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Elaine Sym Thorntons' family law team in Forfar has been given a boost with the appointment of Elaine Sym as an associate.

Mike Dailly Solicitor advocate Mike Dailly calls on lawyers to stop acting for SLPs that ignore transparency rules.

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A widow whose husband died after being choked by a pub bouncer has won a legal battle against insurers after suing the door steward’s former employers for damages. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that an insurance company, which was seeking to avoid paying out on the basis that its liability

Brent Haywood

Usman Tariq A Scottish Ethnic Minorities Lawyers Association event hosted by Ashurst was a "real eye-opener" for attendees who learned about developments in legal technology and how they are changing the legal services market.

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Brexit has highlighted the stark divide between how existing devolution arrangements are interpreted in Westminster and Whitehall, and how they are interpreted in Cardiff and Edinburgh and has largely silenced Belfast’s voice in discussions of devolution after Brexit, according to constitutional e

Labour has today unveiled plans for a ‘paws clause’ to allow elderly vulnerable people and the homeless to keep their pets in care homes, temporary and supported accommodation. Environment spokesperson Claudia Beamish wants to assess the benefits and challenges of making it the norm for pets to

Fritz Grünbaum Two artworks belonging to an Austrian-Jewish songwriter that were confiscated by the Nazis have been returned to his heirs, CNN reports.

The statutory body established to safeguard the standard and reputation of Harris Tweed has been awarded £25,000 damages in court after a retail chain infringed its registered marks. The Harris Tweed Authority (HSA) launched the legal action following concerns that a number of retail outlets were u

President Erdogan Leaders of legal professions across Europe have called on Turkey to release more than 100 lawyers who were jailed in the wake of a failed coup against President Erdogan in 2016, The Brief reports.

A man who was arrested and convicted of using symbols of unconstitutional organisations after he posted a photo of SS chief Heinrich Himmler wearing a swastika armband on his blog in 2014 has failed in his appeal to the European Court of Human Rights. The applicant, Hans Burkhard Nix, has a blog on