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Patience and Buchan and Thorntons, have announced a merger that will strengthen legal services in Aberdeen and beyond. Patience and Buchan’s two partners, Lorna Buchan and Ashley Simpson, and four employees will transfer to the merged firm, which will be known as Thorntons, on 1 October.

Pope Leo XIV has said he vetoed a proposal for the creation of an AI-powered virtual Pope because of its impact on "human dignity". The bizarre idea has been brought to light in a new biography by journalist Elise Ann Allen, which is out now in Spanish and to be published in English next year.

Catriona Watt, a partner at Anderson Strathern and co-leader of the firm’s inquiries unit, has been named Lawyer of the Year at this year’s Scottish Legal Awards. She picked up the title at the ceremony in Glasgow last Thursday.

Scotland’s crumbling police stations need more than £230 million spent on them, according to “staggering” figures obtained by the Scottish Conservatives. A freedom of information response reveals that the maintenance backlog costs for the police estate across the country now

Hundreds of people held at America's Alligator Alcatraz immigration processing centre west of Miami, Florida, appear to have disappeared from the system, according to immigrant advocacy groups. Detainees have vanished from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) online database, with families

An uninsured driver who was over the legal alcohol limit has been ordered to be detained for 32 months in a Young Offenders institution after causing a high-speed crash which resulted in an aspiring footballer having to undergo a double leg amputation.  Arran Paterson, 19, was driving an Audi A

A Stirling sheriff has granted decree of divorce on the ground of irretrievable breakdown between a couple who occupied a rented council property after a physical altercation in January 2024 but refused to allow a transfer of the tenancy from the defender to the pursuer after finding her case to be

A law firm is suing Disney in a bid to use Mickey Mouse in its TV adverts. Florida-headquartered personal injury firm Morgan & Morgan has created a black-and-white animated advert based on Mickey's first cartoon, Steamboat Willie.

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. After two heart attacks, rights groups urge release of Hoda Abdel Moneim | Al Manassa

An appeal against a decision that VAT was chargeable on investment fund success fees that became payable after the investment adviser left the VAT group of the company holding the fund has been unanimously dismissed by the Supreme Court. The Prudential Assurance Company Ltd argued that no VAT was ch

Solicitors in England and Wales could be banned from advertising their services on a "no win, no fee" basis under plans being considered by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA). The SRA today invited views on the regulation of high-volume consumer claims, including those related to housing disr

“Mediation is no-one’s little brother. Mediation is not alternative dispute resolution. It is not the easy option. Mediation is how the most intractable issues can be resolved.” The words I quote above are those of leading New Zealand mediator, Mark Kelly. Kelly has done mediation