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Solicitor Katherine Durie has been appointed as vice chair of the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) Scotland. Ms Durie, European legal counsel at Baxters Food Group, will work alongside new chair James Macsween, managing director at Macsween of Edinburgh, to support Scotland's food and drink manufactu

Five men and two women have been jailed for serious sexual abuse of children in the Glasgow area. Iain Owens, 46; Elaine Lannery, 40; Scott Forbes, 51; Barry Watson, 48; Lesley Ann Williams, 43; Paul Brannan, 42, and John Clark, 49 were all given an order for lifelong restriction when they appeared

China's first corgi police dog has become a social media hit – despite his frequent misbehaviour. The police force in Weifang, in China's eastern Shandong province, has just marked one year since Fu Zai joined the team as a reserve bomb-detector dog.

Burges Salmon has announced that Ross Fairley will be succeeding Chris Seaton as the firm’s senior partner, effective from 1 May. Roger Bull, Burges Salmon’s managing partner, said: “We are delighted to announce the appointment of Ross as our new senior partner. Ross’s extens

An inquiry into the malicious prosecution scandal should not be led by a judge from outside of Scotland, unless "somebody is accusing the judicial system of some kind of corruption", outgoing Lord President, Lord Carloway, has said. Speaking to STV News, the judge said that an inquiry, which was was

European consumer watchdogs have accused Meta of continuing to breach EU law with its "pay-or-consent" policy. Meta first introduced a pay-or-consent model in November 2023, offering EU users of Facebook and Instagram the option of either paying a monthly fee to use ad-free versions of the social ne

One of Dundee's best-known solicitors, John Muir, has announced his retirement. Mr Muir, 66, was a founder and senior partner of MML Law based in Dundee's West Bell St. He practised law in the city for nearly 40 years.

Treasury solicitor and permanent secretary of the Government Legal Department, Susanna McGibbon, visited Edinburgh Law School last week.

Angus Foster KC has died peacefully at home, surrounded by his family, after many years of chronic illness. After completing a degree in history at Cambridge in 1971, he read law at the University of Edinburgh, with a desire to practise as an advocate. He devilled to Lord Hope and was called to the

A sheriff has raised concerns over the circumstances of nursery teacher Chloe Morrison's death on the A82 in the Highlands. Ms Morrison, 26, was struck and killed on 25 October 2019 near Drumnadrochit when a steel beam from a lorry's extended stabiliser leg swung out while she walked along a pavemen

An award-winning board game inspired by Sicily's mafia wars has sparked outrage in Italy. Originally developed in Germany, La Famiglia: The Great Mafia War has now been released in Italy, where it has provoked a backlash among the families of mafia victims, The Guardian reports.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has been asked to issue arrest warrants against senior Taliban leaders for the crime against humanity of persecution on gender grounds. Prosecutor Karim Khan KC has filed applications for warrants of arrest in respect of the Taliban's "supreme leader", Haibatul

Macdonald Henderson has co-advised with global law firm Stephenson Harwood on Edinburgh-based 2i Testing’s acquisition of nFocus, the UK’s longest established testing consultancy. The acquisition follows London-based private equity firm Rockpool’s eight-figure investment in 2i last

DWF, which has offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh, advised on 200 deals in 2024, with a combined deal value of more than £5 billion. In deal value terms, TMT transactions stood out as the highest value area for the team, with notable highlights such as advising Calibre Scientific on a number of

Caoimhe Hunter Blair, a solicitor at Brodies LLP, has been appointed to the 2025 Next Generation Media Lawyers Committee.  A solicitor in the regulation, government, and compliance team at Brodies LLP, she specialises in dispute resolution & risk. She is experienced across regulatory and pu