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A new tax on table football has sparked an outcry from beach café owners in Italy. The country's tax authority has reclassified table football as a form of gambling, requiring café owners to pay for permits or face €4,000 fines, Italy24 News English reports.

English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran and his co-writers have been awarded over £900,000 in legal costs as an interim payment following his success in a high-profile court battle with a man who accused him of plagiarism. The High Court in London previously rejected allegations by Sami Chokri, w

The Law Society of Scotland has joined its legal peers across Europe in signing the Vienna Declaration in Support of the Rule of Law. The document was signed by 38 legal bodies from the member states of the Council of Europe and of the European Union when they met in Vienna on 11 June.

Digby Brown Solicitors has marked another year of growth by appointing four new partners and a record number of solicitor promotions. The new partners are Sarah Douglas, Diane Cooper and Kirsty O’Donnell in Glasgow and Sam Cowie in Inverness.

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A sheriff principal has expressed irritation with lawyers over "disorganised" and "simply bewildering" pleadings in a straightforward consumer claim. The case concerned a vehicle to which, it was argued, a towbar had been improperly fitted. The respondent sought to reject the vehicle and claim repay

An appeal by a car dealership against a sheriff’s decision to order a proof in an action raised by a woman seeking a refund on the cost of a Bentley SUV has lost an appeal against the decision in the Sheriff Appeal Court.   Parks of Hamilton (Townsend Garage) Ltd sold the £141,

Tim Lennox details a fortnight in Copenhagen as part of Kennedys' exchange programme. The Kennedys Exchange programme allows our global network of colleagues to work from another Kennedys office for a period of time, with the option of participating in an 'exchange' with another person. Recently, I

A trainee police officer who drew a red line on his Covid test to get time off work breached police standards, a tribunal has ruled. Ahmed Anwari used a red pen to manually alter his lateral flow test result before sending a photograph to Lancashire Constabulary.

The public inquiry into the wrongful convictions of hundreds of sub-postmasters and mistresses has appealed for more witnesses to come forward after the Post Office confirmed that it will not seek to enforce non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) against them. Though the Post Office had previously applied

Alan Cassels has joined Burness Paull from Pinsent Masons. He is a leading banking partner with extensive cross-border banking expertise, having developed significant experience in corporate, leveraged and real estate finance.

Terra Firma Chambers’ Scott Blair will present Judicial Review – The Comprehensive Update, a topical virtual classroom hosted by CLT Scotland at 2pm on Thursday 30th June 2022. The use of judicial review continues to grow in Scotland and public authorities have to be ever more aware that

Solicitor Lyndsey Barber has explained why she is leaving the law in a new video uploaded to YouTube. She discusses the disparity in pay between the defence and prosecution and the incredible pressure placed on defence lawyers for comparatively poor remuneration.

Via Toni Ashby: Clyde & Co Scotland celebrated summer and its imminent merger with BLM at our party at Edinburgh First. A fantastic afternoon was had by all, and the firm looks forward to 1 July and to bringing its new colleagues on board.

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