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Sex offence rates in Glasgow have declined by 22.5 per cent in the nine months to December 31, 2019, according to police figures. The number of such crimes recorded in the division dropped from 837 to 648 as compared with the same period in the preceding year.

A building warrant has been lodged to demolish the fire-ravaged building that housed the office of Lefevre Litigation in Aberdeen. The blaze on December 23 last year caused “significant structural damage” to the building on Carden Place that also housed restaurant Valentino&rsq

A new review has been launched into claims by two businessmen that the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) nearly drove them to bankruptcy. The allegations, which have been staunchly denied by RBS focus on the bank's now-inoperative Global Restructuring Group (GRG), which was found to have mistreated thous

HMRC is homing in on inheritance tax avoidance by wealthy families through the creation of a secret unit which will investigate the ways in which investment companies are used to reduce bills. HMRC established a team in April last year, to investigate the use of family investment companies (FICs) am

A 52 year-old man from Glasgow has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment for causing the death of a 45 year-old man after attacking him in a bar. Thomas Allan, of Govan, was sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh after he pled guilty to causing the death of Jason Haig. He struck Mr Haig with

A number of the Faculty of Advocates’ devils have been speaking to students about the process of joining the Scots bar. Aspiring advocates often seek answers to their questions about life at the Faculty, and who better to offer guidance than those currently undergoing the internationally-recog

A human rights expert has paid a visit to New College Lanarkshire to share his experiences with students. Organised by the Faculty of Business, Social Science and Sport, Professor Nils Melzer visited the College’s Coatbridge Campus to offer unique insights into his career to an audience of ove

Top musical talent from across Scotland’s legal profession have signed up to take part in the first ’Lex Factor’ battle of the bands. Six bands from some of Scotland’s best-known law firms, the Law Society of Scotland and the Faculty of Advocates, will take to the stage to co

A teacher has been arrested after he was caught telling students to append a bribe to their exam papers. The class 10 and 12 exams have begun in India and herald the country's annual 'cheating season', The Times reports.

A Scots lawyer who acted on behalf of a woman who was seeking to buy her estranged husband’s share in their former matrimonial home so she could remain in the property with her children, while also acting for the woman’s new partner who had agreed to fund the purchase and let the propert

The Scottish government has said it will seek the UK government’s support in obtaining the full US Senate torture report, in order to establish what role Scottish airports played in CIA rendition flights. So far, only the redacted 525-page Executive Summary of the 6,700 page report has be

Pictured (L-R): Thorntons' chairman Colin Graham, Catriona Miller and Murray Etherington Thorntons has appointed Catriona Miller as a partner in its Edinburgh private client team based at Citypoint, Haymarket.

Fraser Irvine Sheriff Officers LLP has announced the appointment of Joy McLaughlin as a consultant to the firm. Ms McLaughlin was formerly a partner in Scott & Co (Scotland) LLP.

The Employment Tribunal office in Glasgow may introduce evening sittings to deal with the high volume of cases. The abolition of Employment Tribunal fees has led to an increase in cases across the country.

Katherine Metcalfe compares building safety regulations north and south of the border. The UK government announced last month that a new building safety regulator for England, under the auspices of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), will be formed as part of a package of measures to improve high