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Cameron Shaw A recent decision by Sheriff Peter Braid in Edinburgh, in the case of Summary Application under the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 by J, Solicitor in respect of the Adult F, will give practitioners food for thought when applying to have themselves appointed as financial guar

(L-R): Peter Mason M & M, Alastair Robb M & C, Neil Speight M & C, Morag MacIntosh M & M, Alison Martin M & M

A region in Russia refused to accept divorce applications on its equivalent of Valentine’s Day last week. Authorities in Novgorod said that no applications would be accepted on Peter and Fevronia Day, which sees people celebrate family and faithfulness.

Peter Grant Hutchison In this year's SLN Annual Review, Terra Firma’s Peter Grant Hutchison looks back at the year in employment law, from the controversial Trade Union Act 2016, with its 50 per cent timeout requirement to the application of the Equality Act at the European level. In Dansk Industr

Pictured: Peter Russian and Linda Urquhart

Eurodevils 2017 with Charles Mullin of ELA (second left) and Peter Sellar, co-ordinator (fourth from right)

Pictured (L-R): Jack Gardiner, Peter Littlefield, Stuart Gibb, and Noel Ferry

A child abuse victim who is suing a victim support charity over its handling of his claim for criminal injuries compensation has been granted a proof before answer in his £100,000 damages action. A sheriff ruled that the charity owed the victim a “duty to exercise reasonable skill and care” in

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Pictured: Peter Lawson and Tamar Tammes

Dundee law firms Baillies and Shepherds Solicitors have announced their merger into a new firm, Baillie Shepherd, with a team of 18. The new amalgamated firm is headed by the two former firms' bosses, Alan Baillie and Peter Shepherd.

Dungavel immigration centre has been criticised for its use of "disproportionate" measures to ensure detainees do not escape. A report published yesterday by HM chief inspector of prisons, Peter Clarke, criticised the use of a dog to patrol the perimeter of Dungavel House, following the escape of a

Simon Di Rollo QC, Clare Connelly, Professor Peter Duff and Murdo Macleod QC An engaged audience at a special Faculty of Advocates/Rape Crisis Scotland event heard informed analysis of the issues surrounding independent legal representation for complainers in rape trials.

Donald Findlay QC has narrated an audio book on the life of Scottish serial killer Peter Manuel, The Herald reports. Manuel was executed in 1958 at the age of 31 following one of the most famous trials in Scottish legal history and a killing spree that saw at least eight people die.

A young man who admitted driving without insurance swore at his mum in court after she revealed his previous conviction for speeding to the judge. Judge Peter Magill, sitting in Dungannon Magistrates' Court in Northern Ireland, doubled 19-year-old Nathan White's driving ban after his mother's interv