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The average property price in Scotland in June 2023 remained steady at £189,000 compared to June 2022, according to recent data from the UK House Price Index (HPI).

An upcoming ban on the installation of gas and oil boilers in new buildings in Scotland has prompted a construction lawyer to urge contractors to consider the implications when pricing projects or agreeing to completion dates. Andrew Boccoli, a director in the commercial property department at

Susan Bird has been promoted to partner at Munro & Noble. Ms Bird joined the firm as an associate in October 2021 with an impressive background in conveyancing.

Freeths has appointed Gary Georgeson as a legal director in its real estate team following its launch in Scotland. Joining from CMS, Mr Georgeson has over 17 years’ experience in the commercial property sector advising on all aspects of real estate matters, but with a particular emphasis

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have urged the Scottish government to protect the policing budget and enhance community policing after it was revealed that 57 per cent of all car thefts during 2021/22 did not result in criminal proceedings. A Scottish Liberal Democrat freedom of information request h

A restaurant has come under fire for charging diners €20 to slice a birthday cake brought from home. The disgruntled group had already spent €124 (around £106) on pizza in the restaurant in Sicily before asking a waiter to slice their cake.

Keir Starmer is under pressure to stand up for the legal community following the UK government's remarks about “lefty lawyers”. The news comes amidst growing concerns about the wellbeing of immigration solicitor Jacqueline McKenzie, who has become the object of a “targeted campaign

Law Society of Scotland president Sheila Webster has offered her congratulations to 18 new sheriffs appointed on the recommendation of the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland. She said: “Congratulations to this worthy group who will be stepping up as full-time sheriffs from next month. I&

Both the Civil Online Portal and Solicitors API will be unavailable to users from 8am on Saturday 19 August. They should be back up and running no later than 7am on Monday 21 August, to allow essential testing to be carried out on the systems.

UK government schemes to relocate Afghans to Britain are failing, according to a new report from JUSTICE. The publication of Reforming the Afghanistan Resettlement Schemes: the way forward for ARAP and ACRS marks the two-year anniversary of the fall of Kabul and the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.

Kee Solicitors has welcomed Dean Gallacher to to its team as a family and civil solicitor. Mr Gallacher graduated from the University of Glasgow with an LLB and the diploma before completing his traineeship in 2022.

Proposals to introduce electronic tracking and monitoring technology for small fishing vessels will be consulted on as part of package of new fisheries measures. The consultation proposes that vessel tracking devices will be required by Scottish commercial fishing vessels under 12 metres in length w

Advocate and barrister Alan Inglis has passed away at the age of 66. A member of Arnot Manderson Advocates and 4PB, Mr Inglis was a highly experienced family lawyer and the only specialist family counsel to practise in both Scotland and in England and Wales. He appeared in most of the landmark cases

A man who tried to smuggle controlled drugs worth thousands of pounds into Scotland disguised as pet food has been jailed for four years and two months. Packages addressed to Toby Bishop, 21, of Glenogil, Angus, were sent from Germany and declared as cat food. But when UK Border force officers inspe

The corporate group at Burges Salmon has advised Cytomos, an Edinburgh-based life science company, on a £4m funding package to support the development of cell analysis solutions for the biopharma industry and fast-track novel therapies to market. The investment round was led by existing invest