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More than £11 million has been awarded to two drugs projects to enable them to expand their residential rehabilitation service as part of a commitment to increase the number of beds in Scotland by 50 per cent to 650 by 2026. River Garden Auchincruive in South Ayrshire will use the funding over

Morton Fraser has appointed three partners across its real estate, corporate and private client teams. Two have come from other firms, with Chris McLeish joining Morton Fraser’s real estate team from DWF and Andrew Walker joining the corporate team from Addleshaw Goddard. Marking ongoing inves

Stronachs LLP has appointed Stuart Murphy as its first chief operating officer (COO). Mr Murphy will be responsible for leading operational and financial management at the firm and will oversee Stronachs’ HR and IT teams across its Aberdeen and Inverness offices.

Censors in Hong Kong have removed an episode of The Simpsons from a streaming service as it refers to the Tiananmen Square Massacre and mocks Mao Zedong. Disney+ launched in Hong Kong earlier this month, but viewers noticed the absence of episode 12 of season 16: Goo Goo Gai Pan.

The Inner House of the Court of Session has ruled that a “success fee” payable to the solicitor of a successful defender to a debt recovery action was not recoverable from the unsuccessful party that sought payment of the debt. The appellant, Catherine Weir, was originally the defender i

Addleshaw Goddard’s corporate team has advised the shareholders of Tulloch Homes on its sale to AIM-listed housebuilder Springfield Properties. The deal will see Tulloch Homes acquired by Springfield Properties for a net consideration of £56.4m.

A virtual version ‘pass the parcel’ has been launched by the Lawscot Foundation, the Law Society of Scotland’s social mobility charity. The virtual fundraising campaign is inviting everyone to participate, by asking participants to make a donation to the foundation then to ‘p

A panel of experts has been appointed to consider applications for financial redress from survivors of historical child abuse in care. The 20-panel members bring a broad range of experience and expertise from education, social work and the legal, health and charity sectors.

Nixon said it in 1973 which I accept is well before most of you were born but those of a certain age will remember it as the beginning of the end for him. Cover up worse than the crime and all that. Well, I will deal with that in more detail next week. Today is about the SSDT consultation and the La

The Inner House of the Court of Session has ordered a contempt of court hearing in relation to a solicitor’s behaviour during court processes while the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) was seeking to recover files. The case relates to a firm of solicitors consistently failing to del

A Crown Office employee who launched legal action against the prosecution body after claiming she was sacked for raising sexual harassment allegations against a colleague has lost her case. Kirsten Fordham said she was victimised by COPFS in October 2019. She faced disciplinary action for improperly

The total debt owed by individuals to local authorities that charged for temporary homeless accommodation in Scotland is in excess of £33 million, new figures have revealed amid suggestions that the practice could be unlawful. The data has been published in a new report by the Legal

New figures showing over 90 per cent client satisfaction with Scottish solicitors represent a "huge vote of confidence" in the profession, the Law Society has said. Independent polling by Savanta ComRes published today showed that members of the public place high levels of trust in solicitors and sa

In a world first, New Zealand has legalised drug-checking after passing a law to allow a temporary pill testing service at festivals to continue and expand. In contrast, other countries' drug-checking services have operated in a legal grey zone.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined the Cabinet Office £500,000 for disclosing postal addresses of the 2020 New Year Honours recipients online. The ICO found that the Cabinet Office failed to put appropriate technical and organisational measures in place to prevent the