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Blackadders named top law firm at Courier Business Awards

Published 5 months ago

Blackadders LLP has been crowned the Legal and Property Business of the Year at The Courier Business Awards.

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Shoosmiths Scotland underlines talent pipeline with 15 appointments

Published 5 months ago

Shoosmiths has added 15 new recruits to its Edinburgh and Glasgow offices over the past six months.

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Burnett Legal Services and Peterkins merge

Published 5 months ago

Burnett Legal Services and Peterkins have announced the merging of their legal practices. Operating primarily throughout the north east of Scotland under the name of Peterkins, the firm will offer a wide range of legal and financial services.

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Company fined £215,000 after cherry picker fall in Glasgow

Published 5 months ago

A construction company has been fined £215,000 after a worker was seriously injured when a cherry picker was struck by a bus in Castlemilk.

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UNESCO reveals sharp increase in use of financial laws to silence journalists

Published 5 months ago

There has been an alarming increase over the past three years in accusations of financial wrongdoing made against journalists in an attempt to silence them, according to a new report from UNESCO.

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Student law clinic clears wrongly attributed energy debt for client

Published 5 months ago

The Aberdeen Law Project has successfully cleared a wrongly attributed energy debt for a University of Aberdeen student.

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Terra Firma Chambers’ ‘Four Cities Tour’

Published 5 months ago

Terra Firma Chambers is delighted to announce details of its ‘Four Cities Tour’, encompassing visits to Inverness, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow this November.

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Trainee and NQ salaries at Burges Salmon in Edinburgh rise

Published 5 months ago

Trainees and NQs at Burges Salmon in Edinburgh have received salary boosts.

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New trainees at Dallas McMillan

Published 5 months ago

Three first year trainee solicitors have joined Dallas McMillan in Glasgow. 

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Law Society of Scotland pays tribute to Iain Doran

Published 5 months ago

The Law Society of Scotland has paid tribute to Scottish solicitor Iain Doran who passed away recently.

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CMA responds to Scots contract law review

Published 5 months ago

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published its response to the Scottish government’s consultation on the Scottish Law Commission report on review of contract law.

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Levy & McRae pays tribute to Alex Salmond

Published 5 months ago

Lawyers at Levy & McRae have paid tribute to their former client Alex Salmond following his sudden death over the weekend.

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‘Right to live’ law demanded for rural Scotland

Published 5 months ago

Community Land Scotland has called on politicians to establish a legal right for young people to live in the community where they grew up, highlighting an “acute” shortage of affordable housing in rural areas.

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TC Young welcomes new trainees

Published 5 months ago

TC Young has welcomed six new trainee solicitors.

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Thorntons joins charity coat collection

Published 5 months ago

Thorntons is supporting Arbroath FC Community Trust’s Cosy Coats Campaign for the third year, collecting donations that will provide warm winter coats to families within the local community.

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