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LawCare has appointed a new chair to its board of trustees. Andrew Caplen replaces outgoing chair Bronwen Still as of this month. Mr Caplen is a solicitor, notary public and a former president of the Law Society of England and Wales. He has written and spoken widely on a range of justice and legal i

The Scottish Ethnic Minorities Lawyers Association (SEMLA) has announced an opportunity for two of its student members, in conjunction with Shell International Limited, part of the multinational energy company. Between Tuesday 18 and Friday 21 August 2020, Shell's in-house legal team, Shell Leg

Terra Firma is pleased to announce the next in its 2020 Vision series of webinars: 2020 Vision: Bringing Clarity to Executries and Taxes, will be broadcast on Zoom at 11am on Wednesday 29 July 2020. At this event Roddy MacLeod and Fergus Colquhoun will present a talk en

A webinar from Balfour and Manson on 30 July will look at the biggest challenges faced by small businesses as they try to get back on their feet in the midst of the pandemic. Robert Holland will look at employment issues, Stephanie Zak and Hugh Angus will discuss commercial property and related

Police are on the hunt for a thief who stole an enormous, metre-long dildo called "Moby" from a sex shop. The dildo weighs nearly 20 kilograms and retails for around £1,000 ($1,250), HuffPost reports.

A sheriff has dismissed an undefended petition raised against a limited company by a pursuer represented by a solicitor without a practising certificate as incompetent and has informed the Lord Advocate of the case. The pursuer, known as FF, sought payment of £10,572.57 from a company, kn

Lord Sumption has admitted that he stopped obeying the coronavirus regulations when they began "reaching levels of absurdity". Speaking to legal journalist Joshua Rozenberg QC (hon.), the former Supreme Court justice said he did not accept that there was a "moral obligation to comply with the law".

New counter-espionage legislation to boost MI5 powers and create a new register of foreign agents is reportedly set to be introduced in the UK following the Russia report. The report from the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (ISC), published yesterday, suggested that the intelligenc

The Lord Justice Clerk, Lady Dorrian, is to give an online seminar on the subject of sections 274/275 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 on 30 July at 4.15pm. The seminar, hosted by the Society of Solicitor Advocates (SSA), is free to all. The number of places is, however, limited and pri

Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf is considering cutting offenders' unpaid work hours after Social Work Scotland (SWS) warned the system would be "overwhelmed" due to the pandemic. SWS said it would not be possible for the 700,000 hours of unpaid work to be done within the next 12 months.

Dr Ilona Cairns and Dr Adelyn Wilson have been appointed co-directors of the Centre for Scots Law at Aberdeen University. The centre was established in 2018 to support the enhancement of Scots law as an academic discipline with considerable practical relevance.

Addleshaw Goddard has advised on the £2.33 million capital raising comprising a placing and offer for subscription by Frontier IP Group plc. Frontier IP, an AIM-listed specialist in spinning out and commercialising intellectual property, has raised approximately £2.33m by way of a placin

Burges Salmon has advised Europe's first oncology drug discovery accelerator, Cumulus Oncology, in connection with its inaugural investment fundraise of £1.7 million. St Andrews-based investment firm Eos Advisory led the investment round, supported by the Scottish Investment Bank, the investme

A Paisley man who killed a 15-year-old schoolgirl in a hit and run incident has been sentenced to five years and three months' imprisonment. 21-year-old Shaun Gatti was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow after pleading guilty to causing the death of Robyn Fryar on Glenburn Road, Paisley.

The 8th Edition of the Odgen Tables have been published and are applicable from 17 July 2020. Compass Chambers’ Andrew Smith QC was part of the Ogden 8 Working Group and assisted the Government Actuary’s Department in configuring and providing the explanatory notes. It has been nearly a