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Austin Lafferty Solicitors, which has offices in Hamilton, East Kilbride and Giffnock, is due to open another office in East Renfrewshire.

Deborah Miller Deborah Miller highlights some of the key points from the Taylor Review.

Matthew Farrell summarises a case reaffirming that diminution in value is an available defence to a tenant to a terminal dilapidations claim. DWF LLP was the sub-tenant of four floors in Dalmore House, Glasgow. Its landlord was Moor Row Limited. Moor Row let Dalmore House from Tarn Crag Limited, the

Lord Matthews At the High Court in Aberdeen today, Lord Matthews imposed an extended sentence of 15 years on William Burns after the accused was found guilty of assaulting journalist Russell Findlay to his severe injury and to the danger of his life. The custodial element will be ten years' imprison

Ballot counting in Papua New Guinea's general election has been delayed following accusations of sorcery. Recounts have been ordered in two constituencies after candidates alleged that witchcraft has been used to remove their votes.

The judge in the Charlie Gard case has confirmed the declarations he made in an earlier judgment, to the effect that it is in the terminally ill child’s “best interests” for his life support to be withdrawn. The decision follows further tests which revealed that the 11-month old was “beyond

Scott Blair In these financially challenging times the issue of how one funds nursing home care becomes ever more pressing for those in need of care as well as local authorities who have to consider whether a recipient of care has disposed of assets - often the residence of the recipient - in such a

Shoosmiths has advised Sancus (Gibraltar) Limited, part of the alternative financing group Sancus, on its £12 million funding package to Green Town (Heartlands) Ltd, part of the WElink Group for the Heartlands development. Situated in the central belt of Scotland along the M8 corridor, the Heartlan

Professor Hoffmann (front, third from left) and the US group

A top TV producer screamed "get ready to die" at a bewildered motorist in a botched citizen's arrest captured on a smartphone camera. Fergus Beeley, producer of some David Attenborough nature documentaries, has been subject to online mockery after a video emerged online of him screaming at a family

A prisoner found guilty of assaulting a fellow inmate has had an appeal against his conviction refused after claiming the sheriff misdirected the jury over accused’s silence in response to the accusation that he carried out the attack. The Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary rejected the

Advocate Niall McCluskey reflects on the life of his uncle, former judge and peer, Lord McCluskey, who passed away last week at the age of 88. When I was a child, my uncle John (Lord McCluskey) was a family legend. My father, Raymund, would recount how the family meals of his childhood were fre

Chris Harte Morton Fraser has consolidated its recent growth with a year of increased annual billings, major investment in IT and some key hires.

Donna McKay Donna McKay, an associate with Brodies, has been accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in family law.

Andrew Sutherland Revenue Scotland has released data today showing that commercial revenue from the Scottish Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) fell 31 per cent in June compared to the same month in 2016.