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School learning environments across Scotland will become phone-free under measures announced by Education Secretary Màiri McAllan. Highlighting the damage phones can cause to pupils’ wellbeing and education, Ms McAllan confirmed forthcoming legislation to restrict their use in all of Sc
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Eventus Law has appointed corporate lawyer Donnie Munro, former senior partner at Harper Macleod, alongside corporate associate Aiden Paterson. The appointments come less than eight months after the firm launched in October 2025 and mark a significant milestone in its expansion.
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Orkney solicitor and smaller law firm owner Serena Sutherland has begun her term as president of the Law Society of Scotland. Ms Sutherland succeeded Patricia Thom as president at a meeting of the Council of the Law Society in Edinburgh on Friday. She becomes the Law Society’s 63rd president a
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Gilson Gray has announced the acquisition of long-established Perth firm Wyllie & Henderson, marking a significant step in its expansion and strengthening its presence across Tayside. The acquisition, which took effect on 18 May, sees Wyllie & Henderson’s two consultants, Ian Lindsay a
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Christy Farrer has been appointed as the first chief operating officer of CMS UK. In this newly created role, Ms Farrer will lead the firm’s operational strategy across its international offices.
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Digby Brown Solicitors has confirmed four lawyers are to be appointed partner following a year of record-breaking growth. Catherine Hammond earned her promotion following years of compassionate client care while securing results for vulnerable abuse survivors with the firm’s non-accidental tea
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DWF has announced 15 promotions across its Edinburgh and Glasgow offices. The promotions include advancement to director roles for insurance lawyer Michael Higgins and real estate lawyer Aileen Shearer.
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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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An Aberdeen academic has been awarded almost £300,000 by The British Academy to examine how artificial intelligence is governed in outer space. Dr Maria Manoli, lecturer in space law at the University of Aberdeen, will lead an international and interdisciplinary team of scholars. She is a lead
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Actress Rosamund Pike interrupted the curtain call of her West End play Inter Alia to criticise an audience member she said had been texting during one of the production’s most emotional scenes. The actress, who starred in the 2014 hit film Gone Girl, returned to the stage alone after Sat
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A Pembrokeshire couple who rescued two paintings from a skip while walking their dog have sold the artwork at auction for £16,000.
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Peter Murrell purchased 108 toilet rolls using SNP funds just two days before Nicola Sturgeon urged the public not to panic buy at the start of the Covid pandemic, court documents show. The former SNP chief executive, who last week admitted embezzling more than £400,000 from the party between
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Police in the US state of Nebraska responding to reports of gunfire attended the scene only to find that the perpetrator was a dog. Officers in Scottsbluff found a truck with damage to one of its doors and a woman suffering minor injuries after the dog inside the vehicle accidentally discharged a sh
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Russia has passed legislation allowing its central bank and a number of major financial and state institutions to operate their own anti-drone defence systems as Ukrainian long-range strikes continue to test Moscow’s air defences. The law, approved by the State Duma, authorises employees at Ru
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