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Brodies LLP partners Lucy McCann and Elaine Petterson have launched a Scottish network of the International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC). The IWIRC Scotland Network, which became IWIRC's 51st network last month, will hold in-person events in Edinburgh and Glasgow to con

An online casino has been fined £1.2 million by the Gambling Commission after sending a promotional offer to more than 40,000 customers who had asked to be self-excluded to help them stop gambling. Sky Vegas sent the "Bet £5 get 100 free spins" offer to 41,395 customers who had self-excl

The Edinburgh Tax Network, in conjunction with CIOT and Terra Firma Chambers, will present a seminar on ‘Making Tax Digital’ at the Mackenzie Building, Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh on Thursday 17th March 2022. At this event, Govinder Saimbhi of HM Revenue & Customs will consider:

Six more alleged sex abuse victims have sought to join a group proceedings case against Celtic FC, lawyers have said. A judge in the Outer House last week granted permission for 22 former Celtic Boys Club players to make a compensation claim against Celtic FC, which denies a close connection with th

Two of the men involved in the murder of a man who was shot in the head as he sat in a car at traffic lights have been given court orders designed to prevent their involvement in serious organised crime. Kenny Reilly, 29, was shot in Maryhill, Glasgow, on 16 April 2018 and died two days later.

Corporate law firm Eversheds Sutherland has become the latest international firm to announce the end of its operations in Russia. The firm expanded into Russia in 2017 and has around 50 staff across two offices in Moscow and St Petersburg, which will now close.

The Scotsman has published an obituary of solicitor Iain Leslie, who passed away on January 21 in Edinburgh, aged 59. "Rugby played a huge part in the life of Iain Leslie, who in turn played a huge part in the life of his beloved club, Watsonians, rendering exceptional service to it in a variety of

A Spanish TV station has apologised after a quiz show asked contestants to guess the street value of a gram of cocaine. Atrapame Se Podes, or Catch Me if You Can, a popular show in Galicia, features topical questions and a prize pot of €25,000.

Jones Whyte's Nick Hay and Ross Anderson have both been promoted to partner. Mr Hay started his traineeship with Jones Whyte in 2014, shortly after the firm’s inception. Since qualifying in 2016 he has developed a wealth of knowledge and expertise in dealing with all types of residential and c

Clyde & Co welcomed more than 150 clients and colleagues to its annual Burns Supper on 3 March at the Merchant Taylors Hall in London.

David Conlan Smyth SC, Anna Bazarchina BL, William Morrin BL and Patrick Fitzgerald BL – members of the EU Bar Association of Ireland – unpick the legal hurdles and steps involved in Ukraine becoming a member state of the European Union. On 28 February 2022, just four days after being in

As the US passes a bill named for a young boy whose brutal racist murder shocked America and the wider world, SLN takes at look at the the case and the injustice that followed. On August 28, 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till, an African American boy from Chicago, was tortured and murdered by t

The Senate has unanimously passed a bill to make lynching a federal hate crime after more than a century of attempts to do so. The Emmett Till Antilynching Act provides that the crime will be punishable by up to 30 years in prison.

The Aberdeen Law Project has launched the ALP Foodbank Partnership – an initiative created to help ensure unused food does not go to waste.

A Russian air strike that reportedly killed 47 civilians in the Ukrainian city of Chernihiv may constitute a war crime, Amnesty International said following an investigation into the attack. At approximately 12.15pm on Thursday 3 March, the small public square formed by Chernihiv’s Viacheslava