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Brodies LLP has announced the appointment of five new partners in its latest round of internal promotions. Oil and gas lawyer, Laura Petrie makes the step up to partner, along with personal and family solicitor, Jessica Flowerdew, corporate and commercial lawyers Grant Strachan and Robert Ross, and

A letting company which ostensibly rented residential flats in Edinburgh on a holiday letting basis has been refused permission to appeal to the Upper Tribunal against a decision that it was in breach of the repairing standard for residential properties. In an action raised by the City of Edinburgh

Jamie Kerr and Alex McLean provide some practical information on how the construction sector can benefit from the expansion of the Shortage Occupation List. In an attempt to address skills and labour shortages in the construction sector, a new report has recommended a number of changes to the UK vis

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has prevented Microsoft’s proposed purchase of Activision over concerns the deal would alter the future of the fast-growing cloud gaming market, leading to reduced innovation and less choice for UK gamers over the years to come. The final decision to

New research which will allow Scottish Parliament committees to keep up to date with EU legislative policy developments has been commissioned by Holyrood’s Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee. Following Brexit, the Scottish government committed to ‘keeping pace&r

The average price of a Scottish property in February 2023 was £180,287, an increase of one per cent on February 2022, the latest provisional statistics from the UK HPI show. Comparing with the previous month, house prices in Scotland decreased by 2.6 per cent between January 2023 and February

A tenant of a property in Cambuslang has been refused permission to appeal against his eviction and a payment order by the Upper Tribunal for Scotland after it found that no arguable ground of appeal had been made out. An order for eviction was made against David Hutcheson by the First-tier Tribunal

There have been more than 100,000 absences from community service in recent years, new figures show. Data obtained from a freedom of information request indicates that there were 104,862 absences from payback orders recorded over the period 2018-19 to 2022-23.

The Sheriff Appeal Court has refused a challenge by the father of a five-year-old child to return with her mother to Poland following the end of the relationship. The appellant argued that the sheriff’s decision was plainly wrong, relying on 12 aspects of the judgment to establish that he had

Private client lawyer Alison McKay has been promoted from director to partner at Lindsays, having joined the firm’s Glasgow-based team only two years ago. She is one of six lawyers whose promotions have been announced today – with one director and four more associates also taking up new

The Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) campaign has scored a major victory in its fight to win compensation for 1950s-born women affected by short notice changes to their state pension age. The group launched a judicial review in the High Court earlier this year – raising £12

A former employee of a Glasgow social club who was dismissed following a furlough period has lost a claim in the Employment Tribunal for unfair dismissal and unpaid wages for the period between the end of her furlough and her dismissal. Claimant Melissa Carrington was employed at the Corinthian Club

A sheriff in the Upper Tribunal for Scotland has quashed a First-tier Tribunal eviction order made on the ground of anti-social behaviour after an appeal was made against the decision by the tenant of a cottage in Bridge of Weir. Appellant Enzo Serapiglia, who had moved to the area in February 2020,

Blackadders LLP has announced a series of promotions across its Scottish offices. Dario Demarco becomes legal director, Richard Wilson, Robyn Lee and Susan Currie all become associates whilst Blair Duncan and Stefan Docherty take up the roles of senior solicitor.

Recent legal news has been dominated by the coming into effect of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act 2022 in England and Wales. Previously, the law provided that individuals aged 16 and 17 in England and Wales were capable of entering a marriage, provided that they had parental con