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One of the many areas of law in Scotland which will be significantly affected by “Brexit” is environmental law. That topic will be one of the questions which will be examined by a “Brexit Update” seminar, which is being held in Edinburgh on the morning of Monday, 26 March. Dr Annalisa Savare
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Most UK law firms have not drawn up a Brexit business plan, according to a new Smith & Williamson survey of senior partners. Only 23 per cent of senior partners said that they had a business plan for dealing with Brexit, despite 60 per cent of more than 100 managing partners at firms in all UK j
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A property developer has been ordered to pay nearly €5.5 million to a group of graffiti artists after destroying their work without warning. The street artists took the developer to court after 45 separate artworks were whitewashed as a precursor to the redevelopment of a site.
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Craig Nicol Thorntons has recorded strong financial results to May 2017, reporting profits of £5.1 million, up by 18 per cent from the previous year's figure of £4.3m.
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Katie Russell Shepherd and Wedderburn’s employment team has collaborated with 30 leading law firms across Europe to produce the European Employment Law Update for 2018.
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Calum MacNeill QC Calum MacNeill QC of Westwater Advocates represented a police fingerprint officer in her successful £415,000 claim for compensation from the Scottish Police Authority (SPA).
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A programme to deliver science training to prisoners will be rolled out across Scotland after it received £150,000 in funding. Cell Block Science, led by researchers at the University of St Andrews is a public engagement research partnership to promote STEM (science, technology, engineering and mat
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Members of the public would support restrictions on who can refer to themselves as a lawyer. There are current and long standing legal restrictions on who can call themselves solicitors or advocates. However, there is no such restriction on the use of the term lawyer with any person able to use that
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Former bosses of the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) have been told appear before Holyrood's Public Audit Committee to answer serious questions on "shocking" financial mismanagement. Acting convener of the Public Audit and Post-Legislative Scrutiny Committee, Jackie Baillie MSP, said: "I've been aro
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The Scottish government has announced funding of £2.25 million to implement new forensic medial examination standards for rape and sexual assault survivors. The standards, published by Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS), will ensure that survivors – regardless of age, personal circumstances or
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Peter Lawson Burness Paull has advised on the successful management buyout of Cortex Worldwide from a multi-billion dollar global corporation.
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