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An Edinburgh solicitor has won the top award at the Bloody Scotland crime writing festival, three years after taking the debut prize. Tariq Ashkanani, a solicitor at NHS National Services Scotland, received the McIlvanney Prize for his novel The Midnight King. The award, which honours excellence in

Paisley will host its inaugural Legal Walk later this month – taking walkers on a journey through the town’s legal history while raising funds to provide legal advice to those who need it most. MJC LAW is organising the event on 23 September in partnership with the Faculty of Procurators

Strong-arm tactics against whistleblowers, and over-reaching in litigation, can backfire badly for businesses – with severe consequences, writes Euan McSherry. A recent Scottish court ruling (Martin McGowan v Springfield Properties) highlights the dangers businesses face when using legal inter

House prices in Scotland edged up in August despite demand falling flat, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey. A net balance of -2 per cent of surveyors in Scotland was reported for new buyer enquiries in August, indicating a flat picture,

The number of police investigations into missing persons has "fallen significantly" since a national framework was implemented to support those most at risk. In 2017-18 Police Scotland conducted 22,966 investigations for people who were missing with one in two of those investigations for a person wh

Liam McKay examines a new ruling concerning the operation of time bar as it relates to collateral warranties and the potential implications for buyers/tenants of commercial properties as well as those involved in the construction of the properties. The level of complexity in relation to the law on t

The pressures of modern life, economic uncertainties, and the lingering effects of the pandemic are among key factors which have contributed to Scotland’s significant increase in mental health issues, including anxiety, depression and stress, in recent years, write Seonaid Sandham.  As mo

Scotland’s prison population has risen above the level that triggered the early release of hundreds of inmates earlier this year, with warnings that numbers could soon reach record highs. In February and March more than 300 prisoners, half of them serving sentences for violent offences, were r

BTO Solicitors LLP’s charity of the year, The House of Hope, hosted its first Gala Ball at Prestonfield House in Edinburgh last Friday. 

The latest announcement in the incredible delay into implementing alternative business structures is scrutinised by Brian Inkster. The Law Society of Scotland has announced that they were deferring work on Licensed Legal Service Providers (LLSP), commonly referred to as Alternative Business Structur

The Law Society of Scotland has announced it will defer work on regulating new non-solicitor owned legal businesses for two years. It said this will allow it to focus on the "required significant changes" to improve the current complaints system for the benefit of consumers of legal services, and to

Harper Macleod has announced that its chairman and founder, Professor Lorne Crerar CBE KC (Hon) FRSE, has been appointed as as Honorary King's Counsel in Scotland. This award, formalised in Scotland for the first time in 2024, recognises those who have made a major contribution to the legal professi

Arnot Manderson Advocates welcomed the news that stable members Ceit-Anna MacLeod and David Turner have been appointed King’s Counsel. This brings the number of senior counsel in Scotland’s full-service stable to eleven. Ms MacLeod called to the bar in 2012 and is instructed as counsel t

Keoghs has strengthened its legal services offering with two appointments. As part of Keoghs’ continued expansion in Scotland, two partners join from Clyde & Co. Karen Dance brings over 25 years’ experience in insurance litigation, specialising in defended reparation cases.