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Andrew Kerr Harper Macleod has boosted its real estate team with the arrival of a new associate to its Inverness office.

Liam Kerr The overwhelming majority of bicycle thefts in Scotland go unsolved, new figures have shown.

Pictured (L-R): Rebecca Ellwood, Macnabs; Sharon Connolly, Macnabs; Gillian Ralph, head of property, Macnabs; Crawford Allan, Macnabs; Brian McCulley, Next Home; John Greener, Next Home; Pam Lindsay, CATH; Blair MacDonald, Macnabs; Ron Wallace Hogg, CATH

An angling group has won a legal battle to sue Scottish Water over a spillage of high-purity acid into a river following an appeal. Devon Angling Association raised an action seeking damages after 12,000 litres of 96 per cent concentrated sulphuric acid leaked into the River Devon from a tank at Sco

An anonymous barrister's book about the state of the criminal justice system will be sent to all 650 MPs in the House of Commons. The Criminal Bar Association (CBA) and Young Legal Aid Lawyers (YLAL) raised over £10,000 through an online crowdfunding campaign to pay for 650 copies of The Secret Bar

Holyrood’s Justice Committee is calling for views on the legislation that brought Police Scotland and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service into being ahead of post-legislative scrutiny of the law. The committee will scrutinise the Police and Fire Reform Act, one of the most significant pieces of l

Jennifer Henderson 1 April was the official first day for the new Keeper of the Registers of Scotland, Jennifer Henderson, She succeeds Sheenagh Adams, who held the post since 2009. To mark the occasion, RoS looked closer at the role of the Keeper, and picked out five things you might not know about

The Eurodevils with Charles Mullin of the ELA (back row left), and Ximena Vengoechea (back row right).

Charlie Milne Scottish Legal News is saddened to report the untimely death of former solicitor Charlie Milne who has died suddenly at the age of 63 while cycling in Spain.

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Lorna Jack The Law Society of Scotland has reported a median pay gap between men and women at the organisation of 21 per cent in favour of men.

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Charles July Dentonshas advised Tenaga Nasional Berhad("TNB") on the refinancing of the UK-based wind portfolio acquired by TNB's wholly owned subsidiary, Tenaga Wind Ventures UK Ltd. The refinancing represents the first-ever overseas non-recourse project financing that TNB has undertaken.

A man who was sentenced to five-and-a-half months’ imprisonment for assaulting his wife with one month attributed to a breach of a Community Payback Order (CPO) has had his sentenced reduced after appeal sheriffs ruled that the sheriff’s approach was “fundamentally flawed”. The Sheriff Appea

Pictured (L-R): Calum MacNeill QC, Liam McConnell QC and Lord Neuberger