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Discount supermarket Lidl has prevailed in a trademark battle against Tesco. The English High Court ruled that Tesco's Clubcard logo copied Lidl's. Both feature a yellow circle against a blue square background.

Judges in Strasbourg will be unable to block migrant deportations after the UK government agreed to amend the Illegal Migration Bill to allow ministers to ignore interim injunctions. The Rule 39 orders of the European Court of Human Rights were used to suspend the first scheduled deportation flight

Gareth Tenner and Melanie Martin from Denton's Edinburgh and Glasgow offices are among 13 new partners in the firm's largest ever round of promotions in the UK, Ireland and Middle East region. In the past 12 months, the firm has welcomed 14 partner hires, to reach a total of 27 new partners for the

Aberdeen solicitor Frank Lefevre has passed away at the age of 88. "Mr Lefevre, who dedicated almost six decades to seeking justice for those wronged, will forever be remembered as the 'formidable advocate' who shook up the legal system.

The High Court of Justiciary has extended the punishment part of a life sentence imposed on a man jailed for murder by stabbing by a further five years after a Crown appeal against the sentence. Andrew Palfreman originally received a punishment part of 12 years after being convicted of the murder of

White House security yesterday swooped on an unexpected intruder – a toddler who had squeezed through its metal gates. The child has achieved the honour of becoming the first White House intruder since security was beefed up in 2019, NPR reports.

Fox News has reached a $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems, a company at the centre of conspiracy theories about the 2020 US presidential election, in what is believed to be the largest-ever defamation settlement involving a US media company. Dominion had sought $1.6 billion in da

Staff at Complete Clarity Solicitors and Simplicity Legal have raised nearly £10,000 for the Team Jak Foundation, a charity for young people with cancer.

It’s time for the best junior in-house solicitors in Scotland to shine, as the Law Society of Scotland has launched its In-House Rising Star Award for 2023. The award, which is now in its 11th year, provides recognition for the important work of in-house practitioners and in particular the con

The Courier has published an obituary for Douglas Williams, who passed away last month at the age of 67. "Mr Williams, a much respected and well-known figure in Fife legal circles, was popular with colleagues at Cupar Sheriff Court and led a spirited campaign to oppose the controversial closure of t

The Faculty of Advocates Criminal Bar Association’s (FACBA) annual charity donations will support research into blood cancer and child refugees from Ukraine this year. FACBA Vice-chair Jennifer Bain KC said: “We are keen to help charities wherever we can as they face the unrelenting pres

A new research project is to examine legal failings associated with the Post Office scandal in a bid to prevent similar injustices occurring in the future. The landmark study, led by researchers at the University of Exeter and UCL, comes as a statutory judicial inquiry into the scandal continues.

The arrest of a French publisher by British police following his arrival in London over his participation in protests in France has been condemned. Ernest Moret, 29, is foreign rights manager for the French publisher Editions La Fabrique and the science fiction author Alain Damasio.

Macdonald Henderson has advised Opulus in its acquisition of George + Co, a firm of chartered tax advisers and accountants located in Edinburgh’s West End. The acquisition is part of Opulus's strategic plan to extend its geographic footprint throughout Scotland, and it marks the company's entr

The average price of a Scottish property in February 2023 was £180,287, an increase of one per cent on February 2022, the latest provisional statistics from the UK HPI show. Comparing with the previous month, house prices in Scotland decreased by 2.6 per cent between January 2023 and February