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Aberdein Considine has made seven appointments in Scotland. In Glasgow and Stirling, the firm welcomes Karen Wooton, senior associate; Fiona O’Donnell, associate; Rebecca White, senior solicitor and Emma Haverstock, solicitor.

The Lord Justice Clerk, Lady Dorrian, is to retire next year. Lady Dorrian has written to the King to inform him that she intends to retire in 2025 at the same time as the Lord President, Lord Carloway. She has also informed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and First Minister John Swinney.

A waste services firm has gone to court to recover £200 million from Scottish ministers over losses sustained from investing in the government's bottle recycling scheme. Dean of Faculty, Roddy Dunlop KC, is representing Biffa Waste Services Ltd in its case at the Court of Session.

Tony Lenehan KC has been elected as the new vice-dean at the Faculty of Advocates. “The Faculty of Advocates has been very fortunate to have had, as our vice-dean for the last four years, the then Ronnie Renucci KC. His tireless efforts on behalf of the criminal bar and all at Faculty –

A cheating husband is suing Apple after his wife was able to access messages he sent to sex workers but had deleted. The middle-aged English businessman deleted the texts from his iPhone, but his wife stumbled across them on the family iMac and subsequently asked for a divorce, The Times reports.

A former director of a haulage firm has been imprisoned for 16 months over a fraud involving police escort contracts. James Campbell altered paperwork for services provided to the firm by police in Scotland and Wales and overcharged a Spanish company by £110,000 for the transportation of wind

MSPs have backed legislation that will change how the Scottish government supports farming and food production. The Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill aims to ensure the government can help farmers and crofters to produce more food more sustainably, supporting their essential role in

An early-career solicitor for a global technology company has been named the Law Society of Scotland’s 2024 In-House Rising Star. Cameron Ramage, legal counsel at Cirrus Logic, was announced as winner by Law Society of Scotland president Susan Murray yesterday.

CMS has launched a new team to support Scottish-based businesses in managing the opportunities and challenges of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. Led by Edinburgh-based partner Gordon Hay and senior associate Dr Amanda Cooke, the new Scotland ESG team draws on the depth of the firm

Gender apartheid should be recognised as a crime to close a "major gap in international law", Amnesty International has said. The human rights group said legal recognition of gender apartheid would strengthen efforts to combat institutionalised regimes of systematic oppression and domination imposed

An airline passenger pulled aside for having "strangely shaped breasts" was found to be smuggling 350 Nintendo games in her bra. Customs officials at Liantang Port — on the mainland Chinese side of the border with Hong Kong — said the woman also looked nervous and was behaving strangely.

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

Anderson Strathern has reinforced its senior team with the appointment of one partner and three directors. Michael Collins joins as a partner in the firm’s dispute resolution team, heading up the team’s contentious construction unit. He provides specialist advice and representation for c

The Scottish government has been asked to clarify why it wants to reform elections by secondary legislation. Holyrood's Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee welcomed a new bill which makes changes to how elections operate but requested answers from the Scottish government on

Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC has unveiled a plaque to mark the official opening of new office accommodation in Dundee for the city’s Crown Office staff. Around 80 COPFS staff moved into the new office, in Compass House on Riverside Drive, in March after relocating from the previous COPFS prem