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Tributes have been paid to pioneering judge Sheriff Alastair Carmichael, who has passed away at the age of 62. Sheriff Carmichael, who sat at Dundee Sheriff Court, was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) in 2024. He became the first judge in the world to continue conducting criminal jury tria
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Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace LLP has welcomed trainees Daniel Agnew, Jenny Simpson and Mairi Macdonald to Raeburns, all of whom join the firm from the University of Aberdeen. Managing partner Heather Stephen said: “Welcoming new trainees is always a highlight of our calendar. Many of o
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Scottish Agritourism, the national sector body representing agritourism in Scotland, has appointed Linda Tinson to its board. Ms Tinson brings over 20 years’ experience advising rural businesses, landowners, and farming families across Scotland. A graduate of the Scottish Enterprise Rural Lead
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Watermans has opened a new office in Bonnyrigg, eight miles southeast of Edinburgh. The newly renovated site, located on the town’s high street, is the second expansion this year for the firm following the opening of its Dunfermline office in March.
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TLT has continued to strengthen its position in Edinburgh with the appointment of corporate lawyer Adam Howie as legal director and financial regulatory disputes specialist Jordan Gray as managing associate. The appointments reinforce TLT's ongoing investment in Scotland and further strengthen the f
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Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) has welcomed nine new trainees across its Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness offices.
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Freeths has appointed Heather Gibson as partner in its tax team in Glasgow. She joins from Addleshaw Goddard. Ms Gibson brings nearly 20 years’ experience advising clients on the tax aspects of corporate transactions, private equity investments, management buyouts and cross-border matters. She
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People struggling to access legal advice, communities facing barriers to healthcare, and individuals unable to exercise rights that already exist in law are among the challenges a new research centre at Robert Gordon University (RGU) aims to address. Bringing together experts in law, sociology, psyc
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Undocumented conversations, inconsistent terminology, and exposure to unnecessary contextual information can undermine the integrity of criminal investigations, a University of Dundee-led study has found. Research from the Horizon Europe-funded Clarus Project, spearheaded by Dundee experts, has high
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The Centre for Scots Law at the University of Aberdeen has hosted a book launch for two of its members, Professor Andrew Simpson and Dr Euan West.
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Lecturers at Edinburgh Law School have been awarded funding by the Scottish Institute for Policing Research for their research project examining live facial recognition governance. Dr Lachlan Urquhart, senior lecturer in technology law and human-computer interaction at Edinburgh Law School, and Dr D
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A new blog by Mabel Omolola Demokun for the Aberdeen University Centre for Energy Law examines the health and safety challenges posed by the rapid expansion of the offshore wind industry. The article considers issues raised at a May workshop funded by the National Decommissioning Centre, including t
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A Texas police department has been ordered to disband after state officials found it failed to meet minimum standards and could not show it provided a public benefit. The five-member Trinidad police department came under scrutiny after resident Jennifer Combs was arrested over a Facebook post allegi
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A woman is due to stand trial after allegedly telling a neighbour’s guest to “get the f*** off my lawn” while standing on her own property. Melissa Harris, from the US state of Wyoming, faces a misdemeanor breach of peace charge and could be sentenced to up to six months in jail if
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Finland is examining whether prisoners sentenced by its courts could serve their terms abroad as authorities seek to ease overcrowding. The country's Ministry of Justice has published a study examining the legal conditions for renting prison places from another country, following Sweden’s agre
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A Paris court has awarded Kim Kardashian €1 in compensation after she was targeted in an armed jewellery robbery in the French capital in 2016. The sum was the amount requested by Kardashian, who said the robbery had been “the most terrifying experience of my life”.
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A New York high school student was suspended on her first day of school after refusing to throw away a cup of coffee, in what she described as an act of “civil disobedience”. Julie Kaputa, a senior at Beaver River Central School in Castorland in upstate New York, said she had been told t
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