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Gillespie Macandrew has invested in its business through a number of significant promotions and hires over the last 12 months. As part of its overall recruitment since May 2018, the firm has added to its senior leadership team with the promotion of two new partners: Chris Gibson in the corporate tea

A customer at a Mexican fast food chain called the police after being informed they were out of taco shells. Although police agreed that the lack of both hard and soft taco shells was "truly a travesty", they said it was out of their control.

A man accused of inducing a 14-year-old American girl to send him naked pictures of herself and enticing her to carry out sexual acts over the internet will not be extradited from Scotland to the United States. The Extradition Court in Edinburgh ruled that the extradition of the “req

The Lord President, Lord Carloway is to be questioned over demands to establish a judicial register of interests. Politicians on Holyrood's Justice Committee will question Scotland's most senior judge amid concerns over how little is known to the Scottish public about the external interests of the j

The latest quarterly house price statistics from the Registers of Scotland (ROS), covering the period from 1st January to 31st March 2019, revealed the average selling price in Scotland was £174,317, a 0.3 per cent decrease on the same period last year. Sales volume was up 3.7 per cent year-on

The UK government would do well to replicate the American approach to anti-bribery guidance, writes Tom Stocker. Earlier this month the UK government published a response to the findings of a review of the Bribery Act 2010 by a House of Lords Select Committee. The response provided an insight into t

Two cornerstones of the land and rural business law team at Thorntons in Arbroath have retired following a combined  82 years’ service. Partner George Dunlop and associate David Dundas each marked their retirement from Thorntons this month.

Alisdair Matheson, an insurance and risk partner with Brodies LLP, has been appointed president of the Insurance & Actuarial Society of Glasgow (IASG) – the first lawyer to take up the position in the body's 138-year history. The IASG is a training, mentoring and support network for profes

Julie Hamilton comments on the role of the expert witness in the wake of a recent case south of the border. The recent, high profile collapse of a multimillion pound fraud trial in London highlights the importance of expert evidence. The role of an expert witness should be to provide the court with

Brodies LLP has been appointed to advise hub South East Scotland Limited on a number of primary and secondary school projects in East Lothian, West Lothian and Edinburgh. Brodies’ infrastructure team, which includes experts in infrastructure, procurement, finance and construction, will work wi

A criminal investigation into two Northern Ireland journalists who won a judicial review in connection with police raids on their homes and office has been dropped. Journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey were arrested and questioned by police in August 2018, shortly after the release of their

Advocacy skills training will have a truly international flavour this week at a special course organised by the Faculty of Advocates.

BTO Solicitors LLP is sponsoring an exhibition featuring works of art from the public collection owned by charity Art in Healthcare. Presented as part of the Connect with Nature Festival at Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, this exciting exhibition presents a selection of work from t

Authorities in Uganda have cracked down on the consumption and sale of alcohol in plastic sachets as a public health measure. The government ban was introduced two years ago, but small packets of spirits were still common in the African country until 1 June.

A motorist accused of speeding who claimed that a notice of intended prosecution was invalid because it bore a digital signature of the former chief constable has had his appeal rejected. John Scrymgeour-Wedderburn challenged the competency of the prosecution on the basis that the notice includ