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Edinburgh withdraws suspensions for short-term let operators with no proof of planning permission

Published 4 months ago

Short-term let operators in Edinburgh will now be able to apply for planning permission before their licences are determined following a successful legal challenge.

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Millar & Bryce joins Conveyancing Information Executive

Published 4 months ago

The Conveyancing Information Executive (CIE) has announced the membership of Millar & Bryce as an associate member.

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Womble Bond Dickinson to combine with Lewis Roca

Published 4 months ago

Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD), which has an office in Edinburgh, has announced a combination with Lewis Roca in the US, creating a firm of more than 1,200 lawyers in 37 offices in the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Twelve new trainees at Jones Whyte

Published 4 months ago

Jones Whyte has welcomed 12 new first-year trainee solicitors to its 2024 intake.

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Improvements in UK-EU trading relationship needed

Published 4 months ago

Businesses in Scotland are experiencing “significant challenges” in exporting goods to the EU as a result of considerable non-tariff barriers which have arisen due to the post-Brexit UK-EU trading relationship, according to a new report by Holyrood’s Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture committee.

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Children’s charity joins forces with GLC to address Scotland’s public debt crisis

Published 4 months ago

Pictured (L-R): Govan Law Centre’s Sophie McBride, Mike Dailly and Chloe Minto

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Inheritance tax: gross division & net proportionality in estates with exempt and non-exempt shares - an ETN & CIOT Seminar

Published 4 months ago

The Edinburgh Tax Network, in conjunction with CIOT and Terra Firma Chambers, will present a seminar entitled ‘Gross Division & Net Proportionality in Estates – re Ratcliffe & re Benham revisited’ at the Mackenzie Building, Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh on Thursday 26 September 2024.

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Banker who stole thousands from dementia-stricken pensioner jailed for 13 months

Published 4 months ago

A senior banker who stole almost £18,000 from the accounts of an elderly, dementia-stricken customer has been imprisoned for 13 months.

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ICO and NCA sign memorandum of understanding on cyber security

Published 4 months ago

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and the National Crime Agency (NCA) have signed a joint memorandum of understanding (MoU) that sets out how both organisations will cooperate to improve the UK’s cyber resilience.

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Former banker who stole thousands from dementia-stricken pensioner is jailed for 13 months

Published 4 months ago

A senior banker who stole almost £18,000 from the accounts of an elderly, dementia-stricken customer has been imprisoned for 13 months.

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New trainees at Blackadders

Published 4 months ago

Blackadders LLP has recruited seven new trainees to the firm’s training programme.

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Shepherd and Wedderburn receives Investor in People accreditations

Published 4 months ago

Shepherd and Wedderburn has been reaccredited as an Investor in People (IIP) at ‘Platinum’ level and awarded the ‘Platinum’ accreditation as an Investor in Young People (IIYP).

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RCCW welcomes new trainees

Published 4 months ago

Raeburn Christie Clark and Wallace has welcomed Katie Henderson and Alix Buchan as its new 2024 trainee solicitors.

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DLA Piper breaks English record with £3bn in revenue

Published 4 months ago

DLA Piper has become the first English firm to record annual revenues of more than £3 billion.

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UK signs first-ever global treaty on AI

Published 4 months ago

The UK has signed the first-ever international legally binding treaty aimed at ensuring that the use of AI systems is fully consistent with human rights, democracy and the rule of law.

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