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Two of Anderson Strathern’s private client solicitors have been awarded Worldwide Excellence Awards from the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP). Laura Murray achieved the best grade across all four papers in the Scottish Trust and Executry Accounting exam and was the highest-scor

A local authority has been granted an interdict against the sale of a farm in West Calder on the basis that a right of pre-emption contained in a feu disposition had survived the abolition of feudal tenure in Scotland. West Lothian Council raised the action against the executors of George

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Scotland will struggle to reach its net zero carbon targets unless Holyrood takes a swift and stronger grip on planning policy surrounding the deployment of taller turbine models, as well as a permissive approach to repowering of first-generation onshore windfarms with the latest technology, writes&

Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf has called for an urgent four-nation ministerial meeting on fisheries and maritime security after being excluded from the UK government’s Brexit preparation talks. Writing to the UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, Mr Yousaf has complained that devolved governme

Scottish Labour has expressed 'serious reservations' over the Scottish government's proposed Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill. Justice spokesperson James Kelly's submission to the Justice Committee in response to its call for views highlights a number of areas within the bill with pa

A former Nazi concentration camp guard has been found guilty of complicity in the murder of more than 5,000 prisoners. Bruno Dey, 93, was given a two-year suspended sentence following a nine-month trial in a juvenile court as he was 17 at the time of the murders, which were carried out between Augus

Grampian, Highland and Islands Sheriff Principal Derek Pyle, has ‘locked up’ and handed over the keys of Inverness Castle, closing the door on more than 180 years as the sheriff courthouse for Inverness.

The maker of the famous Ritter Sport square chocolate bars has won a protracted legal battle for the exclusive right to sell square chocolate bars in its home country. The company registered its iconic square shape as a trademark in Germany in 1993, but rival chocolatier Milka has since sought to pr

Gillespie Macandrew has secured over £2 million of emergency funding for business clients in the last month. The firm’s banking and finance practice has advised on a number of government-backed emergency loans designed to help SMEs remain afloat during the coronavirus pandemic.

​There are major flaws in proposed hate crime legislation, according to the Law Society of Scotland. In its submission to the Scottish government’s call for views on the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill, the Law Society has said there were flaws which could prevent the bill from a

Following a webinar presentation by Terra Firma's Jon Kiddie on the topic of homelessness and judicial review, a discussion arose on a question he had posed over the suitability of judicial review for challenging local authority decisions on homelessness. The consensus indicated a concern that

An enthusiastic graduate who has unfortunately been made redundant is seeking a role in Edinburgh or West Lothian. Damon Allan was awarded a first class LLB (hons.) degree in 2018 from the University of Edinburgh, with an Erasmus year at Universiteit Leiden, in the Netherlands. He received his diplo

Brian McConnachie QC has reflected on the success of the first trial since lockdown in Glasgow, saying we must "ensure that trial by jury survives the pandemic as it survived [the] World Wars". Mr McConnachie tweeted that while it was "odd at first to see an empty jury box" it quickly became "incons