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An Italian court has acquitted a man accused of falling behind in child support payments after he decided to pay in pizzas instead of euros. Nicola Toso, 50, divorced his wife in 2002 and later found it difficult to keep up with the monthly €400 stipulated in the divorce agreement.
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Pictured (L-R): Gill Howie, Arbroath’s Festival of Heroes Committee and Scott Williamson, chairman, Blackadders.
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A dramatisation of the 1528 trial of Patrick Hamilton, the first martyr of the Scottish Reformation, is being staged in St Andrews, where he was convicted of being a heretic and burned at the stake.
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Andrew Leaitherland, managing partner and CEO of DWF, which has offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh, has signed up to a charity skydive to kick-start the firm’s newly-launched foundation.
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Aidan O’Neill QC Two ex-pat Britons have failed in their High Court bid for the right to vote in the EU referendum in June.
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The revamped website for our sister publication Scottish Construction Now is proving more popular than ever with its readers after attracting a record 39,000 unique visitors last month. Page views for the site at www.scottishconstructionnow.com topped 75,000 over the same period, maintaining its con
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Women in Law Scotland (WiLS) is holding its formal launch event on Thursday 21st April 2016 at 6pm. The event is being hosted by the Law Society of Scotland at its new offices at Atria 1, 144 Morrison Street, Edinburgh and is being sponsored by Scott & Co.
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Catriona Maclean Crofters are being asked for their views about Crofting Commission elections, ahead of next year’s vote.
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Compass Chambers is delighted to invite you to attend our Annual Aberdeen Conference. The Conference will take place on Thursday 10th March 2016 at The Society of Advocates in Aberdeen, from 1pm until 5pm. Under the Law Society of Scotland's Guidelines, delegates may claim 3 hours of CPD time. The c
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Compass Chambers is delighted to invite you to attend our Annual Aberdeen Conference. The Conference will take place on Thursday 10th March 2016 at The Society of Advocates in Aberdeen, from 1pm until 5pm. Under the Law Society of Scotland's Guidelines, delegates may claim 3 hours of CPD time. The c
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Male and ethnic minority barristers are more likely to receive complaints according to a report published by the bar’s regulator this week. The Bar Standards Board (BSB) studied complaint patterns between 2012 and 2014, finding that female barristers were significantly less likely to face complain
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Lawyers have been praised for helping to get a landmark human rights case into court by working on it without charge. Although legal aid was in due course granted for the judicial review action in the Court of Session, much preparatory work was carried out for free by senior and junior counsel and s
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Thirty-six lawyers in Scotland made 58 calls to a helpline for practitioners last year, with 30 per cent of calls relating to stress. People also called about depression (17 per cent), disciplinary issues (14 per cent), bullying (11 per cent) and other issues (28 per cent) – including career devel
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Scotland's court service has only sold a single former courthouse after a series of controversial closures begun more than two years ago according to BBC Scotland. Between November 2013 and January 2015 the Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service (SCTS) closed ten sheriff courts.
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