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Clearing the Haze: Understanding the regulation of ingestible CBD products in Scotland

April 14, 2023

CBD, or cannabidiol, is a naturally occurring, non-intoxicating compound found in the cannabis plant. Technically, the compound is known as a phytocannabinoid (cannabinoid for short) and, depending on which sources you consult, anywhere from ninety-seven to over one hundred and twenty cannabinoids have been isolated from the Cannabis plant.1 If it’s cannabis, it’s illegal. Right? […]

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The new website of CALM Scotland has just gone live. Resolving family disputes via mediation.

February 24, 2016

The new website of CALM Scotland has just gone live at www.calmscotland.co.uk. CALM (which stands for Comprehensive Accredited Lawyer Mediators) is passionate about resolving family disputes via mediation rather than litigation.  In their website (designed and built by Moore Legal Technology with great assistance from CALM Scotland member Scott Docherty – follow Scott on Twitter […]

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Where the latest laws leave Scots in serious debt

June 17, 2015

Like every other part of the UK, Scotland has thousands of men and women who face serious personal finance problems and who find themselves in need of some form of debt management solution. Scotland’s laws and practices in this context are distinct from those in England and Wales and they have been adjusted in a […]

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Licence to Chill – Is the obsession with alcohol legislation in Scotland getting out of hand?

May 11, 2015

Yet another – “Bill to make provision for reducing and dealing with the abuse of alcohol; to amend the legislation in relation to applications for, and to vary, licences for the sale of alcohol; and for connected purposes.”- is making it’s way through the Scottish parliament. This is the sixth piece of primary legislation relating […]

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Counterparts and Delivery in Scotland– A New Era for Document Execution

March 12, 2015

The Legal Writings (Counterparts and Delivery) (Scotland) Bill has now been passed. This piece of legislation allows the execution in counterpart of formal documents and contracts, and will also permit them to become legally effective by electronic delivery. The legislation is only seven sections long, but it is anticipated it will have great impact on […]

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Defamation and Digitalisation – Can Scotland Stay in the Dark Age?

October 15, 2014

The Faculty of Advocates have recently highlighted that in a rapidly digitalising world, marked by the rise of social media and the internet, the law of defamation in Scotland may be unable to keep pace. New laws introduced in England and Wales, under the Defamation Act 2013 are designed protect freedom of speech on platforms […]

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Nice people tough lawyers

April 30, 2013

At Thompsons we like to think of ourselves as being nice people but tough lawyers. Earlier this week however I sat through a meeting which would have tested even the toughest of lawyers’ ability not to show their more sensitive side. The meeting in question involved the bereaved parents who have been embroiled in the […]

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Corroboration’s Fate

February 5, 2013

Scottish legal dissertation regarding the fate of corroboration under Scots Law. If you’d like your law dissertation published, contact us here. Corroboration in Scots law is a rule which remains a fundamental element in the conviction of a charge[ref] Fiona Raitt, Evidence: Principles, Policy and Practice (4th revised edn, W Green 2008) 8-01.[/ref]. Conversely, following […]

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The Catch-22 of Offering Severance Terms

December 5, 2012

Terminating an unsatisfactory employee is always an affair wrought with emotion and unhappiness. Even if there is just cause to let the employee go, or if there is reason to believe the employee is just as eager to part ways as the employer, there is natural suspicion and hard feelings immediately – and often long […]

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Lords debate the criminal liability of Scottish partnerships

December 4, 2012

A Bill to reform the criminal liability of Scottish partnerships took a step closer to becoming law earlier this month, when it began its Second Reading in the House of Lords. The Partnerships (Prosecution) (Scotland) Bill is designed to close a legal loophole that allows partnerships to evade prosecution by the simple process of dissolving […]

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