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A solicitor is to give a talk on her role in supporting dying people, as a doula, at this year's Just Festival in Edinburgh. Death doulas help dying people and their families practically, emotionally and spiritually, to help them have the best possible quality of life right up to the end, and then t
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The Home Office has agreed to pay out £50,000 to a man who was unlawfully detained and separated from his daughter for three months, while she remained in care and at imminent risk of adoption.AJS was detained under immigration powers and separated from his three-year-old daught
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Brexit negotiators have reviewed the future of intellectual property rights, with the likelihood being that EU-wide rights will be replaced with equivalent UK rights after the end of the transition period. This "much needed" detail should give "reassurance" to holders of EU trademarks registered bef
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A full review should be made of the “appropriate adult” system for vulnerable people in police custody before it is applied to complainers and witnesses, the Faculty of Advocates has suggested. The Scottish government plans to put existing, non-statutory appropriate adult services on a s
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Kent police are asking anyone who has been offered a skull for sale to come forward after thieves stole 21 of them from a church crypt. The remains, which are thought to be 700 years old, were taken from St Leonard's Church in Hythe, Kent.
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In our continuing occasional series on Scotland's legal heritage, Graham Ogilvy considers the National Gallery's portrait of Robert McQueen, who gained notoriety as Lord Braxfield, Scotland's very own hanging judge. Sir Henry Raeburn's painting of Lord Braxfield was completed in 1798
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Pictured (L to R): Douglas Roberts (Corporate Partner at Lindsays ), Dr.Dayna Galloway, Kate Wyatt, and Iain Penman (dispute resolution and litigation director at Lindsays) Lindsays has been announced as a key sponsor in Abertay University’s Dare Academy games design competition.
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The Law Society of Scotland has welcomed publication of the final report of the Criminal Justice Disability Project. The Criminal Justice Disability Project: Final Report makes 76 recommendations to promote and enable accessibility of service across the criminal justice sector in Scotland for p
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The UK's only court-based improv show, This Is Your Trial, returns to the Edinburgh Fringe for a sixth year from tomorrow, at Just The Tonic.
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The deadline for responses to the Scottish government's family law consultation has been extended until midnight on 28 September 2018. The consultation covers a wide range of issues that affect children including: how the court considers the views of the child; support for the child; who a child sho
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A 35-year-old man has been jailed for 12 years after being convicted of terrorism offences. The High Court in Edinburgh heard that Peter Morgan was in possession of bomb-making manuals as well as equipment and a selection of Neo-Nazi and other extreme right-wing paraphernalia and flags.
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Members of Faculty and staff are cycling, walking and trekking in aid of various good causes next month. Advocate Neil Mackenzie is cycling from Land’s End to John O’ Groats to help Shelter.
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Dentons has been awarded Platinum Employer Partner accreditation in Scotland by STEP, the global professional association for practitioners who specialise in family inheritance and succession planning. This is the highest of three accreditation levels awarded under STEP's Employer Partnership Progr
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Pictured (L-R): Rachel Salmond, Rebecca Leslie, Kirsty Martin, Kendall Allan, Samantha Miller, Caitlin Connolly, Philippa Abernethy Lindsays welcomed seven new trainees this week. Based in the firm’s city-centre offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee they are taking up positions across
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Partner Jacqueline Leslie (second from left) receives the firm's accreditation from STEP representative Gemma Copestick Harper Macleod has become one of a select group of practices to be recognised as an 'Employer Partner' by STEP, the global professional association for practitioners who speci
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