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A major conference hosted by the Law Society of Scotland will mark the 90th anniversary of the famous "snail in a bottle" case, Donoghue v Stevenson. The conference will welcome speakers from across the world in recognition of the global significance of the case, which laid the foundations of the mo
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People aged between 20 and 39 are the most likely to have reported being scammed in the past year, Which? research reveals, with many young victims losing huge sums of money to online shopping scams, pyramid schemes and rental fraud. Which?’s analysis found that between November 2020 and Decem
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An appeal tribunal has ruled that an Employment Tribunal decision not to order a Swiss bank to provide a newspaper with copies of its skeleton arguments, witness statements, and other documents following the conclusion of a case was wrong in law. Guardian News & Media Ltd had sought the document
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A partner at a law firm breached the embargo on a draft judgment after he sent the result of the case to a social WhatsApp group. Fraud specialist Keith Oliver of Peters & Peters "expressed deep regret for his actions and provided a full apology to the court", Lady Justice Carr stated in a judgm
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The Fireworks Bill will result in a black market, MSPs have been told. Representatives of the fireworks and pyrotechnics industry told Holyrood's Justice Committee that the bill would create a need for special training as well as a licensing scheme.
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The Faculty of Advocates has again voiced its support for ending the tacit relocation of commercial leases in response to a consultation on the draft Leases (Automatic Continuation etc.) (Scotland) Bill. The doctrine of tacit relocation was the among issues raised by the Scottish Law Commission in i
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Young Mediators is hosting a free online event with Bill Marsh next month. Mr Marsh, one of Europe's most experienced international mediators, will discuss all things mediation. He is ranked band 1 in mediation by Chambers & Partners and has been awarded Mediator of the Year by Who’s
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A primary school teacher who was injured while playing a game of tag on a physical education training course has failed to establish that her employer was liable for her injury. Glenda Mackenzie, aged 42 at the time of the accident, suffered a fracture to her right elbow as well as cuts to her knees
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Global law firm Quinn Emanuel has been instructed by Ukraine's Ministry of Defence to bring proceedings against Russia in the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Alex Gerbi and Julianne Hughes-Jennett, partners in the London office of the US-headquartered firm, have taken on Ukraine's case pro b
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The Edinburgh Tax Network, in conjunction with CIOT and Terra Firma Chambers, will present a seminar on ‘Anti-Money Laundering, Privilege and Disclosure’ at the Mackenzie Building, Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh on Thursday 28 April 2022. At this event, Gordon Watt, Advoc
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Police officers who oversaw the botched investigation into the takeover of Rangers FC are facing allegations of perjury and that they attempted to pervert the course of justice, The Times reports. David Grier, 61, a business consultant with Duff & Phelps, lost his malicious prosecution case in J
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This year's annual JUSTICE Scotland Human Rights Lecture is taking place in person at 6:30pm on 4 May 2022, at the Signet Library in Edinburgh. This year's lecture is entitled "A light in the North? Reflections on the work of the Scottish National Taskforce for Human Rights Leadership", and will be
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The proposed repeal of the Human Rights Act would “wind the constitutional clock back to the 1990s” and is “particularly unwise” now because of the actions of Russia in Ukraine, experts have warned. Government plans to replace the legislation with a British Bill of Rights wou
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The Faculty of Advocates has cautioned that amendments to a draft code of practice for continuing and welfare attorneys should be rendered more user friendly lest they discourage people from supporting vulnerable adults. The Faculty was responding to a Scottish government consultation on the terms o
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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is seeking the views of stakeholders and the public on how it regulates the laws it monitors and enforces. ICO is seeking feedback on its:
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