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Blackadders LLP has welcomed back Karen Phillips as a partner in its private client team in Edinburgh. Following her graduation from Dundee University in 2003, she joined Blackadders and qualified as a solicitor in 2005.

Aria Grace Law has become the first corporate law firm in the UK to become a community interest company (CIC) to lock in its commitment to donating all profits to charity. The firm, which is attracting an increasing number of lawyers, is underpinned by a commitment to share the wealth between client

Thompsons Solicitors Scotland, working alongside the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), has secured what is believed to be one of the largest financial settlements for a worker diagnosed with the lung conditions Silicosis and SLE (systemic lupus erythematosus). Both conditions are caused by

Scottish solicitors are being asked to share their views on issues affecting the legal profession in a new survey. The Law Society of Scotland’s annual members’ survey aims to provide a better understanding of members current views on a wide range of topics, including where they believe

The Inner House of the Court of Session has refused an appeal by a manufacturer of cigarette papers against a finding that the company that handled the maintenance of their printing machines was only liable for just over £3,000 of an approximately £29 million loss, and assoilzied the def

Those affected by significant changes in their business rate bills will have very little time to react and appeal, Colliers has warned as new legislation is implemented.

Burges Salmon has advised Blackfinch Property (Blackfinch) on a £4.4 million loan to fund the acquisition and restoration of a large area of land in Dumfries and Galloway.

A pair of identical twins accused of cheating in a university exam have won a €1.5 million defamation payout after arguing their genetic similarity played a decisive role in their similar answers. Kayla and Kellie Bingham were accused of "academic dishonesty" in 2016 following an eight-hour exa

The Court of Session has confirmed its position on legal privilege in relation to third party complaints and has provided clarity on the limits of client confidentiality. In its opinion, published on Friday, the court clarified that if a regulator, which includes the Law Society of Scotland and the

Products containing the mineral talc are set to be removed from UK shelves amid fears they may contain asbestos material following a rise in litigation in the United States, write David Short and Peter Littlefair. Putting profits over product safety has been the battleground for product liability ca

Students at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) will be offered free legal support to progress business ideas as part of a new partnership with Morton Fraser. The partnership between Morton Fraser and SRUC’s Enterprise Academy – which was set up to help students develop enterprising mi

The first public parole hearing in UK history is set to go ahead today following reforms to increase transparency and improve victims’ experience of the parole system. Convicted murderer Russell Causley, who killed his wife Carole Packman in 1985, will become the first prisoner to have a publi

English prosecutors have dropped a case against a 25-year-old woman accused of illegally procuring an abortion. The woman was reported to police after she underwent an emergency caesarean section 31 weeks into her pregnancy and was found to have evidence of abortion pills in her system.

A Libyan man who is accused of making the bomb which destroyed Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie in 1988 is in US custody. Abu Agila Masud was charged by US authorities two years ago. They allege that he played a key role in the terrorist attack which killed 270 people.

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