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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.
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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
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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
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A care home that was fined £100,000 after being found criminally responsible for the death of a resident from hypothermia after she became locked out of the building has lost an appeal against its sentence. St David’s Care Forfar Ltd pled guilty to a contravention of sections 3(1) and 33
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Duncan Hamilton KC and his brother David, a former chairman of the Scottish Police Federation, are driving a specially adapted vehicle to Ukraine where it will be used to support children traumatised by the ongoing war. Thousands of children are 'internally displaced' in Ukraine and many are traumat
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A drinks reception to celebrate the achievements of Dame Margaret Kidd KC, as well as those of all other female members of the Scottish bar, will be hosted by the Faculty of Advocates in Parliament Hall later this month. Margaret Kidd was the first woman to call as an advocate in Scotland, in 1923.
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A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. How EU leaders should deal with Chinese government repression
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The Ukrainian Bar Association (UBA) has launched an online charity auction to raise funds for Ukrainian lawyers in a difficult situation as a result of the war.
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A man who allegedly robbed a shop wielding Nintendo's iconic 1980s Zapper as a weapon has been arrested. David Joseph Dalesandro, 25, allegedly painted the video game controller most strongly associated with Duck Hunt and threatened a shopkeeper with it.
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The number of cases concluded in 2022/23 rose by 15 per cent from 2021/22, according to the latest statistical bulletin from the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service.
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Digby Brown hosted another successful round of head injury information days (HiiD) in Edinburgh and Glasgow last month.
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Gillespie Macandrew is to retain seven of its trainees as newly qualified solicitors. They will be joining the firm’s commercial property, dispute resolution, energy, family law, land & rural business and private client teams. Beth Hancock, Miles McKay, Fiona Reid, Rachael Burke, Alasdair
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Children and young people in the justice system will soon be able to benefit from "coordinated, comprehensive support under one roof" following a £6 million investment in setting up Bairns' Hoose test sites. The creation of Bairns’ Hoose test sites aims to ensure a range of trauma-inform
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Advocates cannot act in the juryless trials pilot without the participation of solicitors, contrary to a rumour endorsed by politicians that betrays "complete ignorance" of the legal system, a senior lawyer has told Scottish Legal News. Vice-Dean of Faculty, Ronnie Renucci KC, said that, since
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