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The trial of a former police solicitor and two former police officers in relation to the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, in which 96 football fans were unlawfully killed, has collapsed. The three men were accused of perverting the course of justice in relation to their actions following the disaster, in
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The world is a perpetual caricature of itself; at every moment it is the mockery and the contradiction of what it is pretending to be.
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A former US diplomat has launched a $1.8 million lawsuit against the US government and former secretary of state Mike Pompeo over an unpaid legal bill arising from the impeachment of Donald Trump in 2019. Gordon Sondland was sacked as US ambassador to the European Union two days after testifying at
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A private landlord who served notice to leave on his tenants by instructing sheriffs’ officers to deliver the notice has succeeded in overturning a tribunal decision that he had not met the statutory definition of a Notice to Leave under the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016
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Lord Hope of Craighead has expressed concern that a bill to recognise overseas qualifications could affect Scots lawyers – without their input. The Professional Qualifications Bill, currently at committee stage, would treat individuals seeking to practise particular professions in the UK "as i
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Shoosmiths has made seven appointments across several teams in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Lauren Miller, who joins from Shepherd and Wedderburn, has been appointed as legal director in the Glasgow-based real estate team. She adds further expertise in the residential/housebuilder and commercial developme
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The supreme authority in the United Kingdom is the rule of law and its application is administered through a balance of the three branches of government and not through attempts by one branch to curb or blunt the role of the others. This was the view of the Faculty of Advocates in its submission to
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The maker of Baileys, the world's most popular Irish cream liqueur, has won a UK trade mark dispute against a company seeking to produce a Scottish product called "McBaileys". R & A Bailey & Co, a subsidiary of drinks giant Diageo, filed an objection to the trade mark application lodged by a
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Seven trainees at MacRoberts will remain with the firm and become newly qualified lawyers in September. Christie Carswell, Calum Lavery, Douglas Leslie, Michael Gallagher, Sarah Milne, Nicola Kelly, Nikita Sandhu and Sarah Milne will be joining the firm’s construction, corporate fin
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Really Good Data Protection (RGDP LLP) has capped the recruitment of three new data protection officers during the last quarter of its financial year by announcing changes to its management team. Paul Motion has become the new chairman of RGDP following the retirement of Bill Speirs. A solicitor for
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Macdonald Henderson has advised medical device company Emblation on an investment by healthcare investor Apposite Capital to support its international growth and broaden its market offering. Created in 2007 by joint co-founders Gary Beale and Eamon McErlean, Emblation designs, manufactures and comme
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Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.
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A couple apparently booked out a Boeing 737 for a mid-air wedding ceremony in a brazen attempt to circumvent Covid-19 restrictions on weddings in India. India's civil aviation authority has launched an investigation after photos emerged of over 160 people celebrating in the air as the plane travelle
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A judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has sisted proceedings brought by the guarantor of the now-insolvent Ferguson Marine group of companies after finding that the Scottish Ministers were liable to reimburse them under the terms of an indemnity agreement. HCC International In
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The Crown Office has once again been accused of carrying out a malicious prosecution. The head of a UK cheque cashing firm is the latest to claim he was the victim of an unwarranted raid and imprisonment, The Herald reports.
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