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A judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has allowed the action of a woman seeking £1.5 million in compensatory damages from her former school to continue after the company that ran the school sought to have it dismissed without a proof. The pursuer, A, alleged she had
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A former sheriff has questioned whether the rule of law is actually at work in Scotland amidst the problems plaguing the Salmond inquiry. Scottish Legal News spoke to former sheriff, Kevin Drummond QC, who said that the Scottish Parliament seems unable to investigate "a relatively uncomplicated issu
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Judges in Scotland are most concerned with the loss of respect for the judiciary by the government and attacks on it by the media, while a significant proportion is even considering leaving the bench in the next five years, a new survey has revealed. The 2020 UK Judicial Attitude Survey shows that 8
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Solicitor David George Frew has passed away at the age of 66. Mr Frew's career began as a detective constable with Strathclyde Police and the Scottish Crime Squad. He then obtained an LLB and diploma from the University of Strathclyde before eventually founding his own firm, Frew and Co Solicitors.
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Innes & Mackay has appointed Laura Cormack as a director. She takes up the post after joining the firm over a decade ago as a legal secretary.
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Antonia Andison, Catriona Dee, Jamie Grainger, Luigi Mazi and Caitlin Pryde have joined the Aberdeen Law Project’s (ALP) representation team following a competitive application process.
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A Pakistani court has indefinitely delayed the appeal hearing of a Christian couple who have been on death row since 2014. Shagufta Kausar and Shafqat Emmanuel were imprisoned in 2013 and later sentenced to death for allegedly insulting the prophet Muhammad.
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A former Syrian official has been convicted in Germany of being an accomplice to crimes against humanity in an unprecedented case. Eyad al-Gharib, 44, was one of two former Syrian intelligence officers charged by German prosecutors last year under the principle of universal jurisdiction. The other w
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Armed police on rollerblades will patrol the streets of one of the world's largest cities under a strange new initiative. The new armed rollerblading unit in Karachi, Pakistan has been established to help crack down on street thefts and harassment.
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A sheriff in Glasgow has refused a motion calling for his recusal from family proceedings involving a mother who sought to relocate with her child to the USA. The case commenced when the pursuer and father, AB, sought to secure the return of their child from the USA, where they had previously b
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Financial services specialist Caroline Stevenson has joined Burness Paull as head of its dedicated FS regulatory team. The firm has recruited Ms Stevenson to take advantage of a market in Scotland that has continued to perform strongly throughout the pandemic, but which is facing a new regulatory la
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Harper Macleod recorded a small increase in profits in its last financial year, despite the onset of the pandemic in the final weeks of trading. In its latest accounts filed at Companies House, the firm said it had met all of its strategic aims for the year to March 2020.
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Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has made two senior promotions. Richard Pike has been made a partner while Fiona McLaughlin has been promoted to senior associate.
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If the past few months have taught us anything it is that the right medicine can change everything – so who better than a lawyer with a background in immunology to experiment with a new practice model developed to benefit the community? Blair Melville, 33, is the solicitor behind Teneu Legal,
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