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Thorntons Solicitors continues to make progress on workplace gender equality, with the mean hourly pay gap between men and women narrowing by 13.6 per cent since reporting of the issue began. The firm, which now has 566 people including 70 partners, published its annual gender pay report today, cove
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Members of the Glasgow Bar Association (GBA) will no longer accept court appointments in cases where accused persons are not allowed to represent themselves after 90 per cent of member firms voted in favour of action, the body has announced. The GBA represents and promotes the interests of approxima
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One of Sweden's top judges has been fined after stealing meatballs – as well as sausages, cheese and an entire Christmas ham – from a supermarket. Mrs Justice Ann-Christine Lindeblad, a judge of the Supreme Court of Sweden for nearly 20 years, resigned in February after police began inve
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Several recent well-documented cases of ransomware – malicious software used by criminals to encrypt information until a ransom is paid – highlight a growing danger to both private and public sector organisations, writes James McGachie. Research by the National Cyber Security Centre
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A specialist, cross-sector team from the firm has advised on the sale of the Speyside and Cramlingtion biomass with CHP projects Burges Salmon has recently advised Speyside Renewable Energy Partnership, the owner of a 15MWe biomass combined heat and power (CHP) plant near Craigellachie, Moray, on it
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Roger Bull has been re-elected for a second four-year term as Burges Salmon's managing partner. Mr Bull joined the firm in 1995 as a trainee solicitor, qualifying in 1997 and became a partner on 1 May 2003 and head of the firm’s employment team on 1 May 2011.
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People aged between 20 and 39 are the most likely to have reported being scammed in the past year, Which? research reveals, with many young victims losing huge sums of money to online shopping scams, pyramid schemes and rental fraud. Which?’s analysis found that between November 2020 and Decem
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Saudi Arabia has executed 16 more people since the mass execution of 81 men on March 12. Eight of those executions took place this week, including two executions on Wednesday, only two days before F1 practice sessions begin.
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The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the sentence of AZ to the High Court of Justiciary. In 2011 AZ was convicted after trial of a single charge of the murder of her newborn son. The court sentenced her to life imprisonment with a punishment part of 15 years.
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David J Black continues to investigate the biggest medical scandal of the 21st century. Read part one here and see also his series from last year for SLN. October the 29th 2021 was something of a red-letter day for those who believed the psychiatric biopsychosocial (BPS) model had, fo
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The destruction of unsold, durable goods could be banned as part of new Scottish government plans to reduce waste. Proposals for a ban will be put forward in a consultation on a new Circular Economy Bill to be published in May, Circular Economy Minister Lorna Slater announced.
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Two prisoners who had their petition for review of a prison authority decision to prohibit them from making inter-prison phone calls to each other refused have been denied permission to make a further appeal against the decision to the UK Supreme Court. Charles O’Neill and William Lauchl
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Jones Whyte's Nick Hay and Ross Anderson have both been promoted to partner. Mr Hay started his traineeship with Jones Whyte in 2014, shortly after the firm’s inception. Since qualifying in 2016 he has developed a wealth of knowledge and expertise in dealing with all types of residential and c
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UNESCO's director-general has called for Ukraine's cultural heritage to be protected in the wake of Russia's invasion of the country. Audrey Azoulay said the cultural heritage of Ukraine "includes its seven world heritage sites – notably located in Lviv and Kyiv; the cities of Odessa and Khark
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MBM Commercial has appointed Stephen Hart in a new role – head of fintech and financial services. He will provide specialist advice to fintechs, funds and investors. Mr Hart joins MBM after six years with Medici Legal, a specialist fintech practice he founded. He has experience in authorisatio
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