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Kirk Tudhope Highland businesses have the chance to gain valuable insights on dealing with common workplace challenges at two free employment law events this month.

Malcolm Combe by Malcolm Combe

Alastair Keatinge Funding pressures in social care are taking charities into territory littered with pitfalls and challenges alike. Not only are they are under pressure from council funding cuts, they face rising wage costs and growing demand for services.

Tuesday 9 May, 17:30 – 19:30 Our Open Evening gives you the opportunity to learn more about the LLM courses on offer at Strathclyde Law School.

Scott Blair Licensing advocate Scott Blair of Terra Firma Chambers has secured a notable success in the widely anticipated case of Martin McColl Ltd v West Dunbartonshire Licensing Board, a decision of Sheriff Principal Murray of 19 April 2017.

Lord Carloway New appointments to the office of Appeal Sheriff have been made by the Lord President, Lord Carloway.

Justice Secretary Michael Matheson New Scottish government figures show an 18 year low in the percentage of offenders reconvicted within a year and the average number of reconvictions per offender.

A nurse who broke her wrist and later developed a debilitating health condition after slipping on a wet hospital floor has been awarded almost £50,000 damages. Kathleen Ann McLeish, 60, was working in the A&E department at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary when she fell on a slippery surface in one of

Graham Burnside Graham Burnside, a consultant at Shepherd and Wedderburn, is to speak at a major Zurich conference.

Lord Carloway Paul Arthurson QC has been installed as a Senator of the College of Justice at a ceremony in Parliament House, taking place on the bench with the title Lord Arthurson.

Caryn Penley, managing director of CMS in Scotland Three Scots-based lawyers at CMS are among 48 partner promotions announced across 26 offices to coincide with the firm's merger with Nabarro and Olswang.

A businessman is set to get a new trial on mortgage fraud charges because his lawyer fell asleep during the trial. Lawyer Stan Levenson was seen sleeping by the judge, witnesses and the jurors who convicted James Nassida last year.

Staff at Thorntons Law have raised more than £27,000 for charity over the past five years, The Courier reports. The firm has taken part in the Dragons' Glen challenge since 2012, which challenges businesses to create a product and establish a business for just £500, and then generate as much profi

Glasgow firm Murgitroyd has announced a new £7,500 award to support and further business and social innovation in the UK. The Innovator Launchpad Award includes £5,000 cash and £2,500 of in-kind intellectual property advice.

Pictured (l-r): Students Nikki Sully, Heather Evans, Rory Milkova, Dan McManus, and Georgia Carey Students from Robert Gordon University Law School had the opportunity to present legal arguments in the highest court in the UK after being given permission to hold their internal Moot Final in the Supr