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Just Employment Law has raised £73,000 for Pancreatic Cancer Action Scotland through an online auction. The proceeds from the auction will help fund vital research, awareness and support for those impacted by Pancreatic Cancer.

An English judge has dismissed an appeal by a construction company that was ordered to pay over £220,000 to an aggregate supplier in exchange for supposedly defective aggregate it sold to them for the construction of a warehouse that liquefied in heavy rainfall. It was argued by Readie Constru

Addleshaw Goddard has over the last 12 months advised Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB) on two mergers, an acquisition and a significant investment. Today's combination with Leeds-based Sagars follows hot on the heels of a major investment in AAB by August Equity to fast track future growth plans,

In a landmark trial at the High Court this week, a judge gave judgment based on Scots law for the family of a man who died from asbestos cancer contracted while employed at the ICI factory in Ardeer, North Ayrshire in the 1970s.

Edinburgh lawyers have asked the court service to retract a letter which gives an "inaccurate" account of an incident in which a solicitor was removed from a court building on Saturday. Claims made by the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) about the solicitor's actions have been challenged

Prosecutors have dropped a case against a woman who faced up to two years' imprisonment for alleged acts of homophobia and transphobia online. Marion Millar, 50, from Airdrie, was charged by police with offences under s.127 of the Communications Act 2003 over her social media activity in 2019 and 20

Macdonald Henderson announced six hires and two senior promotions.

The energy & natural resources team at Harper Macleod assisted Statkraft UK Limited on its sale of the operational Andershaw wind farm in South Lanarkshire to Greencoat UK Wind with the provision of project-side advice, vendor due diligence and the provision of a certificate of title. The deal f

The UK Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by a woman who alleged that the UK government failed to properly implement two EU Directives on protection against workplace discrimination. The appellant, Ms Anwar, originally brought judicial review proceedings before the Court of Session after being un

The energy & natural resources team at Harper Macleod assisted Statkraft UK Limited on its sale of the operational Andershaw wind farm in South Lanarkshire to Greencoat UK Wind with the provision of project-side advice, vendor due diligence and the provision of a certificate of title. The deal

A new panel of standing junior counsel to the Advocate General for Scotland, Keith Stewart QC, has been appointed. The newly appointed advocates are: Carla Fraser, David Blair, Giles Reid, Kirsty Tyre, Megan Dewart, Neale Tosh and Simon Crabb.

Certain provisions of bills passed by the Scottish Parliament are outside its legislative competence, the Supreme Court has ruled. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill (UNCRC) and the European Charter of Local Self-Government (Incorporation) (Scotl

Thorntons has welcomed six further trainee solicitors this September. This follows an earlier intake of ten trainees in March of this year.

A new book by Professor Federico Fabbrini, director of Ireland's DCU Brexit Institute and full professor of EU law at the DCU School of Law and Government, provides the first comprehensive academic analysis of the new terms of EU-UK relations post-Brexit. Launched today, The Law & Politics of Br

The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Housing and Property Chamber has ordered a Glasgow landlord to pay £2,400 to his former tenants after they applied to the tribunal for a Wrongful Termination Order. Lesley Munro and Grant McNicoll argued that they would not have left the property had they n