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A treasure hunter who posted his rare finds online has been arrested for allegedly plundering archaeological sites with a metal detector. The 34-year-old man, who has not been named, apparently uploaded photos of his huge collection of Phoenician gold jewellery and Islamic, Roman and Visigoth artefa

The Outer House of the Court of Session has granted a decree of divorce to a domiciled Scot and his spouse living in Dubai. The pursuer, YI, a qualified medical doctor originally from Russia, raised proceedings in Scotland on the basis of irretrievable breakdown due to unreasonable be

Passengers from Luxembourg will be required to quarantine for 14 days on arrival in Scotland due to an increased number of cases of coronavirus (COVID-19). The decision to remove the country from the list of destinations exempt from quarantine requirements has been made to reduce the risk of the tra

The housing market in Aberdeen suffered a dramatic fall in sales during lockdown, according to a new report.

In this protracted period of societal and economic uncertainty, one thing seems certain – change is coming for the North Sea, writes Ross Gardiner. Over the last few years, carbon capture and storage (CCS) has been mentioned increasingly at industry events and workshops as being an important p

The majority of Scottish firms say they plan to make redundancies once the UK government's furlough scheme comes to an end, according to Addleshaw Goddard's latest survey of Scottish companies. The Addleshaw Goddard Scottish Business Monitor, produced in partnership with the Fraser of

Judgment in a case concerning alleged fraud and torture will be handed down next week by the Supreme Court via video link. The appellant (Shagang) and the respondent (HNA) are both based in China. In August 2008, a charterparty was concluded between Shagang and Grand China Shipping Co Ltd. HNA provi

At Compass we always seek to provide added value. Given the current situation, we are unable to provide our hugely popular conferences, but we are delighted to announce a series of short webinars which will take place throughout August. Each session will focus on one of our core areas of practice wh

MBM Commercial will celebrate its 15th year in business tomorrow. Like many celebrating anniversaries in 2020, however, it is not quite going to be the celebration the firm had in mind. “August has always been a special month for us”, said senior partner, Stuart Hendry. “Being

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Migrants face Human Rights abuse in Africa, Hundreds dead on the roads over the past two years | Africanews

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Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin has missed a self-imposed writing deadline after which he promised that fans could "imprison him". The fantasy author is still working on The Winds of Winter, the long-awaited sixth book in his A Song of Ice and Fire series, which was adapted for TV as Game

The Court of Appeal (Civil Division) has remitted care proceedings in respect of a baby whose brother died to the Family Division after finding that the original judge may have expressed bias against one of the parties when she made a number of pejorative comments to her clerk about t

Furloughed employees who are then made redundant will receive redundancy pay based on their normal wage, under new laws being brought in today by the UK government. Employees with more than two years’ continuous service who are made redundant are usually entitled to a statutory redundancy paym