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Burness Paull offers legal career pathway
Scheme to help disadvantaged students
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Alcohol may not affect witness recall, new study finds
Mild to moderate intoxication made recollection no less accurate in tests
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Commission extends homicide reform response deadline
Comments on discussion paper remain open until 15 October 2021
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Faculty deprecates Johnson "left-wing" lawyers slur
Interview remarks deplored as renewed attack on rule of law
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South Africa allows patent to AI inventor
First success for team seeking recognition for non-human creators
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Excluding juries from sexual cases "abhorrent": Lenehan
Criminal Bar President warns of risk of undermining justice
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MPs call for urgent legal aid reforms south of border
Justice Committee report highlights significant issues similar to Scotland
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Solicitor fined for copying statements to accused client
Breach of undertakings to Crown involved sensitive sexual matters
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TLT unveils 2025 strategy as it reports 11% 2021 growth
Firm targets £140m-plus revenue in four years' time
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Property associate hire for Balfour+Manson
Sylvia McCullagh joins from Gilson Gray
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More support in force for siblings in care
Siblings should now have support to stay together where appropriate
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Ministers plan new style energy performance certificate
Consultation opens on relabelled and additional ratings
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CMS promotes five in Scotland to of counsel
Three in Edinburgh and two in Glasgow advance to senior role
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NQ and trainee hires as DWF expands Scottish presence
Five solicitors and six trainees start in Edinburgh and Glasgow
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Scottish Legal Aid Board to improve equality approach
Legal agreement is signed to help end discrimination
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Justice Secretary will consider sex crime legal reforms
Call to improve Scotland's conviction rates for rape
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Inner House widens gin trade mark interdict on Lidl
Interim order protecting Hendrick's mark upheld and applied to England
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30% of rejected fiscal fines not prosecuted: FOI release
Government says decisions in individual cases a matter for COPFS
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Appointments and promotion as BTO grows in Helensburgh
Donna Brennan joins as legal director to manage Wills & Succession team
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DWF reports strong performance in 2020-21 results
Revenue and profit both show sustained growth in year to 30 April 2021
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Lord Matthews appointed to Inner House
Promotion agreed for efficient conduct of court business
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Online trading among proposed new consumer protections
Rules planned to tackle fake reviews and subscription malpractices
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Criminal court business picks up in June
Throughput climbs closer to pre-COVID levels as all courts reopen
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Irwin Mitchell doubles paternity leave
Firm introduces moves to help families