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Dear Editor, Reading Ms Welsby's interesting analysis of the Standish case prompted me to read the full report. How one party to a marriage can give with one hand and take back with the other is puzzling, certainly to me.
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Nearly half of the UK's biggest law firms last year saw their best revenue results since the financial crisis of 2008. Only 11 firms in the top 100 failed to grow last year, new research shows, with 44 firms recording revenue increase of 10 per cent or more.
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Macdonald Henderson has been named among The Times Best Law Firms for 2021. The MH team is one of only eight Scottish firms to be featured for its work in mergers and acquisitions, alongside global/UK regional giants and large Scottish heavyweights.
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Sections 15, 16 and 16A of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 require that the solicitor certifying capacity has interviewed the granter immediately before the granter subscribed the document. We appreciate that, given the current situation, solicitors may not be able to meet clients, or
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The Scottish government has published new legislation that aims to ensure children’s best interests are at the centre of every family law case and that children’s views are heard in court. The Children (Scotland) Bill includes regulation of child contact centres to ensure they are safe p
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Bruce Wood reflects on the slow pace of change in updating the moveable transactions regime. In The Scotsman on 28 August 2011 I lauded the Scottish Law Commission's discussion paper on the reform of the law on moveable transactions. (More on what those are in a minute.) I pointed out that this
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Camilla Horneman (right) receives the award
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Solicitors and estate agents McEwan Fraser Legal has been named “Scotland Agency of the Year” at The Negotiator magazine awards where judges praised the firm as “outstanding”.
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An ice cream chain is being taken to court by a disgruntled customer over its pistachio ice cream – which contains no pistachios. New York ice cream aficionado Jenna Marie Duncan has been granted permission to bring her false advertising case against Cold Stone Creamery, a well-known brand whi
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Our popular "and finally" section, with the most absurd, offbeat, strange or funny legal stories, has kept lawyers entertained over the past year. In this roundup, we share the 10 most popular stories of 2023.
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A trademark dispute between Jack Daniel's and a dog toy branded "Bad Spaniels" has gone to the Supreme Court of the United States. The whiskey distillery claims that its brand is being harmed by the plastic chew toy, which is shaped like one of its distinctive whiskey bottles.
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Morton Fraser has been named one of the Top 10 Best Law Firms to Work For in the Best Companies to Work For 2021 lists. The firm, which employs over 250 people across offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow, is the only Scottish law firm named in the UK-wide Top 10 list, which aims to celebrate and showcas
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