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Leann Brown joins private client team at Lindsays
Lindsays has expanded its private client team with the appointment of Leann Brown.
Published 21 April 2021
Outer House judgment favours employer contracts of employment
Miller Samuel Hill Brown has welcomed a decision issued by Lady Wolffe in the Outer House of the Court of Session this week, regarding the enforcement of post-termination non-compete restrictions in a contract of employment.
Published 21 April 2021
Fraser Kane: HM Treasury launches consultation on regulation of ‘mini-bonds’
Fraser Kane looks at the shape of things to come for non-transferable debt securities.
Published 21 April 2021
EY: Businesses shun litigation for conciliation as rise in legal claims expected
UK businesses have avoided using litigation to resolve commercial disputes during the Covid-19 pandemic, instead turning to negotiation and mediation, according to new research by EY.
Published 21 April 2021
Pace Rehabilitation launches in Scotland
Pace Rehabilitation, the UK’s largest independent private provider of amputee rehabilitation services, officially launched its first clinic in Scotland with an online webinar that attracted more than 100 delegates from the personal injury sector.
Published 21 April 2021
Dr Borg-Barthet appointed to European Commission Expert Group Against SLAPP
Aberdeen University's Dr Justin Borg-Barthet has been appointed to the European Commission's Expert Group Against SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation).
Published 21 April 2021
Benjamin Bestgen: Legal writing
Benjamin Bestgen this week encourages lawyers to consider the craft of writing. See his last jurisprudential primer here.
Published 21 April 2021
And finally… star-crossed turnstiles
Plans to limit the number of tourists visiting the famous Romeo and Juliet balcony in Verona have been blocked by a court.
Published 21 April 2021
Man admonished for assaulting ex-wife given harsher sentence by Sheriff Appeal Court
A Crown appeal against the sentencing of a man convicted of assaulting his ex-wife has succeeded before the Criminal Division of the Sheriff Appeal Court, which has imposed a community payback order in place of the original sentence.
Published 20 April 2021
No FAI into 2017 Cameron House Hotel deaths
Following an investigation and criminal prosecution leading to the conviction of two parties, Crown counsel, on behalf of the Lord Advocate, have decided not to hold a fatal accident inquiry into the deaths of Richard Dyson and Simon Midgley at Cameron House Hotel in December 2017.
Published 20 April 2021
New recruits for Esson & Aberdein
New law firm Esson & Aberdein has taken on two new recruits.
Published 20 April 2021
Lisa Gregory: Stonehaven derailment offers more questions than answers
The publication yesterday of the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) Interim Report on the derailment of a passenger train at Carmont, Aberdeenshire, last August offers more questions than answers, writes Lisa Gregory.
Published 20 April 2021
SLN Interview: Julia McPartlin on why defence lawyers must unite
Margaret Taylor speaks to Julia McPartlin, president of the newly formed Scottish Solicitors Bar Association, on the crisis that has led to its formation.
Published 20 April 2021
MurrayBlackburnMackenzie: Greens’ commitment to enshrining Yogyakarta principles needs scrutiny
Dr Kath Murray, Lucy Hunter Blackburn and Lisa Mackenzie of MurrayBlackburnMackenzie cast a critical eye over the Yogyakarta principles.
Published 20 April 2021
Companies must invest in pensions to free up next generation of talent
Businesses that fail to provide for employees’ retirement are storing up a potential staffing crisis according to a new report on the challenges facing boards in dealing with pension liabilities.
Published 20 April 2021
