been ignored by the authorities, with courts due to sit during the COP26 summit to absorb the “anticipated surge” in cases.

Brodies LLP saw profits rise from £38.5m to £39m in the 12 months to 30 April 2021. The firm also reported revenue of £82.5m, up from £82m in the previous year while cash balances grew to £30.7m from £25.4m.

The Scottish property market continued its upward trend during May, June, and July 2021, as buyers flocked to secure homes across Edinburgh, Lothians, Fife, and the Borders, ESPC reports. The average selling price rose to £275,623 – up 7.6 per cent on the same period in 2020.