The Supreme Court has ruled that a creditor should be considered to be put on inquiry in any hybrid non-commercial transaction that appears to be overly weighted in favour of discharging the debts of a single borrower after an appeal was brought by a woman who was left with a mortgaged property she
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Two men who set up a drugs trafficking network worth hundreds of thousands of pounds have been imprisoned for a total of nine years. Jamie Montgomery, 44, and Darrin Campbell, 39, both of Glasgow, orchestrated the sale and supply of large quantities of cocaine and cannabis.
Katrina Ashbolt wouldn’t live or work anywhere but the Highlands. Growing up in Elgin, she always knew that she wanted to become a lawyer, having become hooked on courtroom dramas like LA Law from an early age. But, after leaving home to study in Aberdeen, she quickly realised that she wanted
A Dundee sheriff has refused an appeal by a trust against a decision of the Scottish ministers to allow a community body to exercise the right to purchase derelict land in St Andrews owned by the trust, in the first appeal of its kind in Scotland. Forthtay Ltd Employee Trust, which owned a plot of l
A new suite of template agreements have been developed and issued to encourage landowner and investor participation in UK woodland and peatland carbon projects. The templates are the outcome of an 18-month collaborative project led by Scottish Forestry in partnership with the IUCN UK Peatland Progra
Two men have been sentenced for breaches of Russian linked financial sanctions for the first time ever in the UK. Dmitrii Ovsyannikov, 48, and Alexei Ovsyannikov (AO), 47, have been found guilty of eight counts of breaching financial sanctions and two counts of money laundering and sentenced to at S
Significant change to the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill is needed if the Scottish government’s policy objectives for land reform are to be met, according to Holyrood’s Net Zero, Energy & Transport Committee. Although the majority of committee members support the general principles of t
Media lawyer Paul Tweed has put Amazon on notice after a seemingly AI-generated biography appeared for sale online next to his recently-released memoir. Mr Tweed, an international libel lawyer to the rich and famous, has been speaking in Edinburgh and is due to speak in Glasgow tonight about his lif
A High Court judge in Birmingham has ruled that the insurer of a stolen motorbike that was involved in an accident at a crossroads that injured a 15-year-old pillion passenger on the bike was liable to pay damages for the injuries he sustained, albeit with a 20 per cent reduction for contributory ne
Elise Marshall considers a recent case from Singapore and how it might have been affected by AI. The term “artificial intelligence” (AI) can be used to refer to advanced computer systems that perform tasks requiring human intelligence, such as problem-solving, pattern recognition,
The relentless gang violence in Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas has resulted in a brutal attack on childhood in Haiti, Amnesty International said in a new report. “I’m a child, why did this happen to me?”: Gangs’ assault on childhood in Haiti, documents how children are
The average selling price of property across Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders was £286,017 in October-December 2024. This annual increase of 5.8 per cent indicates healthy demand in the market during the typically quieter months, continuing the patterns of activity seen thro
Lindsays is on course to break the £200 million barrier for total home sales in 2025. Market experts at the firm say a more stable market during the past 12 months has been to the benefit of buyers and sellers following years of extreme highs and lows in both prices and trading conditions.
Parents are being urged not to turn puppy love at Christmas into a financial pipeline for criminal gangs. Millions of pounds are spent every year on trafficked dogs bought at unauthorised puppy farms or online. Sales are expected to spike in the run-up to Christmas amid concerns that buyers co
A woman who purchased a $4.1 million penthouse apartment in the Bahamas, the title document for which indicated it was smaller than it was, has lost an appeal to the Judicial Board of the Privy Council in an action seeking a declaration she had validly rescinded the contract and repayment of her dep
