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Davidson Chalmers Stewart has announced Henrietta Talbot as its latest partner.  Based in Moray, she joined the firm in 2022 as a director where she has worked with a broad spectrum of business clients, from land and estates engaging in rural diversification, through to substantial corporate bu

A new online platform aims to change how research and insights on community landownership are shared. The new website has been launched to provide a central hub for research and knowledge-sharing on community landownership, addressing longstanding issues of fragmented research and limited accessibil

I read with interest the article on the Scottish Law Agents Society survey run by Darren Murdoch. I will not be responding as I have not been in practice for almost 30 years – an era when regulation was a very different thing – and came off the roll over a decade ago. No locus? No skin i

The Scottish Legal Aid Board's Client Legal Services (CLS) Directorate has welcomed three trainee solicitors who will be the first to undertake a new traineeship in both civil and criminal law. The trio, Michael Addley, Taylor May and Rebecca Tennant, join Christina Cummings, who began her traineesh

The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association has announced that SYLA Football is back again this year thanks to the sponsorship of Nelson James Sheriff Officers. Location: EdinburghWhen: every Tuesday eveningTime: 8:00 PMFormat: five- or six-a-side

Kevin Kane has been named as the new chief executive of Shared Parenting Scotland. Mr Kane takes up the post after nearly six years as head of policy and research at YouthLink Scotland. Before that he was policy and research lead at Victim Support Scotland. He is also volunteer director and company

Lord Beckett is to succeed Lady Dorrian as lord justice clerk.  In his new role he will also hold the office of president of the Second Division of the Inner House and chair of the Scottish Sentencing Council.

Data protection watchdogs across Europe have begun scrutinising the new Chinese AI chatbot, DeepSeek. DeepSeek rocked the AI world after it was claimed to have been developed at the fraction of the cost of OpenAI's ChatGPT – while also being able to run on far less powerful hardware.

Meta is to pay $25 million to US president Donald Trump to settle his lawsuit against the suspension of his Facebook and Instagram accounts after his supporters stormed the US Capitol building in 2021. The settlement agreement, which does not include any admission of liability by Meta, was signed by

The malicious prosecution scandal bill has reached £53 million, according to the latest figures. The Crown Office, which pursued seven individuals linked to the takeover of Rangers FC a decade ago, told the Daily Record that the failed prosecutions were "regrettable".

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A woman has been found guilty of a criminal offence after repeatedly sending "fart selfies" to her boyfriend's ex. Welsh woman Rhiannon Evans, 25, sent the videos – in which she smirked at the camera before moving it to her bottom and passing gas – throughout the festive period.

A rapist found guilty of sexually abusing two young children has had his prison sentence increased following a successful appeal by the Crown. Ryan Brown, 36, was jailed for seven years at the High Court in Glasgow on 11 July 2024 after being convicted of two charges the previous month.

The installation of Scotland’s new lord president is to be livestreamed from the Court of Session.  Lord Pentland will be sworn in as head of the Scottish judiciary on Monday, with the ceremony available to watch live on the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service website from 10am.

A major milestone has been achieved on the Inner Hebrides island of Colonsay with the completion of nine affordable homes at Scalasaig. The homes, developed by the Colonsay Community Development Company (CCDC), aim to tackle the critical shortage of housing on the island while supporting the local