Ampersand Advocates is proud to celebrate another outstanding year in the Chambers and Partners. This year, Ampersand and its members achieved 12 set rankings and an impressive 99 individual rankings across 25 practice areas, including 5 "Star Individuals", with recognition extending across to the L
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Former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams is to pursue fresh legal action against the UK government after it moved to prevent him from receiving compensation following a Supreme Court ruling. The new Northern Ireland Troubles Bill will retrospectively legalise the detention of Mr Adams and other
The Battle of George Square which took place on January 31, 1919 has entered the mythology of the Left and, indeed, the mainstream of Sottish history as Bloody Friday when thuggish Glasgow police baton-charged thousands of peaceful but revolutionary-minded workers striking for a shorter working week
Police have said they received an "overwhelming" response to an appeal for members of the public to smoke cannabis to help train officers. Two police forces in Maryland – where cannabis is legal for medical and recreational use – are training officers to recognise cannabis impairment.
A case against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) over alleged links between its talcum powder products and cancer has been formally lodged at the High Court on behalf of more than 3,000 claimants. KP Law, formerly known as Keller Postman UK, is bringing what is believed to be one of the largest-ever p
ProTech Legal, a remote-first law firm focused on sustainability and legal technology, has announced a transition to a strategic hybrid operational model. The firm has secured a virtual office presence via a partnership with global workspace provider IWG, located at 1 Lochrin Square, 92 Founta
Compass Chambers has been recognised as a leading set by Chambers UK in the latest edition of the directory which was published today. Compass has received 57 individual rankings in seven practice area categories. Compass is also ranked Band 1 as a set in five categories – Personal Injur
No precautions could reasonably have been taken that would have prevented the death of a baby in 2017. Baby Sophia Smith died at the Royal Hospital for Children at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Campus, Glasgow on 11 April 2017.
A man who murdered his girlfriend at a remote Shetland home has been jailed for life, and ordered to serve a minimum of 25 years. Canadian national Aren Pearson brutally attacked his partner – 24-year-old Claire Leveque – stabbing her multiple times, choking her and submerging her in wat
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has written to the minister for women and equalities, urging the UK government to ensure that accurate and up-to-date statutory guidance on the Equality Act 2010 is available to those that need it. The EHRC provides expert advice on how to comply
The Sheriff Appeal Court has refused an appeal by a landowner who was awarded £772 to repair damage caused to his land by his neighbour’s cattle after finding that the sheriff was correct not to allow him to lodge additional claim forms for more damages that had not been correctly intima
Two men who turned a flat into a secret £500,000 cannabis farm have been jailed for more than three years each. Ban Nguyen, 53, and Long Le, 33, both from Vietnam, cultivated cannabis inside nearly every room in the flat in Dundee.
Chinese officials have seized tens of thousands of maps for supposedly mislabelling Taiwan. Around 60,000 maps were seized by customs officers in China's eastern province of Shandong, according to the BBC.
A lord ordinary has granted interim possession and interdict in respect of a property forming the sequestrated estate of an elderly man in Edinburgh after finding that it was possible that there was still a risk of unlawful occupation of the property if an order was not made. The Accountant in Bankr
