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Govan Law Centre has announced the appointment of Lorna Walker as a partner in the firm of Dailly & Co., Solicitors at Govan Law Centre. Mike Dailly told Scottish Legal News: “Lorna has been a senior solicitor at the law centre for a number of years leading on our casework to accommodate r

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Individuals and communities in Inverness and the Highlands are being given a new route to access justice thanks to a partnership between Harper Macleod and the Aberdeen Law Project (ALP). The Inverness Law Project (ILP), being launched in late November, will see talented law students provide a

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Between 2016-17 and 2017-18, the number of homicide cases recorded by the police in Scotland decreased by five per cent (three cases) from 62 to 59, according to a new report. Homicide in Scotland, 2017-18, published by Scotland’s Chief Statistician, shows that this is the joint lowest nu

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The Legal Sector Affinity Group (LSAG) has urged lawyers to support Flag It Up, the UK government’s anti-money laundering campaign, and flag up suspicions about potential ‘dirty’ or laundered money. Flag It Up supports lawyers to spot the red flags or warning signs of money launder

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A major annual regulatory conference will have a Faculty of Advocates finale, with a speech by senior counsel, Andrew Webster QC. Mr Webster, First Scottish Standing Counsel, is to look at Different Tribunals: Different Challenges: Different Results? in the last talk of the day at the 11th Annual Re

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A leading anti-extortion activist in Sicily has been arrested on suspicion of committing extortion. Salvatore Campo, president of the Sicilian Anti-Extortion Association (ASIA), has also been charged with embezzlement and fraud.

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The BarristerBlogger, Matthew Scott, takes a comprehensive look at the European Court of Human Rights' recent blasphemy judgment and finds it severely wanting. The decision of the Fifth Section of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of E.S. v. Austria has been welcomed by Islamists i

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The High Court of Justiciary today approved Scotland’s first sentencing guideline, which sets out the general principles and purposes of sentencing for all offences. During a short hearing, Lord Carloway, Lord Brodie, and Lord Drummond Young approved the guideline, which was developed by the S

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Private client experts Euan Fleming and Joe Davies have joined Gilson Gray. Mr Fleming, who joins as partner and head of the private client team said: “I am incredibly happy to be joining, arguably, the most ambitious law firm in Scotland. Certainly the firm’s growth and results spe

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The latest edition of the Legal 500 has been published and Compass Chambers has received 34 rankings over six practice areas. There has been a particularly strong showing in our core areas. Nineteen Compass members have been ranked in the category of Personal Injury and Medical Negligence (more than

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Terra Firma Chambers has been recognised in the latest edition of the Legal 500 for its strength in planning and environmental law, property, commercial, public and tax law. In the new rankings, released yesterday, 25 members of Terra Firma received 38 individual recommendations while the clerking t

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Thompsons Solicitors has announced a number of promotions to associate level. Senior solicitors Alan Calderwood, Claire Campbell, Paul Deans, Michael Briggs and Joel Shaw will take up their new positions from 1 November. Joel Shaw from the private accident department said: “I think I speak on

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