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Nestlé's attempts to trademark its four-finger Kit Kat shape have been dismissed by judges in the European Court of Justice, in the latest judgment of a decade-long saga. In a ruling today, the court said the company had failed to show its shape was sufficiently distinctive in all the countri

Anderson Strathern has hired communications industry stalwart Beth Cameron to a newly created communications and public relations manager role. Ms Cameron brings over 20 years of public relations and communications experience to the firm, having started her career in advertising and brand management

If the bar continues to fail to attract women it will "wither from the roots up", Vice Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, Angela Grahame QC has said. In an interview with the Scottish Legal Action Group (SCOLAG), Ms Grahame said that while 65 per cent of law students are female across Scotland's

A lawyer’s lifelong passion for helping the careers of others will be commemorated in a scholarship set up to encourage students from less advantaged backgrounds to enter the legal profession. The Kirk Murdoch Memorial Fund will offer financial support, professional mentoring, work placements

The University of Glasgow has been ranked second in the UK for law in the Complete University Guide 2019.

The next Director of Public Prosecutions, Max Hill QC, has promised to “restore public trust in the Crown Prosecution Service” following a series of high-profile disclosure failings leading to collapsed trials. Mr Hill's appointment to the post was announced yesterday by the Attorney Gen

President of the Supreme Court, Lady Hale, has delivered a lecture on the use of empirical research in the justice system. The lecture, entitled "Challenges in the justice system and the contribution of empirical research", was the inaugural Nuffield Foundation Annual Lecture and was delivered on 14

CLT Scotland’s advanced offer for the next event in the Scots Law 2018 Exhibition/Conference Series ends on Tuesday. The event will take place at BT Murrayfield on 29 & 30 October and all bookings received on or before Tuesday 31 July will attract an advanced offer price sta

A woman who was sexually abused by her stepfather from the age of four has won a case against the "same roof" rule which denied her the right to compensation. The rule denied payouts to victims who lived in the same home as their attackers before 1979.

The Scottish Parliament's Brexit bill is "fundamentally inconsistent" with the law, counsel for the UK government has told the UK Supreme Court. The court is hearing whether Brexit legislation passed by MSPs should be allowed to stand.

An international arrest warrant for former Catalan politician Professor Clara Ponsati has been withdrawn. Professor Ponsati, 61, an academic at St Andrews University, was arrested in March after she handed herself in to Police Scotland.

Following last week's serious assault on a Glasgow solicitor and the responses to our editorial yesterday, Scottish Legal News invites readers to take part in a survey and add their own experiences and views. Please send your responses to the questions below to newsdesk@scottishnews.com. A

Shoosmiths has advised client Svenska Handelsbanken AB (Handelsbanken), a leading Swedish bank, on its multi-million loan to Thistle Property Group to acquire office buildings Forth House and Playfair House. The offices are situated close to the St James development. The former is let in its entiret

Four operators of a business which charged £2,000 per person for advice on immigration were convicted at Croydon Crown Court of various offences in a case brought by the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC). Swaye Binns, 39, from Dulwich founded Commonwealth Evaluators Ltd, a