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A Robert Gordon University law graduate who first joined Ledingham Chalmers as a legal secretary 27 years ago with the corporate team will walk through the firm’s doors next year as a trainee solicitor. Wendy Harris originally joined the full-service firm in 1992 and has been a paralegal with

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A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. British funds ‘are used to enable China’s human rights abuses’ | News | The Times

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A fight between two men over who had reserved a sunbed on a cruise ship is set to be resolved in court. Their wives are among witnesses who have been summoned to appear before the district court in the German town of Auerbach, Saxony next month.

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A man who was jailed for four-and-a-half years for selling so-called “legal highs” has had his sentence reduced following an appeal. Liston Pacitti and his co-accused Paul Brocklehurst both pled guilty to “culpable and reckless conduct” by supplying quantities of new psy

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An appeal by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions over a detail of a personal independence payment (PIP) claim has succeeded as justices in the Supreme Court overturned a judgment of the Inner House of the Court of Session. This appeal concerns the assessment of claimants for PIP, a non

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MSPs on the Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee have today said that current dog control legislation isn’t fit for purpose and called on the Scottish government to undertake a comprehensive review of all dog control laws immediately. The committee has just completed its review

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According to figures released by Registry Trust, the number of decrees against Scottish businesses dropped by 28 per cent in the first six months of 2019 (compared to HY1 2018 figures) - totalling 1,140, the lowest of any first half-year on record. The total value of decrees against businesses in th

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Changes to the way Companies House collects data on directors is severely hampering the ability of investigative and business journalists to hold businesses to account and expose frauds and crooks, the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has said. Company directors are no longer required to provider

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Artwork created by Glasgow-based solicitor Graham Mitchell, partner at Clyde & Co, has been selected as one of two commemorative covers for the July edition of the Journal magazine which marks the Law Society of Scotland's platinum anniversary. Mr Mitchell's design interpreted what the law in Sc

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The newly-elected European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, has backed the introduction of a new EU-wide mechanism to guarantee the rule of law. Ms von der Leyen, who just stood down as German defence minister, was elected to the top post by MEPs with a slim majority of just nine votes.

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