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The judiciary in England and Wales has changed its web address to "reflect the constitutionally independent position of the judiciary".The website has moved from www.judiciary.gov.uk to www.judiciary.uk as of this week.In a statement, the Judicial Office said "all links to previous website

The publishers of the Daily Record have been fined £80,000 after pleading guilty to contempt of court over articles which appeared in the newspaper and on its website relating to two separate criminal proceedings. The article in relation to the accused in the first case named him and

Harper Macleod has announced the biggest ever round of promotions in its 30-year history. Forty-two solicitors in the firm have been promoted to new positions, including two new partners – Jo Nisbet and Limor Wolfe in the firm's corporate and real estate teams respectively – who take the

TLT Solicitors has announced a 10 per cent increase in fee income to hit £82m for the financial 2017/18 – the first full financial year since the launch of its new strategy to 2020. Activity levels were up across the firm's transactional, advisory and disputes services driven by new

The Director of Public Prosecutions has apologised after a review found that 47 rape or sexual offence cases were stopped because evidence had not been disclosed to the defence. Outgoing Crown Prosecution Service head, Alison Saunders, told the Commons Justice Committee that disclosure was a “

Bonar Mercer looks at a fresh consultation on proposed reforms to the limited partnerships regime. Scottish Limited Partnership (SLPs) (as well as English Limited Partnerships) are a type of business structure formed under the Limited Partnership Act 1907. Unlike English Limited Partnership, SLPs ha

Pictured (L-R): Fraser Morrison, Michelle Rae, David Beveridge, Laura Forrest and Calum Thornton

TLT has appointed Douglas Gourlay as a partner in its Glasgow office, building on the firm's national strength in banking and finance. Mr Gourlay joins TLT from national firm Weightmans, where he established the Scottish banking team and led the firm’s UK real estate finance practice. His trac

Selling prices for residential property across east central Scotland rose by 8.2 per cent on average over the past three months of March, April and May compared with the same months of spring last year, according to the latest house price report by ESPC, property experts in east central Scotland. Av

A legal battle over a tunnel collapse which halted the operation of a hydro-electric scheme is to go to the Supreme Court. The project at Glendoe was closed in August 2009, mere months after it was opened, and did not resume until August 2012.

A man found guilty of attempting to pervert the course of justice while being held on remand by phoning friends on the outside to bribe a witness not to identify him in an ID parade after he had been accused of attempted murder had his appeal against convicted rejected. The appellant argued that the

The total value of the residential sales market in Scotland from 2007-08 to 2017-18 was £161.3 billion, according to the sixth annual Registers of Scotland’s Property Market Report. Published today, the report details the trends in the Scottish land and property market from the pre-

Pictured (L-R): Carole Russell, John King and Eric Willis Conveyancing and land search specialist, Millar & Bryce, had made two senior technical appointments. 

Ampersand is delighted to confirm the date of our all day Summer Clinical Negligence conference this year will be 18th June 2018, to be held at the Raddison Blu Hotel in Edinburgh. Chaired by Douglas Ross QC the speakers and topics are:

Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) is acting for Speymalt Whisky Distributors on their newly announced distillery at Craggan, near Grantown-on-Spey.  This will become the first new malt whisky distillery to be built in the Cairngorms National Park since its creation in 2003. The multi m