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DWF is set to list on the London Stock Exchange this year, with a valuation of up to £1 billion, The Times reports. The flotation would be the largest ever in the legal sector and the first since Slater & Gordon listed in Australia in 2007.

CMS has announced its financial results for 2017, with global annual revenues of €1.3bn for 2017 – a year-on year growth of 31 per cent. Like-for-like profitability is up 19.3 per cent for UK LLP. When merger costs are removed, the underlying profitability is up 36 per cent.

Graham Horn recounts the latest legal episode in the battle against Brexit. In December 2017, a judicial review was raised at the Court of Session by Andy Wightman, MSP & Ors, seeking an answer to the question of whether the UK government’s notice of intention to withdraw from the European

The Glasgow corporate team at DWF has advised on the £32 million cross-border sale of Scottish outdoor advertising company Forrest Media to London-based Ocean Outdoor. Owned by Chris Trainer, Forrest Media is a provider of large format outdoor media solutions in Scotland and the North of Engla

In 2018 Shoosmiths is supporting the national dinner series of the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA). Last night, the BVCA dinner series came to Edinburgh, with the Balmoral Hotel hosting industry professionals, specialist advisers, entrepreneurs and business ow

A bill to criminalise upskirting, the practice of taking sexually intrusive photos, is to receive its second reading in the Commons today. Justice minister Lucy Frazer confirmed that the UK government will support a private member's bill introduced by Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse creating

Just Employment Law has pledged to back Partick Thistle Football Club for another season, putting pen to paper on an extension of its deal this week.

A woman who was raped in the 1960s but did not report the incident to police until nearly 50 years later has successfully challenged a tribunal’s decision to refuse her claim for criminal injuries compensation. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that the tribunal reached a “

Scotland’s police and prosecutors could face “complex and far-reaching” challenges in tackling cross-border crime after Brexit, a new paper has suggested. The latest in the series of ‘Scotland’s Place in Europe’ papers details the impact of withdrawing from the EU

Katy Wedderburn and Rhea McKenzie analyse yesterday's employment judgment from the Supreme Court. The UK’s highest court has handed down its judgment in the Pimlico Plumbers case, ruling that Gary Smith was a worker despite being VAT-registered, paying self-employed tax and working under a con

The Scottish government's handling of freedom of information requests has been criticised in a new report. Information Commissioner Daren Fitzhenry found "unjustifiable, significant delays" in a number of cases.

Brodies has announced the appointment of Tony Jones QC, who joins the firm as a partner in its advocacy unit. Mr Jones took silk in 2017 and is one of only three practising civil solicitor advocate QCs in Scotland. A commercial litigator, his experience includes handling disputes in the contrac

Rupa Mooker, director of HR at MacRoberts, has been appointed to the Law Society of Scotland’s Equality and Diversity Committee. The committee aims to set, form and guide the policy and actions of the Law Society in relation to equality and diversity as well as offer guidance and support to th

The Council of Europe has launched a new interactive website highlighting the impact of the European Convention on Human Rights across the continent. The site illustrates how judgments from the European Court of Human Rights, and their implementation by national authorities, have affected people&rsq

The WS Corporate Law Conference kicked off this morning with insight from Graeme Colquhoun, head of legal at Heineken UK. Pictured above is Almira Delibegovic-Brooke QC addressing the audience on case law.