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In 1787 Robert Burns met the woman who may have been the great love of his life. Her name was Agnes Maclehose and she was already married, though separated, ensuring that this liaison would be scandalous in all respects.

CMS is to host an event later this month to support Scotland’s food and drink sector to develop and safeguard their brand’s intellectual property (IP). Led by CMS partner and IP specialist Neeraj Thomas and fellow IP specialist Cara McGlynn, the free-to-attend seminar will be of interest

Blackadders LLP is to move to a new Dundee office in the heart of the city centre. The law firm and wealth management firm will move to DC Thomson’s Meadowside building, leasing the first floor and a section of the ground floor from the content, technology and investments business. Blackadders

New data from researchers at the University of Birmingham raises questions about whether the public in England and Wales see juries as fair and just, particularly to racial minorities. Experts surveyed 1,000 people and found that most (61 per cent) believe that more diverse juries are fairer, yet ju

A plane was turned back halfway through a three-and-a-half hour flight after a male passenger ran naked down the aisle. The Virgin Australia flight was forced to return to Perth just an hour-and-a-half into its journey to Melbourne because of what the airline described as a "disruptive passenger", N

A law student who wrote her dissertation on intellectual property rights and the music of Taylor Swift has been profiled by the BBC. Glasgow University student Regan Caie wrote her LLB dissertation on Ms Swift's re-recorded albums and copyright law.

Karen MacGregor is to join Middleton Ross as a senior associate from 1 July 2024. Ms MacGregor has been a sole practitioner at Macmillan & Co in Alness for 20 years and her practice will close on 30 June 2024. She has decades of experience and will focus on residential conveyancing, wills and po

Holmes Mackillop's Ralph Riddiough, supported by Finlay Swan and Rachel Loose, led the firm's team in the seven-figure sale of an 80 per cent stake in Waterfront Fluid Controls to listed Indian group Jash Engineering Limited, working alongside Richard Gibson and Ellis Kerton of Armstrong Watson.

Johnston Carmichael has strengthened its governance, risk and compliance function with a senior promotion and new hire. Keith Hamilton, who joined the firm in January 2023 as legal counsel, has been promoted to general counsel. He heads up a team of three, including the firm’s recently appoint

Jacqueline Moore has been promoted to partner at Thorntons. Ms Moore joined the Thorntons employment and immigration team in February 2023 and has quickly made her mark on the firm, driving growth of the specialist team, and positively impacting individual and business clients.

Gilson Gray has announced its annual promotions. Rob McGregor has become head of estate agency at Gilson Gray’s burgeoning property division, while Callum Sutherland now leads new business and home-buying at the firm’s residential conveyancing arm.

Mackinlay & Suttie Solicitors, of Barrhead and the surrounding areas, has now become part of MM Legal. Under the new arrangement, Matt Lynch will join MM Legal as a director, bringing with him a team of five who specialise in wills, estates and succession planning and residential conveyancing. T

The Herald has published an obituary for Sheriff Gerard Considine. "Gerard Considine, who has died aged 57, was a respected lawyer who spent his entire legal career specialising in criminal defence work, latterly as a solicitor-advocate. He was also a president of the Glasgow Bar Association an

Pictured (L-R): Galina Nikolova, Gyunesh Ali, Patritsia Paneva, Stoyan Stoyanov and Tsvetka Todorova The members of an organised criminal gang which falsely claimed more than £53 million in Universal Credit in the largest benefit fraud in the UK have been jailed.

Clyde & Co has announced the promotion of Alison Tyler to partner as part of its 2024 promotions round. Ms Tyler has been with the firm since 2011, following the merger with Simpson & Marwick, where she trained. She has 15 years’ experience in representing insurer, commercial and publi