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A team from Slater and Gordon completed their own version of the Inca Trail in Scotland to help raise vital funds for a charity which supports families with limb loss.

Levy & McRae has announced two newly created roles. Callum Anderson is now head of regulatory crime while Neil Hay has been named head of private crime.

Adopting comprehensive case management software can truly transform a legal business’ operations, but the success of such a transition will hinge on a harmonious partnership between the software provider and the law firm. Efficiency is key. Scott Napier, Denovo’s Software Implementation

A three-bedroom house in San Francisco's affluent Russian Hill neighbourhood has been listed for an astonishingly low price of $488,000 (around £385,000).

The Crown Office has lodged first notices for fatal accident inquiries into the deaths of 57-year-old Stephen Charters and 19-year-old Harris James Macdonell. Stephen Charters, an inmate within HMP Edinburgh, died on 19 June 2022 after becoming unwell and suffering a collapse. A preliminary hearing

MSPs have backed a range of technical updates to the short-term lets licensing scheme in response to engagement with accommodation operators. Licensing was introduced in 2022 to provide assurance to guests on safety and quality, such as gas and electrical safety compliance and the suitability of hos

Legislation giving ministers and local authorities the tools needed to increase reuse and recycling rates, as well as modernise and improve waste and recycling services, has been passed. The Circular Economy Bill will give ministers the powers to:

Wendy Sinclair-Gieben, His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland (HMCIPS), has announced her resignation and will be stepping down from her post with effect from 31 August 2024. Ms Sinclair-Gieben has been in post for six years and is the eighth person to hold the post since the Pr

The growing importance of AI and technology for the legal sector has been examined at a conference hosted by the Law Society of Scotland. Legal technology experts told attendees at the annual Legal Tech Conference, held in Edinburgh yesterday that the Scottish sector must be willing to adopt AI and

A man impersonating a cop unwittingly pulled over an actual police officer in an unmarked car. The New Orleans man turned his illegally installed flashing lights on as he pulled behind the real detective.

Edinburgh law firm Ralph Sayer has appointed Tzana Webster to head up property sales. Formerly with Warners and VMH Solicitors, she joins as head of estate agency after three years in a similar role at Watermans.

Provisions in the land reform bill regarding the resumption of farming tenancies will further weaken the sector, not enhance it, Scottish Land & Estates has said. The rural business organisation was speaking after giving evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Net Zero, Energy and Transport

New powers have come into force allowing a court to prevent those convicted of murder or culpable homicide from acting as an executor on their victim’s estate. The measures are part of the Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Act 2024, which was passed unanimously by the Scottish Parliament in Dec

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has concluded that the Faculty of Advocates' complaints process is overly complex and extremely challenging to navigate, especially for lay complainers. In a new report the SLCC made five statutory recommendations for improvement: for Faculty to improv

Legislation giving Scottish ministers powers to assess and remediate buildings which have unsafe cladding, where consent of the owners cannot be provided, has received royal assent. The Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill allows the creation of a Cladding Assurance Register to give homeow