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Govan Law Centre (GLC) has announced a partnership with Threehills Community Supermarket and Café in Greater Pollok, Glasgow. GLC’s free money, debt and legal advice surgery will be based at Threehills Community Supermarket every Wednesday from 10am to 4pm, beginning on Wednesday
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The Aberdeen Legal Walk, organised by the Grampian Community Law Centre, invited members of the legal profession to join forces on Wednesday 9 October to raise money for The Access to Justice Foundation.
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For the very first time in the UK, a dedicated undergraduate course in Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights is being offered at Edinburgh Law School. Economic, social, and cultural (ESC) rights are fundamental human rights that are necessary to live a dignified life that is free from fear and want.
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Shoosmiths has supported Watkin Jones in securing its plans for what will become Scotland's tallest residential building. The firm advised the developer and manager of residential for-rent properties on its recent planning agreement for The Àrd – a 784-bed, purpose-built student accommo
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The Tumbling Lassie Committee will host two events next month to acknowledge Anti-Slavery Day and provide opportunities to reflect on and raise awareness of the ongoing human trafficking and modern slavery in Scotland. On Thursday 10 October the committee will hold its annual anti-slavery seminar, e
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A star American footballer has unexpectedly come to the defence of a woman jailed for stealing $1.5 million worth of chicken wings. Chris Jones, a player for the Kansas City Chiefs, has offered to pay for the wings in order to secure Vera Liddell's release from prison, USA Today reports.
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The Faculty of Advocates and the Law Society of Scotland will again be joint national sponsors of the Legal Walks, organised annually by the Access to Justice Foundation to raise money to fund much-needed pro bono services. The Scottish Legal Walks have gone from two in 2021 to five in 2024. This is
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Public sector fraud in Scotland has risen by almost 50 per cent according to Audit Scotland. A data matching exercise, part of the UK-wide National Fraud Initiative (NFI), detected £21.5 million worth of fraud and payment errors across the Scottish public sector.
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A man suing Disney for the alleged wrongful death of his fiancée has been told suing breaches the terms of his Disney+ subscription. Disney's lawyers raised eyebrows internationally by telling a New York court that Jeffrey Piccolo had agreed to handle all disputes with the company through arb
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BTO Solicitors LLP is sponsoring Helensburgh Art Club’s Annual Exhibition for the second year in a row. The 71st exhibition and sale will run from 17-18 August in the Victoria Halls, Sinclair St, Helensburgh, from 9.00am to 5.00pm and is free of charge.
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Remotely piloted aircraft, ‘RPA’, were used initially for surveillance but, increasingly and cost-effectively, are of value when armed with guided weapons for precise targeting. Apparently, ‘drone’ is a pejorative term. For generations there have been aviation lawyers but per
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A woman whose job offer with the police was withdrawn because she was on antidepressants is taking her case to the Employment Tribunal. Laura Mackenzie, from Inverness, was sent for a medical and was to be fitted for a uniform before her provisional offer was withdrawn.
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Meta's "pay or consent" advertising model on Facebook and Instagram does not comply with the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European Commission has said. The Commission informed the social media giant on Monday of its preliminary findings that the binary choice forces users to consent to the comb
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