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A solicitor who swindled American investors out of $16 million (£13m) while acting for them in the purchase of the iconic Taymouth Castle in Perthshire, where Queen Victoria spent her honeymoon, has been sentenced to 12 years in jail – a term believed to be a new record for a lawyer guil

A challenge to the legislative competence of part of Scottish legislation aimed at reducing a perceived imbalance in the relationship between the landlords of “tied pubs” and their tenants has been refused by a Lord Ordinary in the Outer House of the Court of Session. Petitioners Greene

Lindsays has reported a year-on-year increase in the average price of properties it has sold, with the average price in Edinburgh reaching £325,000. Despite ongoing economic uncertainty and political turmoil, the firm believes market appetite remains steady and notes that predictions of price

Pinsent Masons' Scottish corporate team looks back on 2022, having advised on deals worth billions of pounds in various sectors, and discusses its outlook for the year ahead. The stand-out deal in the last 12 months was Ithaca Energy’s £2.5 billion listing on the main London Stock Exchan

Following the BBC Disclosure programme investigating how a Scottish lawyer now convicted on historic child abuse charges ‘hid’ his crimes for decades, the Campaign for Freedom of Information in Scotland has urged the Scottish government to reform the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act

Since I previously wrote about the damaging delay to Scottish gender recognition reform caused by Westminster vetoing Holyrood’s Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, there have been two further disquieting developments that I feel compelled to respond to, as a lawyer working to uphold th

The new chair of the Scottish Land Court has been installed at a ceremony in George House, Edinburgh. Euan Duthie KC took up the role on 9 January following the retirement of former chair Lord Minginish. Lord Duthie was also appointed as president of the Lands Tribunal for Scotland.

A Guinean football player who sought a UK visa in order to undergo trials with professional clubs in Scotland has lost a judicial review case against the Home Secretary’s latest decision to refuse his application. Mohammed Camara, who had been trying to obtain a UK visa since he was 18, argued

The business team at Blackadders has helped steer through the sale of the online activity booking site, ClassForKids. ClassForKids, the Glasgow-based site which is used by more than 3,000 kids’ activity clubs to help parents and owners save time and money, has been sold to The Access Group, on

Scottish Land & Estates has announced the appointment of Jackie McCreery as in-house counsel. She was formerly director of policy & parliamentary affairs at Scottish Land & Estates and its predecessor body SRPBA until 2011 and returns to advise on all aspects of existing and emergin

Three new members have been appointed to the Scottish Civil Justice Council for a three-year term.

As implementation of the Deposit Returns Scheme (DRS) moves forward and the August deadline approaches, the Scottish government must address business' concerns, bring clarity over logistical issues, and listen to the experience of industry before pushing forward, writes Laura Tainsh. The Scottish go

The former director of Midas Financial Solutions has been ordered to hand over only £814.35 despite having made more than £13 million from his Ponzi scheme. Scottish businessman Alistair Greig, 69, originally from Cairnbulg in Aberdeenshire, who is currently serving a 10-year prison

A legal job can be stressful in many ways at the best of times. Allan Ker WS, however, had a very difficult time that is unlikely to have been matched by many others in the profession although some of his contemporaries would doubtless understand the difficulties. Allan Ebenezer Ker was born in Edin

Deputy chief constable Malcolm Graham has been appointed as the constable member of the Scottish Sentencing Council. DCC Graham, who replaces DCC Will Kerr OBE, joined Lothian and Borders Police in 1995. He headed up the force’s criminal investigation department and was ACC for major crime and