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Tim Macdonald Lindsays has appointed Tim Macdonald to its rural services team as a solicitor.
Dr Simone Lamont-Black Dr Simone Lamont-Black, founder of theEdinburgh Vis Moot Project and lecturer in international trade law at the University of Edinburgh, has welcomed the continued support and sponsorship from the Scottish Arbitration Centre for the law school’s Vis Pre-Moot, to be held on 2
Dr Cyrus Tata Wednesday 24th February 2016 6-7.40pm Strathclyde University
Srikanth Srinivasan An Indian-born judge is a frontrunner in the race to replace the vacant seat on the US Supreme Court bench following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia last week.
(L-R): Colin McCulloch, Johnston Clark and Paul Devine Blackadders LLP and Glasgow-based Boyle Shaughnessy, solicitors are to merge on 1 April 2016.
A minister who was found guilty of sexual assault charges has successfully appealed against his conviction after appeal judges ruled that the trial judge had “misdirected” the jury. The Criminal Appeal Court quashed the convictions against Walter Masocha after ruling that the sheriff failed to d
Alex Neil The Scottish government will not enforce a law meant to prevent UK charities from speaking out about controversial policies.
Drew Scott A legal expert has said Holyrood would gain a raft of new powers in the event of Brexit.
Work has begun on hewing down a massive hedge which sparked a 30-year war between neighbours in the first use of the High Hedges (Scotland) Act 2013. Workers took chainsaws to the 40ft hedge in the village of Buchylvie near Stirling yesterday in work that is expected to take several days, The Herald
Afshan Khan
The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled in two cases that foresight is simply evidence – albeit sometimes strong evidence – of intent to assist or encourage a crime, which is the proper mental element for establishing secondary liability. In doing so, it has set the law back to its position befo
Myriam El Khomri France is to give employees the "right to disconnect" from checking emails after work as the level of “burn-out” amongst workers raises concerns.
A group of fruit and vegetable growers from Angus are entitled to reparation for the “loss and damage” incurred as a result of the withdrawal of recognition of their producer association for an EU financial aid scheme, a Court of Session judge has ruled. Lord Tyre held that producer organisation
The Supreme Court has ruled a company’s VAT repayments, made after it overpaid VAT, are liable to corporation tax. The appellant, Shop Direct Group (SDG), is a company in the Littlewoods corporate group (the Group).