Property sales fall through far less frequently in Scotland than in England, according to data showing one in four sales collapsing in England compared to around one in 12 across Scotland.
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Compass Chambers' James Hastie successfully represented defender Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Ltd at a hearing to determine the issue of expenses in the case of Mujahid Ali & Talib Hussain v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance LTD [2023] SC EDI 35. The defender sought awards of expense
Anderson Strathern has appointed three new directors. Joanna Millar, a corporate and licensing specialist, Chambers-ranked solicitor with over 25 years’ experience joins as a corporate director. She is well versed in restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, refinancing and advising family busi
Ampersand has won the Stable of the Year award at the inaugural Legal 500 Scotland Awards 2023.
The Lawscot Foundation has launched its annual Baublefest Christmas fundraising campaign and is branching out to raise additional money for disadvantaged aspiring Scottish solicitors. The charity has more than doubled its Christmas fundraising target to £5,500, and is for the first time inviti
Lindsay Jack, director of student experience at the Edinburgh Law School, has received the principal’s medal. The medals are one of the ways in which the university recognises professional services, academic staff, or students who have made outstanding contributions to the University and wider
Stephen Goldie will succeed Nick Scott as Brodies' managing partner, commencing 1 May 2024. Louise Shiels and Marion MacInnes have also been promoted as new practice area leaders for the firm's disputes and banking and finance practices respectively.
Bellwether Green and Addleshaw Goddard are the top legal advisers in the latest Experian United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland M&A Review. The YTD 2023 report details that both firms advised on 12 deals. Brodies followed with 10; DWF with nine and Pinsent Masons with eight.
An appeal against a two-year prison sentence imposed on a drug dealer who defaulted in paying a confiscation order of over £75,000 has been refused by the High Court of Justiciary. It was argued for appellant Lawrence Phee, who was already serving an 8-year sentence for the drug-related offenc
A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Geert Wilders, known for anti-Islam comments, gets 1st crack at forming Dutch government
Plans to amend the law on glorifying terrorism in the wake of the pro-Palestine marches should not be implemented as doing so would not help the police, MI5 or the probation service, the UK government’s independent reviewer of terrorism legislation has said. In a 15-page report submitted to th
A recent survey from the Trade Union Congress has found that in a poll of 1,000 women, 3 in 5 women say they have experienced harassment at work – rising to almost 2 in 3 women aged 25 to 34, writes Laura Salmond. The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill, received royal
The police in Scotland recorded 297,425 crimes in the year ending September 2023. This was three per cent higher than the 287,374 crimes recorded in the year ending September 2022, but three per cent lower than the 307,938 crimes recorded in the year ending September 2019. The recording of crime for
Aberdeen house prices fell by 0.6 per cent in the most recent quarter, with a more significant annual drop of 4.4 per cent, according to the Aberdeen Solicitors' Property Centre (ASPC).
Calls have been made for greater use of electronic monitoring for people on bail. There were 2,200 people in prison on remand awaiting trial on 1 November in Scotland – almost a third of the total number in jail. And there has been a significant increase in the time people are having to spend
