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According to Advocate General Wathelet, EUIPO must re-examine whether the three-dimensional shape of the ‘Kit Kat 4 fingers’ product may be maintained as an EU trade mark. He proposes that the appeals brought by Nestlé, EUIPO and Mondelez be dismissed and states that Nestle did not adduce suffi

A 62 -year-old woman who was the first juror to be prosecuted under the Bribery Act 2010, has been sentenced to six years in prison. Catherine Leahy served on a jury in a drug trafficking and money laundering trial which returned a not proven verdict in April 2016 following three days of deliberatio

Ten solicitors were struck off from the profession last year, the latest annual report from the Scottish Solicitors’ Discipline Tribunal shows. Of the 30 cases in 2017, there were 21 findings of professional misconduct.

Whistleblowing employees who report that their employers are cheating on industry standards tests or avoiding corporation tax would be conferred special legal status under a draft EU law. Next week, the European Commission will propose legislation meant to protect whistleblowers – proponents of wh

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The average price of a property in Scotland in February 2018 was £144,377 – an increase of 6.2 per cent on February in the previous year and a decrease of 2.7 per cent when compared to the previous month, according to Registers of Scotland’s latest monthly UK House Price Index. The figures comp

A father who was seeking to challenge a sheriff’s decision to make an adoption order in respect of his child with no post-adoption contact but then failed lodge the necessary appeal documents has had an application for permission to appeal to the Court of Session dismissed. A judge refused the app

An enormous $117 million judgment against Johnson & Johnson in favour of a man who blamed his asbestos-related cancer on his use of J&J baby powder could lead to further litigation. The multinational company is already fighting 6,000 cases against claimants who believe its baby powder produc

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An EEA national who was set to be removed from the UK after being convicted of vandalism has successfully appealed against the deportation order. The Inner House of the Court of Session quashed the order after ruling that it was not open to the First-tier Tribunal to find that the appellant’s cond

Professor Stephen Tierney There is a "real risk" that the UK government will struggle to pass essential legislation on leaving the EU before a vote on the final Brexit deal – with almost half of the bills needed yet to be introduced to Parliament.

Andy Knox Prime Minister Theresa May has apologised to Caribbean leaders over the Windrush fiasco which saw the Home Office threaten children of Commonwealth citizens with deportation.