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Aberdeen house prices fell by 2.9 per cent in the first quarter of 2024, according to a new report. Aberdeen Solicitors’ Property Centre Limited, in cooperation with the University of Aberdeen, Business School, Centre for Real Estate Research, has published figures for the first quarter of 202

Aberdeen’s Bairns’ Hoose project has secured a further £500,000 in Scottish government funding. The funding, in addition to the £300,000 already received, for the Bairns’ Hoose collective of partners and approaches providing protection, justice and health support and se

Proposals which will help to protect people against the threat of ticket touts at UEFA EURO 2028 are the focus of a new consultation launched today. Glasgow is one of 10 host cities for EURO 2028 and an expected three million tickets will go on sale for the whole tournament, allowing more fans than

Edinburgh-based solicitors and estate agents Ralph Sayer has broken new ground with the recruitment of its first trainee. Napier University law graduate Megan Kane joins the firm on a two-year traineeship having recently attained her diploma from Strathclyde University.

UK minister for women and equalities, Kemi Badenoch MP, is calling on members of the public to send real-world examples of public bodies – and those that advise public or private bodies – that could be wrongly stating that people have a legal right to access single-sex spaces according t

Haseltine Lake Kempner (HLK), an intellectual property firm, has promoted Michael Ford to partner with effect from 1 May 2024. Based in the firm’s Glasgow office, Mr Ford is a dual-qualified UK and European patent attorney who primarily works with clients in the chemistry and life sciences sec

Ugandan cocoa farmers have been forced to hire armed men to protect their crop amid soaring cocoa prices. Cocoa prices recently soared to an all-time high due to unusually dry weather in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, though have fallen back recently as conditions have improved.

The Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow's first-ever Creativity in the Law Showcase held on Thursday 25 April 2024 was a great success, as the profession gathered together to experience a night of artistic appreciation, wonderful music, collegiate discussion, and maybe a glass of wine or two.

CMS has announced that Carol Nisbet, a real estate specialist lawyer who works across the local and Scottish market, has been appointed as its new Aberdeen office managing partner. She succeeds Norman Wisely, who served in the role for the past 10 years.

Burges Salmon has advised Calcivis, a Scottish biotech that aims to revolutionise early-intervention diagnostics in dentistry, on its £5 million investment. The funding was provided by the Scottish National Investment Bank and IFS Maven Equity Finance, which is managed by Maven Capital Partner

Brodies LLP has announced the appointment of four new partners in its latest round of internal promotions and strategic appointments. Edinburgh-based rural business and natural capital lawyer Scott Logan steps up to partner, as do renewables specialist Claire Reid and construction law expert Kirstee

Three law firms in Aberdeen announce their merger today. Burnett & Reid LLP, Gavin Bain & Company and Taggart Meil Mathers are to become one firm this year.

The US is set to reclassify cannabis as a less dangerous drug in a move which is being heralded as a historic shift, but one which is unlikely to impact the criminal justice system. US Attorney General Merrick Garland has formally recommended that cannabis be moved from its current "Schedule I" clas

A large piece of a plane which dramatically fell off mid-flight turned up in the back garden of a lawyer suing the plane's manufacturer over unrelated safety issues. New York attorney Jake Bissell-Linsk, whose firm is suing Boeing in relation to an incident in January where a plane door blew off mid

The head of Blackadders LLP’s business services group has become one of the first lawyers in Scotland to achieve the Law Society's legal technology certification. Kirk Dailly, who also leads the firm’s AI & legal tech group, was among the first cohort to complete a new Law Society of