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A company has admitted health and safety failings which resulted in the death of a six year-old boy who was found unconscious in a swimming pool in Arbroath. Loch Earn Caravan Parks Limited, which owns the Seafront Leisure Centre and the Red Lion Holiday Park, was fined £234,000 at Forfar Sheriff C

George Frier Shepherd and Wedderburn acted for Scottish Sea Farms (SSF), one of Scotland’s leading salmon producers, in its recent acquisition of a development site for a new freshwater fish facility near Oban.

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Petra Grunenberg Blackadders LLP has announced that partner and head of the rural land & business division, Petra Grunenberg, has been awarded accreditation in agricultural law.

Nicola Sturgeon Scotland is set to bring forward legislation intended to tackle child poverty for the first time in its history, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced.

Large numbers of files that were due to be released have been withheld from the latest batch of files from the National Archives, despite promises that restrictions on many documents would be lifted. Documents on “Mark Thatcher and the Omanis”, relations with the Soviet Union, Anglo-Irish negoti

Compass Chambers is proud to support young Scottish triathletes by providing funding to the Triathlon Scotland East Region Hub. The aim and ethos of the regional youth hubs are to provide access for young triathletes in regional areas to come together and receive additional coaching in a supported e

Scottish Ensemble, the UK’s leading string orchestra, will perform a concert on Skye this Friday 22 July with generous support from Inksters Solicitors.

A man seeking damages from the estate of his late mother-in-law on the basis that she failed to honour an oral agreement that she would leave her house to him in her will has lost his legal bid after his brother-in-law won an appeal. Allowing the appeal by the woman’s son and executor, judges in t

A man who retained money given to him under a contract for an illegal purpose has had his appeal – that illegality prevents the operation of the unjust enrichment rules – dismissed by judges in the Supreme Court. Mr Patel gave Mr Mirza £620,000 to place bets on a bank’s share prices with the

An Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has stated in an Opinion that a general obligation to retain data imposed by a member state on providers of electronic communication services may be compatible with EU law but that it is imperative that that obligation be circu

Kasra Nouroozi The first legal challenge over Brexit, focused on the question of whether the Prime Minister requires the approval of MPs to activate Article 50 and begin the process of leaving the European Union, will be heard by the High Court in London this October.

Law Society president Eilidh Wiseman has paid tribute to past president Jock Smith (John Mitchell Melvin Smith WS), who passed away last week. Ms Wiseman said: “We were very sorry to hear about the death of Law Society past president Jock Smith.

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Anderson Strathern has launched a Brexit Groupin response to client demand for scenario planning following the UK’s decision to leave the EU. The 12-strong team, led by managing partner Murray McCall, is closely tracking all the latest developments and stepping up dialogue with the UK and Scottish