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Anderson Strathern was recently reappointed as legal adviser to Crown Estate Scotland, the body that manages a wide range of assets in Scotland. Crown Estate Scotland recently announced that it expects gross revenue from 2021-22 to be approximately £26 million, due to an increase in offshore w

BBM Solicitors has announced the promotion of Ewan Hazelton to senior solicitor in its commercial litigation and insolvency team in Edinburgh and welcomes Thomas Holligan as solicitor in the same team following completion of his traineeship at BBM . The firm has also welcomed Vajiha Ali to its

The average residential property price in Scotland has increased by 92 per cent since the start of house price data from Registers of Scotland (RoS) in 2003-04. The latest statistics from Registers of Scotland’s Property Market Report 2020-21 show that the average price of a residential proper

Businesses could soon face a deluge of legal actions brought against them over greenhouse gas emissions due to advances in climate science, according to experts. In excess of 1,500 legal actions have already been initiated against fossil fuel companies which have played a major role in carbon emissi

Pinsent Masons has unveiled targets to cut absolute carbon emissions by a minimum of 50 per cent by 2030, as it continues to reduce its environmental impact. The firm’s targets, which are among the first law firm targets to be verified by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), commit to

What have a drum, a sign and a door knocker got to do with land ownership in Scotland? All is revealed in the next film in the National Museums Scotland's Collecting the Present series, which explores objects that document community buyouts in the islands of Eigg and Ulva.

A wanted man was arrested after giving police officers a fake name – which happened to be the name of another wanted man. Ernest McBride was arrested in Mexico after giving his name to police as Brian Andrews, who is wanted in Florida in connection with a fatal road traffic collision.

An appeal by the Scottish Ministers against a decision by the Lands Tribunal for Scotland to award compensation to the former owner of land acquired in order to build the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route has been refused by the Inner House of the Court of Session. The former landowne

Mark Allison has joined Westwater Advocates after calling to the bar. Mr Allison attended Glasgow University, where he obtained his LLB, diploma and a masters in criminology and criminal justice.

John Brannigan, formerly of Russells Gibson McCaffrey, has become a member of Black Chambers after being admitted to the Faculty of Advocates. Mr Brannigan called to the bar with six years’ experience in private practice during which time he appeared daily in courts across Scotland a

Jersey is to legalise assisted dying after a citizens’ jury voted in favour of a change in the law. Last week, 78 per cent of a citizens' jury that was convened on the issue said that terminally ill islanders should be able to seek help to end their life.

The High Court has ordered the UK government to pay 75 per cent of the Good Law Project's costs in its successful legal challenge against Michael Gove for the unlawful award of a contract to associates of his and Dominic Cummings at Public First.  The government had planned to ask for permissio

GTS Solutions CIC (GTS) has announced the appointment of Steven Jansch to its board. A founding partner of Gilson Gray, Mr Jansch heads up the Edinburgh firm’s insolvency department and joins the city-based social enterprise as a non-executive director.

Bob McIntosh, the Tenant Farming Commissioner, spoke at a conference on agricultural law at the beginning of June and gave a useful update of his activities and a range of issues surrounding agricultural tenancies. Hamish Lean has the details. He had received 139 inquiries from agricultural landlord

As the Bribery Act 2010 approaches its 10th birthday on 1 July, Tom Stocker explains why it is widely recognised as an excellent piece of legislation which transformed the corporate compliance landscape. The Bribery Act simplified the law of bribery by making it clear that bribery arose when a perso