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A registered childcare practitioner has failed in an appeal against a Scottish Social Services Council fitness to practise decision despite a sheriff finding that the panel erred in its handling of its only eyewitness after she refused to complete her evidence. Sheriff Gregor Murray held that the Fi
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Shakespeare Martineau has strengthened its Scotland team with the appointment of two solicitors and a trainee, alongside the qualification of an existing team member, as it continues to grow its presence. Based in the firm’s Edinburgh office, Sinead Pow has qualified into the litigation team a
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Andrew Diamond, centre, with newly promoted colleagues (from left) Qasim Ali, Megan Hainey, Katherine McAlpine, Joanna Saigeon, Erin Peoples and Mairi Innes Six solicitors have today been promoted at Lindsays.
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Jennifer Malcolm has joined iomart Group plc in Glasgow as general counsel. In her new role, Ms Malcolm will be responsible for leading the company's legal function and supporting the business across a range of legal, regulatory, commercial and governance matters.
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David Welsh has been elected as the new clerk of the Faculty of Advocates. "I am delighted have been elected as the clerk of Faculty by my colleagues. It is a great responsibility, as is any office bearer role within the Faculty of Advocates, but it is also an exciting challenge, and I am looking fo
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Pinsent Masons has elected Richard Griffiths as managing partner. Mr Griffiths, who will succeed Laura Cameron with effect from 1 November, is global head of the firm’s property group. Under his leadership the group has grown by 13 per cent over the last two years.
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Mary-Jay Morton has been promoted to partner at Laurie & Co, joining managing partner Linda Fyffe and private client partner Caroline Stephen in directing the firm’s operations in Aberdeen, Aboyne and Ballater. Since joining the firm in 2016, Ms Morton has carved a strong reputation for ex
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A special issue of Juridical Review detailing the proceedings of an experimental workshop has been published. Scotify! was an event organised by Strathclyde Law School academic Dr Jonathan Brown and hosted in September 2025, with support from Engage with Strathclyde.
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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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An Arizona man sentenced to 10 years for manslaughter must be resentenced after an appeal court found that an AI-generated video depicting his victim addressing him and the judge was unreliable. Gabriel Paul Horcasitas was convicted over the 2021 shooting of Christopher Pelkey during a road-rage enc
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Canada’s federal prisons are to provide inmates with paper straws, foil and drug-testing strips as part of a harm-reduction strategy addressing illicit drug use. Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) said the measures would “reduce harm” by lowering the risks associated with snortin
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Cocaine worth up to $15 million stored as evidence at Fiji’s Suva High Court has been replaced with flour, with police investigating the incident of internal corruption. Thirty-two kilograms of cocaine linked to the long-running trial of Fiji-Canadian Joshua Aziz Rahman was replaced, while a f
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A toddler pulled a loaded pistol from a backpack at a daycare in Canton in the US state of Michigan, on Monday, police said. No one was injured, and the child was quickly stopped by a teacher. Police Chief Joseph Bialy said the child’s parent, a police officer from a neighbouring jurisdiction,
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A Kentucky man who won a $167 million lottery jackpot last year has been arrested for the fifth time since his win. James Farthing, 51, was arrested early Sunday in the car park of a Walmart in Georgetown after police found him asleep in the passenger seat of a running Ford Mustang.
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