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Twenty-three new King’s Counsel have been appointed by His Majesty The King on the recommendation of First Minister John Swinney. The new King’s Counsel appointees are: Desmond Cheyne, Marie Clark, Colin Edward, Edith Forrest, William Frain-Bell, Scott McAlpine, Ross McClelland, James Mc

Acre, a mortgage intermediaries platform, is launching a Scottish conveyancing panel with Smoove. The collaboration between Acre and conveyancing platform Smoove will give brokers and homeowners access to a panel of 10 firms.

Terra Firma Chambers has announced that William Frain-Bell has been appointed King’s Counsel by His Majesty The King on the recommendation of First Minister John Swinney. Bill called to the bar in Scotland in 1999 before calling to the English bar in 2000. He has acted as counsel in a broad ra

Sweden's self-declared "Queen of Trash" is facing the country's biggest-ever environmental crime prosecution. Bella Nilsson, chief executive of now-defunct waste management business NMT Think Pink, is accused along with 11 others of dumping or burying 200,000 tonnes of waste between 2015 and 2020, t

A former Dundee solicitor has been ordered to pay a woman £4,000 in compensation after being struck off earlier this year. Alan Baillie, 66, was ordered to pay Lorraine Ludman in the wake of a case over a land ownership dispute in Argyll.

BTO LLP has welcomed its latest trainees.

With weeks to go before new legal obligations are imposed on employers to take “reasonable steps” to prevent the sexual harassment of employees through the Worker Protection Act 2023, HR teams are being urged to prepare for the changes. Employment law specialists at Aberdein Considine wi

Martin Griffiths OBE, the former UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, gave the keynote address at this year’s Scottish Global Dialogues at the Signet Library. Scottish Global Dialogues is a joint initiative of Beyond Borders Scotland and the WS Society, which brings a speaker o

An electrician who admitted secretly filming more than a dozen people in private situations over the course of a decade has been jailed. James Denholm, 34, pleaded guilty to multiple charges including voyeurism and stalking at Aberdeen Sheriff Court on July 22.

Holiday park operator Pontins has apologised for discriminating against Irish Travellers as it begins to implement an action plan developed with Britain's equality watchdog. In February, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) published an investigation into Pontins and served the company wi

Brodies LLP has announced the appointment of banking and finance partner James Wilson to the firm. Mr Wilson has spent more than two decades in practice, having worked in London, Brussels and Sydney, with clients in the US, Australia, Malaysia, China, Indonesia and the UK. He has extensive experienc

Sixty-nine per cent of adults in Scotland either do not have a will or have one that is out of date, a national will-writing charity has revealed.

The average selling price of property in Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders was £287,488 in June-August 2024, an annual increase of 2.3 per cent, ESPC reports.

The UK government has suspended around 30 out of some 350 arms export licences for military equipment to Israel. A review commissioned by foreign secretary David Lammy is said to have concluded that the items – which include components of "fighter aircraft, helicopters and drones as well as it

A local council in South Korea is offering cash incentives to young people who strike up a relationship following a local matchmaking event. Busan's Saha district office is offering 1 million won (around €675 or £570) to any couples that form after a mass blind-dating event to be hosted b