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Scotland’s property market has soared to an 11-year high ahead of Brexit, according to new research. Aberdein Considine’s quarterly Property Monitor recorded transactions worth more than £8 billion between January and June this year – the best since 2008 thanks to a bumper se

Thorntons has appointed Morgan O’Neill as its new director of data protection services – the first role of its kind in the firm. Ms O'Neill will work within the intellectual property, technology and media team across Thorntons’ Edinburgh and Dundee offices.

Solicitor Aamer Anwar, who called on protestors at an anti-racism march to “demoralise” campaigners from an Israeli lobby group with Palestinian flags, will not be punished, The Times reports. Mr Anwar will face no disciplinary proceedings for accusing the Confederation of Friends of Isr

An increasing number of English couples are travelling to tie the knot in humanist weddings north of the border, where the marriages have been legally recognised since 2005. Humanist weddings are so popular in Scotland that they are on the verge of overtaking all other wedding types this year,&

UK government officials have cast doubt on plans to abruptly end European free movement in the event of a no-deal Brexit. According to reports, Home Secretary Priti Patel wants to impose new border controls immediately after the UK leaves the EU if no agreement can be reached by the 31 October deadl

In the wake of a possible no-deal Brexit, the law surrounding consumerism could be subject to various vital changes, writes Jeremy Glen. Legislation currently governing the protection of consumers is essential in the development of the internal market. It ensures that consumers within the EU are pro

A trio of legal experts is running a seminar in Stirling on risk management this October. Douglas Mill, Brian O'Neill and Austin Lafferty will host an interactive seminar on risk management for practitioners that will look at ways to recognise, minimise and avoid risk.

Abusive postcards sent to the president of the Supreme Court of Poland last year were allegedly masterminded by judicial colleagues who supported the country's controversial judicial reforms. Polish web portal Onet.pl has published screenshots alleged to be from a WhatsApp group in which judges disc

Two law students in Aberdeen have represented a group of tenants in a four-figure dispute. Jonathan MacAulay and Amos Dahl, members of the Aberdeen Law Project (ALP), helped secure the return of a wrongfully withheld deposit through SafeDeposits Scotland's dispute resolution process.

This year’s annual Red Mass to mark the beginning of the new legal year in Scotland takes place on Sunday, 22 September 2019 at noon.

Nasa is investigating what is thought to be the first ever allegation of a crime committed in space.

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been treated for a cancerous tumour. The 86-year-old judge "tolerated treatment well" and the tumour has been "treated definitively", the court said in a statement.

Police have seized thousands of orange ecstasy tablets shaped like US President Donald Trump's head since his inauguration two years ago. The front of the bright orange tablets show the president's head with puckered lips, while the words "Great Again" are printed on the back.

The President of the UK Supreme Court, Lady Hale, and the Lord Justice Clerk, Lady Dorrian, head a stellar line-up of speakers for a special celebration by the Faculty of Advocates of 100 years of women in the law. The Faculty of Advocates is bringing together a number of eminent women who have made

A couple who challenged a Scottish local authority’s decision to refuse their application to redevelop a building for use as a hotel and guesthouse have had their appeal dismissed. The party litigants claimed that the council ought to have referred their application to the Scottish Ministers r