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Harper Macleod has recorded turnover of £43.5 million for the year to 31 March 2025, an increase of nearly 20 per cent compared to the previous 12 months (£36.5m). Profit before remuneration rose from £13.7m to £16.1m for 2024/25. Headcount across its five offices in Glasgow,
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Recent headlines have reignited debate over the lack of regulation for expert witnesses in both civil and criminal cases. But amid calls for tighter oversight, it’s worth asking whether formal regulation would fix the problem or just add another layer of bureaucracy, writes Christine Rolland.
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Ella Welsby discusses the Supreme Court decision in the English appeal of Standish v Standish. A long awaited Supreme Court judgment was published this week and reaffirmed that an asset being in your name on divorce does not automatically mean it will be eligible for division.
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An appeal by an HGV driver against his dismissal by a haulage company based in Aberlour has succeeded before the Employment Appeal Tribunal after it found that the Employment Tribunal had erred in its approach to the law of constructive dismissal. Claimant and appellant James Marshall brought a clai
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Displaced Ukrainian litigation lawyer Vitalii Diakov tells Jimmy Black about the life he left behind, and the social enterprise he helped to establish, promoting nonviolent communication in Scotland. Ukrainian lawyer Vitalii Diakov still has one case to finish. The Russian war has massively delayed
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A sheriff has reversed a child contact order made in June 2024 at the request of the child’s mother after an incident at her house in which the father punched the door of her house while trying to force his way inside, having determined that the relationship between the parties was too degrade
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A sheriff has awarded £3,216 in damages to a lorry driver who was injured when a learner motorcyclist collided with the back of his lorry and he fell from the steps outside the cab after he rejected an argument that the force involved in the crash was too small to cause any injury. Pursuer Joh
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The Inner House of the Court of Session has refused an appeal by the mother of a child of dual Nigerian-Italian nationality against the grant of an adoption order sought by another Nigerian national living in England in respect of her now nine-year-old son, having found that there was no merit in an
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In 2020, PPE Medpro entered into a lucrative contract with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to supply 25 million sterile surgical gowns and other personal protective equipment. The company gained widespread recognition for its association with Michelle Mone and her husband, write Pame
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