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Macdonald Henderson has announced the promotion of Ryan Macready to associate director in the firm’s corporate team. Since joining the team in October 2021, he has worked with a wide range of clients from small family businesses to multinational companies in respect of a variety of corporate a

A tenant of a property in Cambuslang has been refused permission to appeal against his eviction and a payment order by the Upper Tribunal for Scotland after it found that no arguable ground of appeal had been made out. An order for eviction was made against David Hutcheson by the First-tier Tribunal

Police Scotland has been ordered to explain why it concluded that there was no crime committed in the case of a former kirk minister involved in defrauding three brothers out of £1 million. The force has been told to review its lack of action by the Police Investigations & Review Commissio

One of Scotland's central police control rooms used a fake system to manipulate response time targets – for eight years. Documents seen by the BBC show that thousands of calls to the Bilston Glen control room were allocated to a fake call sign known as DUMY.

The Supreme Court has dismissed a final appeal by the seller of an office block in Cumbernauld against a decision by HM Revenue and Customs that VAT was chargeable on the sale of the land to an unconnected company. David Moulsdale, trading as Moulsdale Properties, argued that the sale had fallen wit

A retired university scientist has been jailed 45 years after he beat his former wife to death. Christopher Harrisson, 82, was found guilty of murdering his ex-partner – fellow academic Dr Brenda Page.

A sheriff has determined that the medical treatment provided to a man who stabbed a pensioner while he was out walking his dog was not inadequate in a way that could have resulted in his death being avoided. Frank Kinnis died as a result of head injuries inflicted in the assault by David Johnstone o

A very comprehensive programme will be presented at CLT Scotland’s Elder Client Conference taking place exclusively in-person on Tuesday 7 March at the Hilton Glasgow. Sponsored by Title Research, the conference will be chaired by Blackadders’ John Kerrigan and will include topics rangin

Thanks to the benevolence of a scion of Scottish nobility and her husband nearly a century ago solicitors in need of a break from the pressures and stress of modern working life can obtain funding to enjoy a holiday in Scotland. Lady Helen Stewart-Murray was a daughter of the 7th Duke of Atholl. She

Macdonald Henderson has advised Opulus in joining forces with Wylie & Bisset and on a £10 million growth capital facility to support further expansion plans of the enlarged group provided by SME Capital. Macdonald Henderson’s advisory team was led by David Beveridge and Ryan Macready

A police force which uses local mugshots in a parody version of US game show Wheel of Fortune is facing legal action from a disgruntled winner. In the weekly "Wheel of Fugitive" video posted on social media by the force in Florida's Brevard County, the local sheriff spins a wheel with photos of what

Dallas McMillan has announced that Richard Andrew has been made a partner. He heads the firm’s residential property team and has been with Dallas McMillan since June 2021. Managing partner, David McElroy, said: “We are delighted to welcome Richard to the Partnership. Under his leadership

On Thursday 26 January, Clyde & Co hosted more than 230 clients and colleagues at its annual Burns Night supper held in the Merchant Taylors' Hall, London.

Donald Trump has been fined almost $1 million by a judge in Florida for filing a frivolous lawsuit against Hilary Clinton and others in which he claimed they conspired to damage his reputation as part of the Russia investigation. Judge David Middlebrooks said in his judgment that Trump was "a prolif

Three former lawyers and two other men who masterminded a £1.48 million bank and property money-laundering operation have been jailed for a total of 30 years and four months. Solicitors Iain Robertson, Alastair Blackwood and David Lyons along with Mohammed Aziz and Robert Ferguson, were handed