Thorntons has promoted Corah Franco to partner in its private client team. Ms Franco joined Thorntons in October 2022, after completing her training and spending more than three years focusing on private client work. She was then promoted to associate at Thorntons in July 2025 before being appointed
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As in many professions characterised by exceptionalism, dynamism in law frequently begets energy in areas outwith the workplace. Laura Irvine is an example. The data protection and Information laws specialist and head of litigation regulatory law at Davidson Chalmers Stewart lined up with colleagues
Lindsays has strengthened its commercial property team with the appointment of Philip Sim as a consultant. Mr Sim has spent the past eight years running his own legal practice - Sim Legal - having previously been a partner at Ledingham Chalmers, McClure Naismith and Harper Macleod.
Helen Duffy has been interested in human rights and driven by a desire to redress injustice since her youth. She now works as an international human rights lawyer, both as a professor of international human rights and humanitarian law at the University of Leiden in the Hague (Netherlands) and as hea
Prosecutors have issued a warning of the dangers of strangulation – which can cause brain death within minutes but leave no physical signs. Laura Buchan, legal director with the Crown Office, expressed grave concern over the prevalence of non-fatal strangulation (NFS) both during sex and as pa
Holmes Mackillop Solicitors has promoted Emma Donaldson, former senior associate in its private client team, to a director of the firm. Following qualification as a solicitor in 2007, Ms Donaldson has focused on working for individuals and families in private client matters. She has extensive experi
An iconic clip of a man's arrest in Australia after eating "a succulent Chinese meal" is to be preserved in Australia's National Film and Sound Archive. The incredible and memorable monologue unleashed by Jack Karlson during his arrest in Brisbane in 1991 was captured by a TV news crew from the Seve
A beloved and special boardroom table will be coming up for auction soon at Great Western Auctions in Glasgow and will likely sell for a fraction of its true worth.
Afroman has won defamation proceedings brought against him by police officers whom he mocked in music videos after a raid on his home. The Because I Got High singer used his own home CCTV footage in videos for songs he released about the incident, such as Will You Help Me Repair My Door, Lemon Pound
A judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought against a New York City taqueria by a German tourist who complained its salsa was too spicy. Faycal Manz sought $100,000 in damages (around €87,350 or £75,470) from Los Tacos No. 1, USA Today reports.
A judge has ruled against a couple who tried to reclaim a small area of land by planting a garden gnome on it. The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) ruled last week on a years-long dispute between neighbours in Surrey.
A fresh bid to split the dual role of the lord advocate will be launched in Westminster today after Scotland's justice secretary urged caution around changing a system she said has "considerable strengths". John Cooper, the Conservative MP for Dumfries and Galloway, will today introduce a bill under
Businesses will be expressly banned from microchipping their employees under legislation proposed in a US state. Legislators in the state of Washington are currently considering House Bill 2303, which provides that an employer "may not request, require, or coerce any employee to have a microchip imp
Scientists have been told they cannot describe the sexual reproduction of snails and worms under Russia's "LGBT propaganda" laws. Viktor Kovylin, editor of Russian scientific journal Batrachospermum, said the launch of an upcoming book on the sexual life of animals has been complicated followin
