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Shepherd and Wedderburn has acted alongside lead adviser, Allen & Overy, for Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company, Masdar, in a deal that sees Masdar acquire a 25 per cent stake in Statoil’s Hywind Scotland floating offshore windfarm. The 30MW wind farm, to be located off Scotland’s east c

Scottish law firm MacRoberts recently advised on the Exim Bank financing of CNAC's $1.4 billion purchase of ADAMA Agricultural Solutions Ltd. In November 2016, The Export-Import Bank of China (China Exim Bank), a state bank solely owned by the Chinese government and under the direct leadership of th

Jamie Kerr Jamie Kerr, immigration law partner at Thorntons, discusses the US visa ban and ponders what impact it might have in the UK.

Angela Grahame As areas of traditional work are being closed down, the Faculty of Advocates is, to paraphrase the Star Trek prologue, looking to explore strange new areas of business, to seek new clients, discover new disputes to resolve, to boldly go where no advocates have gone before.

The Crown has recovered almost £100,000 in a proceeds of crime action against former West Lothian solicitor Richard Housley. Sixty-one year old Housley was jailed for four years in March 2013 for his part in money laundering cash in a huge VAT fraud scheme run by gangster Michael Voudouri.

Pictured (l-r): Angela McMahon, Janette Kenny and Emma Berwick Morisons Solicitors has strengthened its Edinburgh and Glasgow offices with a trio of new appointments.

Organisers of Saturday's Tumbling Lassie events had their efforts rewarded with a well attended day-time seminar on people trafficking and a sell-out attendance at the Tumbling Lassie Ball on Saturday night. Speakers at the Tumbling Lassie Seminar, which was sponsored by the Faculty of Advocates, in

A sheriff has called for a change to the summary application rules after granting an order allowing the police to detain a sum of cash seized by officers on the basis that there were “reasonable grounds” for suspecting that the money may be recoverable property. Sheriff Gregor Murray at Forfar c

Sally Yates US Acting Attorney General Sally Yates has been sacked by US President Donald Trump after refusing to defend a controversial executive order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority countries.

Entries for the Scottish Paralegal Association "paralegal of the year" award are still open. Applications will be accepted until 28 February, 2017.

Two Burger King employees have been arrested after telling their bosses whoppers and using their drive-through restaurant as a front for a drug-dealing operation. Customers would call the burger joint and ask for ‘extra crispy’ fries to request a narcotic extra with their order to make their dou

Yvette Cooper A Westminster report has described the state of some asylum accommodation provided by UK government contractors as a "disgrace" and "shameful".

Chris Mackay The Scottish government has issued “A Consultation on the Long Term Management of the Crown Estate in Scotland". In April 2017 Scottish Crown estates assets will be transferred to a new interim body. Chris Mackay looks at what this will mean for our ports and harbours.

Nik Madan Tuesday 31 January 2017 marks a year to go until the Letting Agent Code of Practice comes into force in Scotland.

A drug dealer who was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment and ordered to forfeit his vehicle after admitting being concerned in the supply of ecstasy has successfully appealed against the forfeiture of the car described as his “pride and joy”. The Criminal Appeal Court ruled that the sheriff�