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ESPC has announced the launch of the third season of its popular podcast The ESPC Property Show, with the first episode launching on Thursday. Hosted by ESPC’s CEO Paul Hilton and Megan Milne, the third season of The ESPC Property Show is packed with episodes tailored to buying, selling, ownin

A man has been charged with insider trading offences after allegedly making close to $2 million by eavesdropping on his wife's work calls. US regulators say Tyler Loudon made illegal profits of $1.76 million after listening-in to calls made by his wife, an M&A manager with BP, concerning a plann

Turcan Connell chairman Alexander Garden and managing partner Gillian Crandles have been re-elected to lead the firm. Mr Garden said: "We remain dedicated to progressing the business further with our values and vision always considering the needs of our clients and important professional relationshi

Newly-opened MI5 files and research in Moscow archives has allowed SLN managing editor Graham Ogilvy to piece together the story of Bob Stewart, who worked with the Cambridge Five spy ring and acted as a Moscow agent for 30 years – even after his own son-in-law and many of his friends wer

Jacqueline Millar has joined Lawson Coull and Duncan in Dundee as an associate in the firm's private client team. After graduating in 1996, she began her career with Bowmans, where she worked between their offices in Dundee and Forfar until joining Lawson Coull & Duncan earlier this month.

A former teacher who was placed on the sex offenders register after having a relationship with a 17-year-old pupil has started a charity to help people with convictions move on with their lives. Eppie Sprung was struck off the teaching register in 2012 after it came to light she had had a sexual rel

Lawmakers in Germany have voted to approve the partial legalisation of cannabis. The legislation advanced by the country's ruling coalition was backed by 407 parliamentarians. 226 voted against the bill and only four abstained.

Trump supporters have begun crowdfunding $355 million to cover a penalty imposed on the former president by a New York court — and have raised just over $1 million so far. Judge Arthur Engoron ordered Trump to pay the eye-watering $354.8m sum in damages after finding that he and his sons fraud

A ban on the sale and supply of single-use vapes in Scotland is due to come into effect on 1 April 2025, under proposed legislation published today. The move takes forward the recommendation to ban single use vapes from a consultation on ‘Creating a Smokefree Generation and Tackling Youth Vapi

Belgium has become the first country in Europe to criminalise ecocide on a national and international level. A new penal code backed by Belgium's federal parliament yesterday provides for imprisonment of up to 20 years for individuals guilty of ecocide, and fines of up to €1.6 million for corpo

New laws on regulating the Scottish legal sector can be strengthened further to better protect the public, the Law Society of Scotland has said. A majority of MSPs voted today to agree to the principles of the Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) following the bill's stage one debate in the Scott

Westminster's Joint Committee on Human Rights has announced that it will visit Rwanda to inform its work into the human rights implications of the UK’s asylum strategy.

Transgender High Court judge Master Victoria McCloud has resigned as she fears that she risks making the judiciary political if she remains on the bench, The Times reports. Master McCloud, 54, told the senior judiciary she was quitting because “I am now political every time I choose where to p

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Detained Saudi activist 'cut off' from family contact

The UK has said it will withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) in a move welcomed by climate campaigners who say the treaty is an obstacle to climate action. Signed in 1994, the ECT was designed to promote international investment in the energy sector, historically providing protections for i