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The average price of a property in Scotland fell by more than £3,000 in December from a record high the previous month, the latest provisional statistics from the UK House Price Index (HPI) has shown. Prices in Scotland decreased by 1.8 per cent between November 2021, when they reached &p

A law professor from Scotland has helped secure a step forward in a major legal action on behalf of the last survivors of the single worst racist killing spree in American history, The Scotsman reports. Eric Miller, who studied law at Edinburgh University, is part of the legal team that represents t

The work of the independent Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry, chaired by Lady Poole, is underway, write Fiona Killen and Hazel Moffat. Its key aim is to report on lessons learned from the Covid-19 pandemic, balancing the need for a rigorous inquiry with a desire to report as soon as possible on those lesso

This year's annual UK Environmental Law Association Scottish Conference has been moved online. This will allow for easier access from all over the country, whilst saving attendees time and money.

The Scottish legal sector has welcomed 55 new solicitors to the profession at an admissions ceremony at the Signet Library in Edinburgh.

The Scottish branch of the Licensing Executives Society (LES), a global intellectual property association, has unveiled a programme of events for 2023. The programme will offer intellectual property and technology professionals, and all those with an interest in commercialising IP, the opportunity t

The number of fraud cases over £100,000 being heard in Scottish courts rose significantly last year, according to KPMG UK’s latest bi-annual Fraud Barometer. A total of 24 cases totalling £17.4m reached Scottish courts in 2022, compared to 2021, when 16 cases worth £5.9m came

Scotland’s mid-market businesses attracted a record amount of private equity during 2022, despite investment dipping across the rest of the UK, according to new analysis by KPMG UK. Over the course of the year 51 deals involving Scottish firms were completed, worth £3.5bn, reflecting a y

A former employee of the Scottish government has had her claim of harassment and victimisation on account of her race based on deliberate underpayment and unfair treatment dismissed by the Employment Tribunal. Claimant J Adegun, who was ethnically black, sought to establish that the Scottish Ministe

Gareth Tenner and Melanie Martin from Denton's Edinburgh and Glasgow offices are among 13 new partners in the firm's largest ever round of promotions in the UK, Ireland and Middle East region. In the past 12 months, the firm has welcomed 14 partner hires, to reach a total of 27 new partners for the

Following a decrease in housing demand and supply in June, Scottish house prices are forecasted to remain largely stable over the next quarter, according to the recent Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey. The survey, which collates the views of property experts,

A new report from a cross-party committee of MSPs has shown how Scottish government plans to try and control the way the legal profession operates were wrong and risked undermining the rule of law, the Law Society has said. The news comes as this week the SNP's John Swinney took lawyers because they

The average price of a property in Scotland in December 2023 reached £190,000, a 3.3 per cent year-on-year increase, according to the latest figures from the UK HPI.

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has published a report on the benefits of price transparency and clear costs. The report outlines what the SLCC sees in complaints relating to pricing and fees, what the relevant rules and guidance say, and what firms in Scotland are doing to make

Copyright of Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans Leading forensic officers are delving into a famous ‘murder’ from more than 100 years ago, in the return of a true crime podcast from the University of Dundee.