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Scottish property prices are rising at their fastest rate in three years and have soared to record levels in two parts of the country. The average price of a home rose to £166,075 during the first quarter of the year – up almost £11,000 on the same time last year, according to inde

Brexit is threatening the Sewel convention "almost to destruction", according to one academic. Writing in The Herald today, Aileen McHarg, professor of public law at Strathclyde University, said that the UK government had not explained its breach of the Sewel convention in the Commons last week &nda

Morton Fraser has pointed to its investment in talent as the foundation for 60 per cent revenue growth over the last five years. The firm has increased revenues by nine per cent year-on-year, topping the £20 million threshold for annual billings for the first time in its history (£21.7m)

Pinsent Masons today revealed its unaudited results for 2017-18 which shows global turnover increased by six per cent to £449.8 million. Fees billed rose by 10 per cent on the previous year and in the last five years turnover has increased by more than 40 per cent while profit growth has risen

Online voting is now open to elect the Law Society of Scotland Council member for Dingwall, Dornoch, Elgin, Inverness, Kirkwall, Lerwick, Lochmaddy, Portree, Stornoway, Tain and Wick. Four solicitors are competing for the second seat representing solicitors in the highlands and islands constituency,

This was the question that the presenters of Edinburgh Law Seminars’ Contract Law Update 2018 answered in the annual roadshows which took place in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and the Western Isles last month. The sessions considered developments in the law in both Scotland and England. Issues

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With Scotland’s new tribunals structure now progressively coming into operation, lawyers and other interested parties might do well to start updating their internet browser favourites so as to keep up to date with the latest news, write Mitchell Skilling and Douglas Bain. The First-tier T

Harper Macleod has advised a community in Sutherland on the purchase of a historic crofting estate in West Helmsdale. Garbh Allt Community Initiative Estate bought out the Sutherland Estates' crofting townships of Portgower, Gartymore, West Helmsdale and Marrel – some 3,000 acres, in May of th

Terra Firma Chambers has announced that Ewen Brown has joined the stable having called to the bar today. Prior to calling, Mr Brown was a solicitor in private practice for 20 years. He became a partner in McClure Naismith in 1999 and from 2008 until 2015 was head of the firm’s dispute res

Each time I get to my feet in court, no matter the type of case, the last thing on my mind is the possibility I might be in danger, other than perhaps from a few withering comments from the bench of course! In Scotland, lawyers are fortunate that, when we take up the challenge of defending human rig

A Holyrood committee is seeking views on issues including parking on the pavement, double parking, management of bus services and regulation of road works. The Scottish Parliament's Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee is running a survey to gather the views of individuals and organisations on t

Shepherd and Wedderburn has reported record revenues and profits on the day it celebrates its 250th anniversary. The firm’s revenues rose six per cent to £53.5 million in its financial year to 30 April 2018, and profits before partner distributions increased ten per cent to £22m ov

A new paper proposes using a Roman remedy to give victims of revenge porn redress in the civil sphere. Jonathan Brown, a law lecturer at Robert Gordon University, suggests that revenge porn should be actionable as iniuria in Scots law.

The number of people in Scotland handed warrants for failing to pay council tax has risen by almost 40 per cent in the last five years, according to new figures obtained by Scottish Labour. A summary warrant is issued by sheriff officers at the point that a person has failed to respond to the counci