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BTO has announced the promotion of Paul Greenhill to partner within its real estate team. A dual-qualified lawyer in Scots and English law, he has built a reputation for delivering tailored, strategic advice across a range of real estate matters.

Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, according to a major new report from Amnesty International. The publication of the 296-page report is notable as it is the first time since October 2023 that a major western human rights organi

The Crown Office has lodged a first notice with the Sheriff Court to commence the court process for a joint fatal accident inquiry into the deaths of Francis Peter McCarthy and John Hay Angus. Francis Peter McCarthy, 59, died on 12 April 2020 in Glasgow Royal Infirmary after being transferred from H

Thorntons’ Edinburgh team has achieved a record annual fee income of approaching £12 million as the firm celebrates its 20th anniversary in the capital. The firm opened its doors in North Castle Street in November 2004 with just three employees. Now based at Haymarket, it boasts a team o

The Law Society of Scotland has urged MSPs to make further changes to proposed criminal justice legislation because of the risk of miscarriages of justice. Stuart Munro, the convener of the Law Society’s Criminal Law Committee, appeared before the Scottish Parliament’s Criminal Justice C

Anna MacKay, a criminal defence solicitor at Scullion LAW, won the Rising Star of the Year Award at the recent Legal 500 Awards.  Kris Buchanan, head of criminal law, said: “Huge congratulations to Anna MacKay. She is considered one of the finest criminal law practitioners in the country.

A centenarian former Nazi camp guard could stand trial in Germany after a regional court dismissed a ruling which had found he was unfit to stand trial. Gregor Formanek is accused of participating in the murder of 3,300 people when he was a guard at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, near Berlin,

The challenges in sentencing people with mental health and related issues are outlined in two new reports, published today by the Scottish Sentencing Council. An issues paper, Judicial perspectives of mental health and sentencing presents the findings of research undertaken by the council in late 20

Hundreds of official Harry Potter replica swords have been recalled in Japan after they were discovered to be illegal weapons. Over 350 swords have been sold at the Warner Bros Studio Tour Tokyo, billed as "the largest indoor Harry Potter attraction in the world", since it opened in May 2023.

Microsoft is facing a £1 billion legal action amid claims it overcharged businesses for access to its products. The lawsuit, submitted to the Competition Appeal Tribunal, claims that Microsoft is punishing thousands of UK businesses and organisations that use rival cloud computing services fro

A conman who cheated friends, online dating partners and a pensioner out of thousands of pounds to finance his internet gambling habit has been jailed for more than three-and-a-half-years. Michael Higgins, 42, of Livingston, West Lothian, fraudulently obtained a total of £18,225 from 15 victim

Insurance and construction law firm Beale & Co has opened a new office in Glasgow. The office will be led by Lindsay Ogunyemi and Andrew McConnell, both of whom are members of the partnership.

Gillespie Macandrew has recently donated a record £51,000 to charity as part of its annual commitment to its charity partners.

Arrested protesters in Georgia are being denied their right to a lawyer and a fair trial, Amnesty International has said. For several nights now, protesters in Tbilisi have blocked key streets to oppose the government's announcement that it will not proceed with EU accession talks until 2028.

Wolves are set to have their protected status in the EU downgraded with effect from next March. A proposal to downgrade the status of wolves from "strictly protected" to "protected" has been approved by the standing committee of the Bern Convention, which governs the conservation of European wildlif