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It’s a long way from Serena Sutherland’s office beside the harbour in Kirkwall to the Law Society of Scotland’s headquarters in the west end of Edinburgh (more than 200 miles by air) but that doesn’t deter the new president of the Law Society of Scotland. Nor does it the prof
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Matheson Lawson Solicitors has announced the appointment of Jan Telfer to its growing new business team. Ms Telfer joins the Glasgow-based firm with more than a decade of experience in the Scottish property sector, bringing extensive knowledge of the home buying and selling process and a strong trac
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Clyde & Co has announced four appointments to legal director across its Scotland practice, including the posthumous promotion of Sarah Donaldson. Kelly Brotherhood has been promoted within the firm’s casualty team in Glasgow, where she specialises in complex fraud and large loss claims. As
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Weightmans has strengthened its capability in Scotland and internationally with the arrival of a specialist immigration team in Glasgow, further enhancing the firm’s ability to support clients with international immigration matters. The five-strong team, led by Grace McGill, brings market lead
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Morton Fraser MacRoberts (MFMac) has announced 14 promotions across the firm.
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Holmes Mackillop Solicitors has announced the promotions of two trainees in its Glasgow office. The conclusion of their traineeship sees Paul Campbell and Liam Reilly each assume the position of solicitor in the firm’s property and corporate teams respectively.
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CMS has announced 40 promotions in Scotland, including two lawyers who have been promoted to of counsel. The newly promoted of counsel are Aberdeen-based Andy Atwell and Edinburgh-based Jenni Darling, both of whom specialise in employment disputes.
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A crime podcast from the University of Dundee has stolen the show at a national awards ceremony. Inside Forensic Science has been named Most Outstanding Indie Podcast at the True Crime Podcast Awards.
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Yvonne Evans has been promoted to head of law at the University of Dundee. Ms Evans joined Dundee Law School in 2013 and is famed for making tax law a highly popular elective subject. She is a qualified solicitor and and specialises in trusts, succession, charity law and tax law.
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An Aberdeen University academic has won a prestigious tax law award.
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The Aberdeen Law Project (ALP) has successfully obtained a four-figure settlement for a client in connection with a consumer services dispute. Prior to ALP’s engagement in the matter, the client had contracted with a company to have some roofing and rendering services carried out to their prop
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Lady Carmichael delivered the Aberdeen Law Project's annual lecture on 10 April. This year’s lecture focused on the role of law clinics in both advancing access to justice and legal education, alongside broader reflections on professionalism, the rule of law, and the responsibilities of future
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A bronze and limestone fountain by German sculptor Georg Kolbe has sold for a record €4 million (c. £3.5m) at Villa Grisebach in Berlin, 85 years after it was looted by the Nazis from its original owners.
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A US school student whose diploma was withheld after she performed the splits during her graduation ceremony has now received it following a meeting with school officials. Tyvion Campbell went viral after footage showed her celebrating on stage at Chicago Tech Academy’s commencement ceremony.
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A lawyer has been publicly reprimanded after falsely telling a court he was showing signs of early-onset dementia in an attempt to be removed from a criminal case. Fred Blake Perkins, an attorney from Emmetsburg, in the US state of Iowa was appointed to represent a man who was arrested in December 2
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The president of a Taiwanese university has taken a two-month unpaid leave of absence after a bizarre incident in which he told graduating students who are unable to cope with the demands of working life that they should “quickly end themselves". Chen Ching-ho, president of Shih Hsin Universit
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Fans of The Lord of the Rings can now own one coin to rule them all as The Royal Mint has launched a series of 50p coins featuring the famous ring. The coins mark the 25th anniversary of Peter Jackson's Academy Award-winning film The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
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