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SFE (Solicitors for the Elderly), a training and best practice organisation for lawyers who specialise in older and vulnerable clients, has extended its membership to professionals across Scotland. The not-for-profit organisation provides practical advice, know-how and best practice for working lawy
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Scotland’s law firms have among the best profit margins in the UK, according to an annual report. In its Legal Benchmarking Report, the Royal Bank of Scotland found that profit as a percentage of fees was 27 per cent in Scotland and that firms had increased their fees by an average of three per ce
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A Swedish man whose daughter was “wrongfully removed” from Sweden to Scotland by her mother has been granted a court order to have the eight-year-old girl returned to the country of her birth. A judge in the Court of Session granted the order under the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 after
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Michael Matheson Views are being sought on the best way to spare child witnesses from having to give evidence during criminal trials.
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The judge in the Charlie Gard case has confirmed the declarations he made in an earlier judgment, to the effect that it is in the terminally ill child’s “best interests” for his life support to be withdrawn. The decision follows further tests which revealed that the 11-month old was “beyond
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Alexander McCall Smith International best-selling author, Alexander McCall Smith, is teaming up with a nameless 17th century girl to help the fight against modern slavery and people trafficking.
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Colin Hulme Burness Paull LLP has been named the best in Scotland at a global awards ceremony.
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The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has announced how it intends to work with the profession to eliminate unfair treatment of female barristers.
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An official opening of the refurbished Faculty library at the High Court in Glasgow has helped to give the west-coast criminal bar "the best facilities for many a long day".
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Hannah Franziska is the winner of the 2018 Cloch® Quaich for the best intellectual property law-related dissertation at the University of Aberdeen. Ms Franziska's dissertation explored “Geo-blocking of online copyright-protected content in the EU – a justified infringement of the fre
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The doors are opening on one of Scotland’s best-kept secrets – Parliament Hall in Edinburgh – the venue for the popular exhibition Parliament House: The Hidden Gem. The show which runs throughout the Edinburgh Festival Fringe gives a fascinating look back through Scotland&rsqu
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The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken SLN assistant editor Kapil Summan reflects on the presumption of innocence in one of the best legal books of modern times.
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