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It is unlikely any creditors of Hamilton Burns will receive money owed to them following the collapse of the law firm last year, administrators have said. The firm’s former staff were owed a total of £25,000 in unpaid wages and holiday pay while the HMRC was owed £210,000.
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Ross Cameron Ross Cameron looks at whether a recent English case could curb "smash and grab" adjudications.
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Profits at Drummond Miller before members’ remuneration and profit shares have dropped from £1.2 million to £504,284. The average members remuneration at the firm slipped to £43,023, from £98,259 the previous year – a decline of 57 per cent.
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Shannon Ramsay Millar & Bryce is supporting Scottish Apprenticeship Week by highlighting the wide range of opportunities available to young people interested in a legal apprenticeship in Scotland.
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Meena Bahanda Meena Bahanda, principal consultant (legal) at HRC Recruitment, looks the employment hurdles women still face in the legal profession.
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A claim worth millions of pounds against a Glasgow law firm linked to a collapsed hedge fund has been abandoned. Paul Duffy, a liquidator with Ernst & Young, had brought a claim against Professor Peter Watson and Levy & McRae after the collapse of Heather Capital and allegations that £90 mi
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A campaigner who challenged a Scottish local authority’s decision to grant planning permission for a new development within a world heritage site has had his appeal dismissed. Simon Byrom raised judicial review proceedings against Edinburgh City Council over concerns about the potential impact of
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Philippa Cunniff On International Women’s Day 2018, Philippa Cunniff, partner and head of family law at Gilson Gray LLP, shares her experiences as a woman in the legal profession.
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Work has begun on Scotland’s first purpose-built justice centre in Inverness due to be completed late 2019.
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The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee has launched a call for evidence as part of its Stage 1 consideration of the Prescription (Scotland) Bill. The bill implements the legislative recommendations contained in the Scottish Law Commission’s Report on Prescription published in July 2017.
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Angela Grahame QC Writing for Scottish Legal News on International Women's Day 2018, Vice-Dean of Faculty, Angela Grahame QC, discusses the advances of women at the Scottish bar.
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Neil Kennedy MacRoberts has announced that corporate partner, Neil Kennedy will succeed John Macmillan as managing partner from 1st May 2018.
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The arbitration clause in the agreement between the Netherlands and Slovakia on the protection of investments is not compatible with EU law as it removes from the mechanism of judicial review of EU law disputes which may relate to the application or interpretation of that law. In 1991 the former Cze
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A gun owner whose firearms certificate was revoked because his son is a convicted drug dealer has successfully appealed against the decision. David Cameron, 59, was deemed “unfit” by Police Scotland to be entrusted with the weapon due to his “association” with a person involved in criminal a
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