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Hands using a calculator with real estate documents on a desk, indicating a financial transaction or meeting. Photo: RDNE Stock project/Pexels Harper Macleod LLP is seeking an experienced banking lawyer to join its Banking & Finance team in Scotland at the Senior Associate or Legal Director level. The role focuses on real estate and development finance. Led by Partner Andrew Ronald, the team specializes in real estate finance, development finance,…

State Legislation

Pub manager infringed football league copyright

by Chiaki Ikeda | November 12, 2026

Lord Lake dismissed Airlie's argument that patrons might have streamed the matches from their phones to the pub's TVs. The Court of Session’s Outer House ruled that Christopher Airlie, who owns and manages the Troll Inn in Dundee, violated the Scottish Professional Football League’s (SPFL) copyright by displaying unauthorized live football broadcasts featuring SPFL-branded graphics on the pub’s televisions. According to the judgment, Airlie had permitted an employee to show…