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Maria Botha-Lopez Average property prices in east central Scotland saw a year-on-year fall of a half percentage between April-June 2015, according to new figures from ESPC.

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The High Court in London has seen a decline in the number of UK litigants involved in commercial disputes over the last year, though overseas litigants account for 63 per cent of cases new research has shown. The news comes as the High Court prepares to create a new list of financial lawsuits worth

Lord Neuberger Leading figures from the worlds of law, politics and academia are preparing to defend their historical alter egos from the charge of treason next week.

The High Court in London has ruled emergency surveillance legislation introduced by the UK government last July is unlawful. A challenge brought by MPs Tom Watson and David Davis found that sections 1 and 2 of the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 (DRIPA) were incompatible with the Br

Richard Rennie, partner at Burness Paull Burness Paull has acted for developer client Dandara in a major deal with La Salle Investment Management, for the development of a 292 unit private rented sector (PRS) scheme in Aberdeen.

The next generation of workers will work very differently, writes Simon Allison. Millennial: born between 1982 and 1995, millennial is the term used to describe the next generation of workers.

A former government employee has been jailed and placed on the sex offenders register after taking surreptitious videos and photographs up women's skirts. Thomas Neil Trotter, 54, a former senior press officer in the Scottish Government, pled guilty at Edinburgh Sheriff Court to filming the genitals

Anderson Strathern’s education group was out in force at the inaugural Herald Higher Education Awards in Glasgow last night. The firm was one of the main sponsors of the event and it sponsored the "Institution of the Year" award, which was presented to the winners Glasgow University by Fiona Kille

Pictured: Bill Drummond, Managing Partner of Brodies LLP, Lord Provost of Edinburgh, the Rt Hon Donald Wilson, and Roy Sneddon visit Parliament Hall Cancer charity Maggie's is bringing its successful fundraising event, the Maggie's Culture Crawl, to Edinburgh for the first time with the support of B

A first sortie into Scotland by a charity which helps teenagers explore unexpected career paths has been voted a success, with special praise for the Faculty of Advocates. Through the Looking Glass was founded in London in 2012 by a City lawyer, Lesley Wan, and provides gifted young students from le

Prisoners who study hard while in jail could be allowed to leave early the Justice Secretary, Michael Gove has suggested. He has asked his department to look into an “earned release” system which would probably apply to the majority of the 86,000 prisoners serving fixed-term sentences and who ar

The owner of a Staffordshire cross Labrador who was found guilty under dangerous dogs legislation after her pet attacked her next door neighbour has failed in an appeal against conviction. Pauline Reid claimed that there was “insufficient corroborated evidence” that there were grounds for “a r

In its decision in the case of Nicklinson and Lamb v the United Kingdom (application nos. 2478/15 and 1787/15) the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has unanimously declared the applications inadmissible. The decision is final. The case concerned the ban under UK law on assisted suicide and vol

Scottish Secretary David Mundell The Scotland Bill introduced to take forward the recommendations of the Smith Commission will be amended substantially by the UK government in the Autumn.