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DLA Piper Scotland will relaunch LAW, the firm's global gender balance network, tomorrow at an event with guest speaker Dr Cal Major. Scotland will host the first in a series of events across the UK to celebrate the global relaunch of LAW, which was established to promote gender diversity and streng

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Jodi Gordon, partner at Road Traffic Accident Law (Scotland) LLP, comments on the development of remote hearings during the Covid-19 pandemic. ‘Working from home’ has become the norm for so many of us over the last 10 months. There have been challenges along the way requiring both employ

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Neil Mackenzie QC, Dorothy Bain QC and Vinit Khurana QC will speak to law students about their experience at the bar at an information day event this evening. The University of Dundee Mooting Society will host the online Faculty of Advocates Information Day today, Monday 25 January 2021, at 6pm.

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The Edinburgh University Palestinian-Israeli Dialogue Society (EUPIDS) has announced its first-ever academic conference. The postgraduate-led conference on issues relating to Palestine and/or Israel has now opened a call for papers and is welcoming submissions until 11 February 2021.

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Young couples are increasingly asking lawyers to write social media clauses into their pre-nuptial agreements. Family law firm Fields and Dennis, based in the US city of Boston, said young couples are worried about their online reputations in the event of a divorce.

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The Scottish Parliament should be able to pass a law to hold an independence referendum without the consent of the UK government, a judge in the Court of Session has heard. Declarator to this effect is being sought by Martin James Keatings. He also argues that no amendment would need to be made of t

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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published proposals to introduce a price cap on the fees claims management companies (CMCs) charge their customers in relation to claims for financial products and services. Some consumers currently pay fees of more than 40 per cent of the redress they recei

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The first session of the Scottish Young Lawyers' Association (SYLA) Ethics Conference was a success with over 130 people in attendance. Laila Kennedy, SYLA treasurer and trainee solicitor at Ledingham Chalmers LLP, said: "Members heard from three fantastic speakers – Stephen McLaren of Ledingh

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The Amalgamated Briefing Paper on Restarting Solemn Trials has been updated.  Practitioners may wish to note that the written direction on corroboration has been updated. The following wording has been added at Part B(4):

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