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Police in Detroit, Michigan are aiming to prevent internal information from being leaked to the media, an internal notice that was leaked to the media reveals. The communique, dated May 23 and titled "Releasing Information to News Outlets Without Proper Authority", warned that unauthorised distribut

Kenny Christine has retired from practice after 23 years at the bar. Kenny called to the bar in 2000 having worked at Thompsons Solicitors before calling. He specialised in personal injury law with a wide range of experience in most aspects of PI wok including RTAs, workplace accidents, workplace st

Becoming a parent is one of the most significant events in many people’s lives and for some they may choose to consider the option of surrogacy. Surrogacy is when a woman carries and gives birth to a baby for another person or couple, known as the “intended parent(s)”. There are tw

CMS is staging an event later this week for food & drink sector businesses looking at advertising compliance, including in relation to greenwashing and HFSS foods, and product labelling. The free-to-attend webinar, being held on Thursday will be led by CMS experts who will discuss the potential

Burges Salmon has announced the appointment of Jennifer Mellor as a director in its funds and financial regulation team. She has a broad range of experience across the financial services sector, regularly advising asset managers, investment funds, investment platforms, pension schemes and family off

The Scottish Prison Service has opened the doors for the first time to the new £85.7 million HMP & YOI Stirling, a replacement facility for HMP Cornton Vale.

Gilson Gray has appointed Findlay Anderson as partner in Aberdeen. Mr Anderson brings a wealth of experience to the firm, having spent the past two decades in senior leadership roles across the energy industry, including at GE Oil and Gas and as partner at McGrigors.

Benjamin Bestgen and Alexander Jeuk discuss the practicalities of rebalancing the scales of justice making the legal system accessible to everyone. The complaint that the law tends to favour the wealthy and powerful while being much less available to the impecunious is not new. And there is much evi

The Law Society of Scotland’s Council has selected Glasgow solicitor Michael Samuel as just the 20th person to receive honorary membership. He is the first person bestowed with life membership of the Law Society since 2021, and just the 10th person since the millennium.

The Inner House of the Court of Session has ruled that no protected legal privilege issue arises from comparing an earlier version of a document with a later one, thus allowing a reader to infer the nature of any legal advice given between versions. The issue arose in an appeal raised by the Univers

An expired web address printed on hundreds of thousands of licence plates is now directing visitors to online casinos in the Philippines. Nearly 800,000 licence plates in the US state of Maryland with a unique design commemorating the War of 1812 feature the web address, WBAL-TV reports.

After 18 years in practice together Mark Thorley and Jim Stephenson have decided to begin the process of closing down their well respected firm of Thorley Stephenson. Both Mark and Jim have practised in their respective areas of legal aid for over 30 years, representing many clients who simply could

Thorntons has appointed Stephanie Carr as a new partner in its growing Glasgow team. She has more than 20 years’ experience in the field of dispute resolution, insolvency, commercial litigation and debt recovery.

More than £15 million has been awarded to a range of projects supporting people affected by problem substance use. These include residential rehabilitation services, support for those affected by addiction and homelessness and programmes working with children and families affected by a loved o

A recent disclosure to Companies House highlights the value that UK businesses can derive from taking out cyber insurance cover, writes Christian Toon. The Law Gazette reported how the company behind conveyancing firm Simplify was able to recover from its insurance provider the majority of cost