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David McGuire MacRoberts has announced two partnership promotions in its real estate and projects divisions.
Two sheriffs have been appointed as specialists to hear cases in the All-Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court. Sheriff Robert Fife and Sheriff Robert Weir QC have been designated by Sheriff Principal Mhairi Stephen QC, Sheriff Principal of Lothian and Borders, as specialists in actions of damages
Paul Nevin Paul Nevin, senior solicitor at Moray Council, discusses his alcoholism and belated entry to the legal profession.
Brodies' Bill Drummond, managing partner for the last 20 years, retired from the firm this week.
Burness Paull head of technology Callum Sinclair has won the leadership award at the ScotlandIS Digital Technology Awards 2018. The event took place at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow on Thursday 26 April.
Scotia Law Training Ltd has launched the Modern Apprenticeship in Paralegal Practice. The apprenticeship, with the training provided by Scotia, enables legal employers to train current or new employees with a comprehensive programme of paralegal skills. Participants can then be fast tracked into par
Brodies LLP is looking for secondary school students who are interested in a career in law to take part in summer work placements at its offices through the PRIME project. Students who are starting S5 and S6 during the 2018/19 academic year can apply to PRIME, an initiative set up by law firms to en
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Pilots accused of being drunk win appeal and have charges dropped after blood samples were destroyed
Two airline pilot accused of preparing to fly a passenger jet while under the influence of alcohol have had the charges against them dropped following an appeal. Jean-Francois Perreault and Imran Syed challenged the admissibility of the evidence of the proportion of alcohol in their blood after samp
A retired GP falsely accused by a “serial fantasist” of being involved in a paedophile ring has been told he will not be reimbursed £94,000 in legal costs he paid before the case collapsed, The Times reports. Dr Stephen Glascoe, 67, from Cardiff, spent most of his savings on his defence.