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Harper Macleod's profit before members’ remuneration has risen from £11.95 million to £13.76m, new accounts filed at Companies House show. The firm had an average of 75 members over the year, with the average remuneration standing at £176,917, up from £162,386. The shar

The Scottish Barony Register, based in Haddington and run by retired solicitor Alastair Shepherd, has issued its 2024 annual report.  The register came into being some 20 years ago, when feudal law was largely abolished in Scotland on 28 November 2004, “the Appointed Day”. Mr Shephe

BTO has welcomed John Dunlop as a new partner in the firm’s real estate team, based in its Edinburgh office. This appointment follows last month’s announcement of Paul Greenhill’s promotion to partner in Glasgow, as well as the recent recruitment of three new real estate solicitors

Nearly 100 brand-new games consoles have been handed to gun owners in exchange for their weapons as part of a US public safety initiative. Charity NOLA GROWN, working in partnership with New Orleans City Council, offered free PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X consoles in exchange for handguns and othe

Canada's outgoing prime minister Justin Trudeau is facing a legal challenge over his decision to prorogue the country's parliament for three months while his party picks a new leader. Two Canadian men, David MacKinnon and Aris Lavranos, yesterday launched legal proceedings in the Federal Court with

When Brandon Malone dropped dead five years ago, it was a defibrillator machine – and quick-thinking hotel staff – that saved his life. Luckily an automatic-external defibrillator had been at hand and, though his heart had stopped for a full 20 minutes, the people using it were able to s

Creating sexually explicit 'deepfake' images is to become a criminal offence in England and Wales. The UK government says it is concerned by the rate at which "hyper-realistic" fake sexual images of real women and girls are proliferating thanks to widespread access to new technology.

The 6th edition of the Scottish Standard Clauses has been released by the Scottish Conveyancers Forum. The Scottish Standard Clauses are a set of standard missive conditions which are used in the vast majority of residential sales and purchases in Scotland.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has quashed an employment tribunal’s order to reinstate an employee of the British Council whom it dismissed after it was alleged that he had sexually touched an employee of the British Embassy in Italy at a social event in his flat. Paul Sellers raised a claim o

Thompsons Scotland LLP has announced the establishment of the life impact team, a group of specialist solicitors committed to handling serious injury cases. The new team consolidates extensive expertise to pursue justice for survivors of historical abuse, individuals with complex or catastrophic inj

Literature is another casualty of our ailing civilisation. David J Black discusses the simulacrum left in its wake. See part one here. Unlike her risque predecessors Jilly Cooper and Joanna Trollope, Ms Rooney enjoys the honorific sobriquet "the voice of a generation", in which office she has seemin

In ATG Services (Scotland) Limited v Ogilvie Construction Limited [2024] CSOH 94, Lord Sandison delivered a stark warning about ‘unjustified’ challenges to the enforcement of adjudication decisions, writes Kate Ross. In this case, ATG Services (a subcontractor) had launched a “smas

A monkey in a pink tutu has been apprehended by police in the US. The fashionable spider monkey was staying at a home in Jefferson County, Missouri when it "managed to open a door and get outside", police said.

Research conducted by Towergate Health and Protection of 500 HR professionals undertaken in 2024, revealed that 98 per cent of companies surveyed have encouraged their employees to return to the office for at least part of the week, writes Laura Jordan. With the dark days of Covid lockdown now almos