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Laura Kyne explains the details of the SQE and how best to prepare for it. I’m a senior solicitor within the Burness Paull employment team, originally qualified in Scots law. Whilst employment law is broadly similar across Scotland and England and Wales, I nevertheless decided to sit the Solic
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The first in her extended family to go to university, intellectual property specialist Lesley Larg was appointed as Dundee-based solicitors Thorntons' first female managing partner in 2021, taking over from Craig Nicol who held the post for 10 years, seven of those years as joint managing partn
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The High Court of Justiciary has reduced the sentence of a man given a 37-month prison sentence for supplying a dangerous substance sold as an unlicensed weight loss supplement after he successfully argued that the sentence was excessive. It was argued by Jamie George, who sold the substance to pers
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A Kilmarnock takeaway manager who sexually assaulted a 17-year-old employee at the end of her work shift has lost an appeal by stated case against his conviction. It was argued by appellant Bhupinder Singh, who was given 150 hours of unpaid work for the offence, that the sheriff erred in repelling a
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A man who had been found guilty of raping a 13-year-old girl in a park when he was 17 has had his conviction quashed. Sean Hogg, 22, was originally given 270 hours of community service after being convicted of rape.
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Balfour and Manson has announced promotions in both its Edinburgh and Aberdeen offices. In Edinburgh, Peter Littlefair and Will Wallace have been promoted to partner.
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The Sheriff Appeal Court has held that a Glasgow sheriff was correct to find that the term “hun” used in a footballing context was a sectarian remark capable of aggravating an offence by religious prejudice after an appeal against conviction by a Celtic supporter who used the term when a
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Suzi Low has been made a partner in the corporate & commercial team at Blackadders LLP. Ms Low will lead the firm’s corporate offering in Aberdeen and support the team in Dundee. She starts her new position on October 1.
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Chinese and Hong Kong government "reprisals" against the international legal team representing jailed publisher Jimmy Lai and his son, led by Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC, have been condemned by the UN Secretary-General and the US and UK governments. Ms Gallagher, the accomplished Irish human rights law
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A judge has found that Donald Trump and his company are liable for the "false valuation" of the former president's Aberdeenshire golf course. The finding is part of a ruling in the New York Supreme Court indicting Mr Trump for "repeatedly" exaggerating his wealth by hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Govan Law Centre calls for an increase in the protected minimum balance for earnings arrestments. A new Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill was introduced in the Scottish Parliament at the end of April and is currently before the Economy and Fair Work Committee for Stage 1 initial con
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A 21-year-old man has admitted killing his grandparents in a knife attack. Tobyn Salvatore appeared at the High Court in Glasgow after pleading guilty to a charge of culpable homicide due to diminished responsibility.
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Police Scotland is gearing up to launch a specialist unit focused on hate crimes, ahead of new legislation set to take effect next year. The unit is specifically tasked with probing cases where there are violations of the new law, which broadens protection for certain groups under the novel offence
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John Joyce has announced he will stand down as managing partner of Addleshaw Goddard next April, a year ahead of the end of his current term, 10 years after he was first elected and at the end of his 25th anniversary as a partner in the business. Mr Joyce became managing partner in 2014, and was re-
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A former Scottish political leader and the chief economist of Natwest are among the guests at an Edinburgh conference being hosted by CMS next month. 'On Point: Doing Business in Scotland in Challenging Times' takes place on 5 October in the National Museum of Scotland.
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