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Google owner Alphabet has sacked its robot cleaners as part of a cost-cutting exercise. More than 100 robots developed by the tech giant's Everyday Robotics department were helping to clean cafeterias and conference rooms in its San Francisco headquarters.

A career as an advocate is open to anyone with the necessary ability and motivation. So said the Clerk of the Faculty of Advocates Barney Ross, who joined other Faculty members at a ‘Becoming an advocate’ panel discussion at the University of Edinburgh’s Law School earlier this wee

Today, 24 February 2023, marks exactly one year since Russia invaded Ukraine. In October 2022, at the opening ceremony of the IBA Annual Conference in Miami, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed delegates by video in which he referred to members of the audience as "defenders of the

Thorntons has appointed two new partners to its commercial real estate team. Paul Haniford joined Thorntons at the beginning of this month, followed by Jayne Macfarlane.

Communities are being urged to have their say on how new control zones could be used to tackle firework misuse. A key part of the Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act which was passed last year, control zones will give local authorities the power to designate areas where fireworks will

The publication of the 2022 edition of the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) highlights that the perceived risk of bribery and corruption in many countries has shown no improvement - and in some important markets such as the UK is unfortunately worsening – which highlights the need for busine

Terra Firma Chambers’ Scott Blair and Graham Dunlop appeared in the recent case of Bruce v Moray Council [2023] CSIH 11, an appeal to the Inner House which set in sharp focus the situation where a local review board allowed an appeal by a developer seeking planning permission for houses and wh

It comes as no great surprise that Shamima Begum has lost her appeal against the Home Secretary's decision of 19 February 2019 depriving her of United Kingdom citizenship, writes Ronnie Clancy KC. This latest judgment from the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) is the culmination of proce

The High Court of Justiciary has refused an appeal against conviction by a man charged with involvement with an organised crime group and the murder of a man shot outside a club in Amsterdam after ruling that the jury was correctly directed on how to use evidence provided by a police informant. Appe

M&A volume in Scotland last year rose by 10.7 per cent to 446 announced deals, up from 403 in 2021, with a total deal value of £24.8 billion, the latest Experian United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland M&A Review shows. The value of deals was 22 per cent higher than the p

PBW Law has announced that Professor Peter Watson has been appointed president elect of the British Academy of Forensic Sciences (BAFS). As an organisation BAFS encourages study, improves practice, disseminates information and advances knowledge in forensic science and forensic medicine for public b

A private member's bill extending Ireland's rent freeze by a year has sailed through second stage – after a government minister forgot to oppose it. The Eviction Ban Bill 2022 was introduced to the Dáil by Richard Boyd Barrett of the left-wing party People Before Profit, which has just

A former prison officer caught smuggling Class A drugs into a top security jail has been jailed for six years and three months. Heather McKenzie secretly ferried cocaine and mobile phones into Shotts Prison in Lanarkshire.

Sir Iain Livingstone is to step down as chief constable of Police Scotland in the summer. He took the role on in 2018 and has been a serving officer since 1992. Sir Iain is responsible for 23,000 officers and staff in what is the second largest police force in the UK.