The Scottish Parliament’s Criminal Justice Committee has backed the general principles of the Fireworks and Pyrotechnics Bill “on balance”. This support was agreed with a warning that the Scottish government must make changes to ensure that the measures introduced by the bill will
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Ryan Macready, senior solicitor at Macdonald Henderson, discusses the intricacies of buying and selling accountancy practices. The majority of Scottish accountancy firms are owner-managed independent general practices, with a local client base. When approaching retirement age, these owner-managers w
A double-bill of short operettas by composer Tom Cunningham and writer Alexander McCall Smith will be performed in Edinburgh in April. All proceeds will go to charities supported by the Tumbling Lassie appeal that help survivors of modern slavery and people trafficking. Dandie Dinmont is the story o
Copycat branding is nothing new; we regularly see it happening where a store sells an own-brand product (usually for a lower price) that very closely resembles a name-brand product. So, where should we draw the line between harmless lookalike and detrimental copycat? Last year, high-end gin company
Lar Housing Trust’s chief executive, Ann Leslie, a former partner at MacRoberts, has won an award for her work in Scotland’s housing sector. Fife-based Lar is a charity that provides mid-market rental homes across Scotland and Ms Leslie has just scooped the award for Excellence in Leader
Aberdeen house prices rose 2.3 per cent in the last quarter, a new report shows. Published by Aberdeen Solicitors’ Property Centre Limited, in cooperation with the University of Aberdeen, Business School, Centre for Real Estate Research – the data also indicate that:
Malcolm Combe, lecturer in law at Strathclyde University and chair of the Land and Human Rights Advisory Forum, looks at the relevance of land and human rights now and what the work of the newly-established forum hopes to achieve. This is a blog post about the new land and human rights forum,
A judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has ordered a local authority to pay over £1.3 million in damages to a man who was abused by his foster carer. The pursuer, A, now aged 50, averred that Glasgow City Council was vicariously liable for the acts and omissions of his carer, refer
The nights are drawing in and there’s a definite nip in the air. Winter is on its way, which means so is the season for giving. And while many of us are already looking forward to the festive season, cuts in financial support and rising fuel and food costs mean vulnerable families will struggl
Boudica was last night acquitted at the Supreme Court of committing terrorist acts involving the death of some 80,000 civilians and the sacking of three cities, The Times reports. A 50-strong jury, by a margin of 10 to one, accepted that the queen of the British Iceni tribe had acted in self-de
There has been a sharp increase in the number of bicycles reported as stolen over lockdown, new figures show. In tandem with the rise in the number of people cycling over the past 18 months there has been a 20 per cent increase in reports of thefts.
Elaine Elder discusses the implications of the new policy adopted by Aberdeen City Council to tackle the local empty-housing crisis. Aberdeen City Council has adopted a new policy to tackle the local empty-housing crisis.
The purpose of the unification of the Scottish Land Court and the Lands Tribunal for Scotland announced by the Scottish government last week is to simplify arrangements for the resolution of land law disputes. As matters stand, anyone with a legal problem involving land is faced with the question of
Aberdeen businessman Joseph Bowie has been appointed as chief operating officer at Esson & Aberdein, the legal start-up launched earlier this year by Joni Esson and Rob Aberdein. Mr Bowie joins his former mentor from Aberdein Considine, where has has spent 10 years building up a successful debt
Although there are many cogent reasons for everyone owning the same basic car, this is not the case in reality. The luxury car market is enormous. While for many, a personal contract purchase (PCP) is the only way they can afford a £50,000 car, what if you are in the position to spend £5
