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A part-time footballer lost a £55,000 personal injury claim after scoring a remarkable goal on live television with his allegedly injured foot. Callum Saunders, 33, scored from more than 40 metres away, near the halfway line – but his accomplishment turned out to be an own goal.
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The Sheriff Appeal Court has refused an appeal by a 57-year-old woman challenging the appointment by her local authority of a welfare guardian with the power to determine where she could live and where she was allowed to go. The appellant, JK, argued that the appointment amounted to a deprivation of
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Some 200 medical professionals have expressed “great concern” over a proposed bill to grant the terminally ill the right to an assisted suicide. Health care professionals from various specialities have signed a letter to Health Secretary Humza Yousaf detailing their concerns.
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Eversheds Sutherland has today appointed employment partner Euan Smith in Edinburgh. Mr Smith, an employment law specialist of over 20 years, joins from Pinsent Masons. He brings a wealth of experience in advising public and private sector employers, leading on a varied and full spectrum of emp
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Linsdays lawyer David Rose has said investment interest in Dundee will intensify as a result of the Eden Project's "ambitious" plans for the city.
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Seven new appointments to the board of the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) have been announced by community safety minister Ash Denham. The appointments, which comprise three lawyer members and four lay members, are for five years.
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A judge who sued the senior judiciary over alleged race discrimination has settled a claim with the Ministry of Justice. Peter Herbert, 64, who sat as a part-time judge in the Crown Court, sued for discrimination, victimisation and harassment after he was disciplined over a speech he delivered at a
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A Strathclyde law graduate has won a scholarship to study for an LLM at Boston University. Jack Morton, 23, has been selected as a Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York scholar and flies out to Boston with his wife Emma later this year.
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New legislation to be introduced in England and Wales will give homeowners twice as long to claim compensation for dangerous cladding or poor workmanship in light of the Grenfell tragedy. The Building Safety Bill, to be published today, will create a clear pathway for how residential buildings shoul
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Northern Ireland's Public Prosecution Service (PPS) is facing a judicial review after the collapse of the trials of two former British soldiers facing Troubles-era murder charges on Friday. The PPS announced that it would discontinue the prosecutions of the former British soldiers known only as
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London's legal pay war continues to escalate with American law firms giving newly qualified solicitors in the City in excess of £153,000. Houston-based Vinson & Elkins announced starting pay of £153,400 last month – an increase of four per cent in a year. The firm has now taken
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All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than the animals that know nothing. A day will come when science will turn upon its error and no longer hesitate to shorten our woes. A day will come when it will dare and act with certainty; when life, grown wiser, will depart silently
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Staff and members of the legal profession gathered to say farewell to Sheriff Lindsay Foulis, who has retired after 20 years on the bench. Sheriff Principal Marysia Lewis paid tribute to the outgoing sheriff while the Society of Procurators and Solicitors in the City and County of Perth also th
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Miller Samuel Hill Brown has announced the promotion of two of its lawyers from associate to senior associate. Eilidh McGuire, who works in the licensing department, specialises in all aspects of liquor, gaming and civic licensing law. She acts for various national operators, as well as independent
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Animal welfare campaigns charity OneKind has raised concerns about Scotland’s new licensing guidance for the killing of mountain hares. Last year, the Scottish Parliament voted to make mountain hares a protected species, putting an end to Scotland’s mass scale mountain hare killings. Und
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