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Grantown-on-Spey & Vicinity Community Council has been successful in opposition to an application made by Highland Council at Inverness Sheriff Court to have the court approve a scheme which would have allowed the council to apply compulsory charges for community events held on The Square, Grant

At the recent annual conference of the International Academy of Mediators (IAM) John Sturrock KC was elected to the board of governors of the IAM.  The board consists of members from around the globe, including Singapore, India, Hong Kong, England, the US, Canada, Kenya, Israel and France. 

The Scottish Law Commission is holding a hybrid conference on Friday at Edinburgh Law School to mark its 60th anniversary. Entitled “Law Reform: Shaping Society”, the conference is a unique and timely opportunity to critically reflect on the value and challenges of law reform including t

A local newspaper has successfully defended a lawsuit brought by a father who complained that it had failed to cover his son's high school basketball games. Vermont man Robert Lafayette sued the Burlington Free Press and two of its journalists, alleging that its coverage of high school sports was no

Slater and Gordon is helping a charity for people with cerebral palsy in Scotland. Cerebral Palsy Scotland works with children, adults and whole families across the country to help them build skills, knowledge, confidence and relationships, enabling them to overcome barriers that may exist as a resu

A new book takes a look at the intellectual life of the late Neil MacCormick, a towering figure in legal philosophy. Professor MacCormick (1941–2009) was one of the twentieth century's most important legal philosophers and one of Scotland's most influential public intellectuals.

Ahead of a members’ business debate at Holyrood, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has urged John Swinney to grant the Fornethy House abuse survivors access to the Redress compensation scheme. The Scottish government’s Redress Scheme pays out up to £100,000 an

Peter Krykant, the harm reduction campaigner who paved the way for the establishment of the UK's first safer drug consumption facility, has suddenly died at the age of 48. Mr Krykant made headlines around the world when he refitted a van – and later an old ambulance – into a mobile "over

The number of families estates in Edinburgh and Glasgow subject to inheritance tax (IHT) is set to rise sharply by the end of 2026/27, according to a new report by Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie and Irwin Mitchell. The findings are based on a freedom of information request to HMRC and form part of

Thorntons has announced that its former chair, Colin Graham, is stepping down as a partner after more than four decades with the Dundee-headquartered business. Mr Graham, 64, joined Thornton, Dickie and Brand as they then were in 1984 and was appointed partner four years later at the age of 27 to Th

A law firm in Kirkcudbright has raised £2,730 by participating in Will Aid. Cavers & Co has been a proud supporter of Will Aid since 2004, raising a grand total of £21,985.

Blackadders LLP has donated £16,000 to the Scottish music charity Sistema Scotland’s Big Noise project after a year of fundraising. The firm adopted Sistema as its charity of the year and match funded fundraising efforts by employees.

The difficulties with quantifying past and future lost career and earnings will be examined at CLT Scotland’s Family Conference taking place online on Monday 16 June. Lucia Clark from Morton Fraser MacRoberts will examine the impact of recent caselaw, while Dr Daniel Carter from Keith Carter a

A Twix advert has been banned in the UK for encouraging dangerous driving. The minute-long advert shows a race between two cars, one of which tumbles down a cliff and lands upside down on the other, becoming joined sunroof to sunroof.

Denovo has formed a strategic partnership with First Scottish Search Services, Scotland's leading provider of property searches, to revolutionise the conveyancing process. This integration with Denovo’s CaseLoad case management platform streamlines property search orders, reducing administrati