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Thorntons has grown its wills, trusts and succession, commercial real estate and residential property teams with a number of new appointments in Dundee, Forfar, St Andrews and Perth. Six new solicitors were brought on board in January and February, in response to a strong growth in demand for servic

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A £33 million Scottish government initiative to digitally transform how evidence is managed across the justice system aims to spare witnesses from having to attend court as often and free up police officers’ time. Dundee recently began piloting the Digital Evidence Sharing Capability ser

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Yesterday's report that the Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, Roddy Dunlop KC, had caused “disquiet and dismay” because of a “Twitter spat” perplexed me greatly. So much so that I wanted to say something – briefly though, as it really is a storm in Tom Thumb’s tea

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Parents who seek attention on social media by posting images of their children could be thwarted under a bill being considered in France. The draft private member’s bill seeks to address an increasing number of 'influencers' who garner views by recording the lives of their children.

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Colombia has held a court hearing entirely in the Metaverse, complete with an audience of virtual spectators. The administrative court of Magdalena used the virtual reality (VR) platform created by Facebook owner Meta to conduct a hearing in a civil case brought against the Colombian Ministry of Def

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Moving on from inquiries led by the “wise old judge” could help politicians and others to prevent and learn lessons from the most worrying problems of the twenty-first century, academics claim. Using other methods rather than a judge-led public inquiry could lead to better learning and p

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The director of a business and his employee have been sentenced for dumping household waste in Glasgow. Stuart Allison 53, from Bearsden, was fined £750 and ordered to pay compensation of £1,900 to Glasgow City Council for the clean-up.

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Stronachs LLP has welcomed Amy Fordyce as a senior solicitor to its commercial property team. She joins the Aberdeen office from Pinsent Masons and has experience in dealing with high value private M&A transactions, working with clients both nationally and internationally and advising on various

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