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Pinsent Masons has been reappointed as the sole advisor to UK energy company E.ON UK until 2023. It marks the second time that the international law firm, with offices in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen, has been appointed as as E.ON UK's sole legal advisor under a five year agreement. The 2013 deal

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Rebecca Barrass provides an insight on a Court of Appeal ruling into a ‘smash and grab’ construction case. Back in March of this year, we issued an update “Smash and Grab”: where are we now? following Mr Justice Coulson’s decision in S&T (UK) LTD v Grove Development

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An 87-year-old man has finished a second set of exams in his bid to become a lawyer. Ibarra Mariano, a retired Filipino police officer, is the oldest of around 8,700 people sitting the bar in the Philippines this year.

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The departure of Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III from the position of US Attorney General would normally be a matter for celebration. His appalling track record is everything you might expect from an Alabama lawyer named in honour of two Confederate heroes. But he did at least have the s

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Neil Falconer discusses regulation of the highly controversial video game mechanic known as the 'loot box'. In computer gaming a loot box is essentially an in-game virtual lottery. A box is purchased by a player with real money. The virtual items found within loot boxes may be something highly

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The laws that determine when an individual’s legal rights and obligations are extinguished if not acted upon have been reformed, following legislation passed unanimously by the Scottish Parliament. The Prescription Bill aims to increase clarity, certainty and fairness for those in dispute over

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Registration is open for the ever-popular 21st Century Bar Conference, which this year has Lord Clark as the keynote speaker. A diverse programme includes Lord Clark’s judicial colleague, Lord Ericht, who will look at the Commercial Court, as well as David Sellar QC (Company Law), Jonathan Mit

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Human rights group Amnesty International has highlighted 20 important cases involving the Human Rights Act 1998 to mark 20 years since it received royal assent. Kate Allen, Amnesty's UK director, called the act "the unsung hero of UK life" and hit out at threats from politicians

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