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• 9 May 2012
  Neilston Community Joint Venture lifts off
  Morton Fraser were delighted to act for a variety of lenders in their lend to the Neilston Community in their joint venture with Carbon Free Developments for the development of four wind turbines.
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• 8 May 2012
  Silent support for Breakthrough Breast Cancer
  Morton Fraser is organising a silent auction in order to raise funds for Breakthrough Breast Cancer, a charity which has recently been of significant support to one of their Partners.
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• 8 May 2012
  Avoiding the Olympic ambush marketing trap
  New legislation to control advertising and trading in and around London 2012 events was passed in December 2011. However, there remain many advertisers and traders in the event zones who are confused about the Regulations.
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• 3 May 2012
  The Assembly Rooms - who owns the name?
  The BBC has recently reported that two of the Edinburgh Fringe's biggest operations are arguing over the name used by the newly-refurbished Assembly Rooms.
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• 1 May 2012
  Employers can force retirement, court ruling suggests
  A recent article on the BBC news site highlighted the case of Solicitor Leslie Seldon who had been forced into retirement by his law firm shortly after his 65th birthday in 2006.
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• 25 Apr 2012
  Morton Fraser helps Lothian Association of Youth Clubs convert to a SCIO
  Morton Fraser’s Third Sector Team is pleased to have assisted LAYC (Lothian Association of Youth Clubs) convert from an unincorporated association to a SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation).
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• 23 Apr 2012
  Immigration and the 2012 Olympics
  One key aspect of the Olympics is that it brings together people from all around the globe and London 2012 will be no different as thousands of athletes, officials and fans from over 200 countries are expected to descend on the capital this summer.
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• 18 Apr 2012
  Closing the Rosepark Loophole
  The government have launched a consultation to consider possible reforms to partnership law that would allow prosecution of dissolved partnerships in respect of offences committed before the date of dissolution.
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• 18 Apr 2012
  Consultation on unincorporated associations
  The legal status of many amateur sports clubs in Scotland may soon be about to change following the publication yesterday of the consultation paper “Reforming the Law on Scottish Unincorporated Associations and Criminal Liability of Scottish Partnerships”
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• 17 Apr 2012
  An evening with Midge Ure
  Scottish law firm, Morton Fraser, welcomes Footdown’s Scotland Mentoring Group and their guests who will benefit from an evening in the company of their Patron (and fellow Footdown member) James “Midge” Ure OBE, on May 23rd 2012 in Edinburgh.
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