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Tom Stocker and Stacy Keen write about the ever-changing Russian sanctions regime. On the year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the focus has rightly been on the loss of life and destruction of cities, towns, and homes in Ukraine.
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After a successful pilot during 2022 Shared Parenting Scotland is launching the New Ways For Families programme in Scotland this week. Shared Parenting Scotland has the exclusive license to offer the programme devised by the High Conflict Institute in California. Scotland will be the first jurisdict
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Close family members of late Thorntons chair and Hillcrest Enterprises board member, Jack Robertson, attended the formal opening of the Ellengowan regeneration in Dundee, marking the completion of the first phase of the development.
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A big cat found up a tree in a US city was found to have a taste for something stronger than catnip – cocaine. Dog wardens in Cincinnati, Ohio were called out to the city's Oakley neighbourhood following reports of a "leopard" spotted in a tree.
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Gillespie Macandrew has announced the appointment of three new partners and seven promotions. Andrew Leslie from the firm’s housebuilder team, Ross MacRae in banking & finance and Sharon Murray in family law have all been promoted to partner.
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The Law Society of Scotland is stepping up its support for mental health and wellbeing in the legal sector, with small firms in particular to benefit from a new free mental health first aid training course. Mental health specialists Macdonald & MacMillan Training will run the two-day course in A
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Advocate John Halley, 59, has been arrested over alleged sexual offences. Mr Halley was arrested last month and is due to appear in Livingston Sheriff Court at a later date.
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The University of Glasgow has been awarded funding to establish a law clinic designed to increase access to justice in Scotland for complainers in sexual offences cases, through the provision of free independent legal advice and representation by solicitors. The first of its kind in the UK, the Emma
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An appeal by an accused against a sheriff’s decision to extend the time limit for commencing his trial diet in Edinburgh has been refused by the High Court of Justiciary after it sought to clarify the modern law on the practice. Philip Barr was set to be tried under a charge of abusive conduct
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The Faculty of Advocates will host an online event entitled “Women at the Scottish Bar” on Thursday 18 May. The careers clinic will give participants the chance to have a confidential conversation with a woman who are already at the bar. These conversations will cover, among other t
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Specialist immigration firm Teneu Legal has announced the appointment of Sahar Davachi. Ms Davachi holds a BA in legal theory and anthropology and an LLB from Rhodes University, as well as an LLM from Stellenbosch University. She is well-placed to support clients on issues of immigration, having exp
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Free, independent legal representation is to be provided to sexual offence complainers, where applications are made to lead evidence of their sexual history in court. Currently there are safeguards, known as rape shield laws, which are intended to stop questioning about a complainer's sexual history
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Watermans has rebranded as 'Waterwomans' for International Women’s day.
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A man has taken revenge on his adulterous ex-wife by marrying her lover's wife. In retaliation for his wife eloping with her lover, the mononymous Neeraj, from the Indian state of Bihar, got his own back by marrying the wife of the man with whom she had had a long-running affair.
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New UK government plans to deport asylum seekers who arrive irregularly and exclude them from modern slavery and human rights protections have been sharply criticised by lawyers and human rights campaigners. Home Secretary Suella Braverman KC yesterday introduced the Illegal Migration Bill, which pr
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