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Edinburgh’s house price growth is inevitable due to its unique circumstances according to a leading property firm. DJ Alexander Ltd, which is the largest lettings and estate agency in Scotland, said that over the last decade Scotland’s capital has benefitted from double digit population

TLT has announced another year of strong financial results with 12 per cent year-on-year increase in turnover for 2023/2024. Annual revenue at the firm is up to £174m from £157m in 2022/2023. Results for 2023/2024 were recorded over an 11-month period and subsequently annualised after T

A woman who embezzled thousands of pounds from her dementia-stricken mother has been imprisoned for two years and three months. Hayley Matthews, 44, of Edinburgh, embarked on a lavish spending spree after stealing £120,000 from her mother’s bank accounts between September 2019

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Activists condemn shooting of pro-independence lawyer in West Papua | The National

Law experts from Scotland and the USA will discuss topics from gun violence and policing to surveillance and forensics with the next generation of legal minds this month as a popular transatlantic summer school returns to Aberdeen.

A postman is facing criminal charges after being caught with 13,000 undelivered letters in his garage. Police swooped on the home of the postal worker in the French town of Isle-d'abeau, near Lyon, following a tip-off from his disgruntled wife.

EU member states have made progress in addressing rule of law issues over the past year, according to the European Commission's latest annual rule of law report. More than two-thirds (68 per cent) of the recommendations issued in the 2023 report have been fully or partially addressed, the report say

Kate Barton has been elected as the next global CEO of Dentons. She will join Dentons from EY, where she has had a distinguished 35-year career in a variety of executive leadership roles, most recently as global vice chair. She will succeed Elliott Portnoy.

Vini Cowden, an energy specialist lawyer focused on electricity transmission, carbon capture and storage, and offshore wind, has become the latest partner to join CMS’s Aberdeen office. She relocates to the Granite City from Glasgow where she has been based since joining CMS in 2001.

Scottish Gaelic is in a "perilous state" according to a new report by the Scottish Parliament's Education, Children and Young People Committee. The report details reservations about the practical impact of the Scottish Languages Bill, which aims to support Scotland's indigenous languages. The commit

The Law Society of Scotland’s annual risk management competition is turning its focus to solutions based on technology and artificial intelligence (AI). Entries for the 2024 Innovation Cup are now open. Scottish solicitors, paralegals, trainees, other staff working in a legal team or firm, and

The Scottish Sentencing Council is seeking views on draft sentencing guidelines for rape offences. A public consultation on the proposed guidelines launches today and people from all backgrounds, legal or otherwise, are being urged to offer their views to help ensure that the guidelines are fit for

Deaths in custody, segregation and mental health are among the areas of concern in prisons and forensic mental health settings in Scotland, according to a new report. The Scottish Human Rights Commission and UK National Preventive Mechanism joint report concludes that little progress has been made a

Germany has objected to Turkish efforts to impose rules across the EU on what can and can't be called a doner kebab. Turkey is trying to secure 'traditional speciality guaranteed' status for doner, strictly defining it as beef and lamb horizontally sliced into cutlets with a thickness of 3-5mm, or c

NHS Borders has been reprimanded by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after the parents of a premature baby who died at five days found out that the data that monitored his heartbeat before birth had been sent via WhatsApp to the on-call NHS consultant. The parents spoke of how