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Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD), which has an office in Edinburgh, has announced a combination with Lewis Roca in the US, creating a firm of more than 1,200 lawyers in 37 offices in the United States and the United Kingdom. With a planned effective date of 1 January 2025, the firm will operate as Womble
Over 250,000 people have backed a European citizens' initiative that says video game publishers should be required to ensure that online games remain playable after official support is ended. The Stop Killing Games initiative follows criticism of French publisher Ubisoft, which recently shut down se
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has celebrated the first patent application successfully filed on its new fully digital ‘One IPO’ patents service. The IPO also debuted a new AI-powered patent allocation tool, which reduces the time taken to get the patent application to the right
The Lord Justice Clerk, Lady Dorrian, is to retire next year. Lady Dorrian has written to the King to inform him that she intends to retire in 2025 at the same time as the Lord President, Lord Carloway. She has also informed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and First Minister John Swinney.
The Lord President, Lord Carloway has written to His Majesty The King to inform him of his intention to retire in early 2025. He has also written to the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and First Minister John Swinney to notify them of his decision. Lord Carloway was appointed as lord president of the Cou
The SYLA 2024 AGM will take place on 30 May. At the AGM, the 2023/2024 president, Patricia Taylor, will present a brief overview of activities undertaken in the previous term, the 2023/2024 treasurer, Heather Gibson, will present the annual accounts, and the SYLA will elect a new Committee for 2024/
Tax expert Scott Webster delves into the new residence-based system which will replace the existing non-dom regime from next year. As part of the recent 2024 Spring Budget, significant changes were announced to the way in which non-UK domiciliaries (non-doms) are to be taxed from 6 April 2025.
Dallas McMillan is to mark its 150th anniversary with a £150,000 charity fundraising campaign. The firm will celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2025 and is marking the milestone by attempting to raise £150,000 for its four chosen charities: Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS
What are we likely to see on employment law if Labour wins the next general election? Nicola Macara lays out her predictions. The next UK general election must be held no later than 28 January 2025. The Prime Minister’s working assumption is that it will take place in the second half of this y
TLT has introduced a new target to achieve 50 per cent female representation at partner level by 2029. The announcement builds on TLT’s success in improving diversity and inclusion in senior roles, having achieved 33 per cent female representation at partner level in 2023, two years ahead of i
A Bairns’ Hoose pathfinder project will be taken forward in Tayside in partnership between Dundee City Council, Angus Council, Perth and Kinross Council, Police Scotland and NHS Tayside. Bairns’ Hoose pathfinders will provide coordinated child-centred and trauma-informed support from all
Six locations across Scotland have been selected as Bairns' Hoose test sites. Supported by £6 million in Scottish government funding, multi-agency partnerships in Fife, North Strathclyde, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen City, Tayside and the Outer Hebrides will set up pathfinders to provide coordinate
HMP Barlinnie is at risk of "catastrophic failure" as it operates at 140 per cent capacity with close to 1,400 prisoners, despite being designed to hold 987. A new facility, intended to replace the 140-year-old prison, was initially scheduled to open in 2025, but this has been delayed until 2027.
Disapproving stares from members of the public could help discourage smoking in non-smoking areas without the need for police intervention, Hong Kong's health minister has said. Professor Lo Chung-mau told a committee of the city's Legislative Council that, if someone begins smoking a non-smoking ar
