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Donald Trump has won a legal case over the use of his name at his Scottish golf resorts. The former president has trademarked the name 'Trump' for various services linked to his Turnberry and Menie golf courses.

Scotland’s organisation for tackling cyber and fraud crime, Cyber and Fraud Centre – Scotland, is issuing a plea for additional funding to be allocated to fighting organised crime and building cyber resilience through a new multi-agency hub. Results have revealed that over £3 milli

More clarity is needed about how measures proposed in the Wildlife Management & Muirburn (Scotland) Bill would work in practice, says Holyrood’s Rural Affairs & Islands Committee. In its report, the committee calls on the Scottish government to provide further information on several pr

The Aberdeen Law Project has appointed two new deputy student directors, Soma Mehmood and Hope Laing. Anna Robertson, chair of the ALP board said: “We are thrilled to have appointed Soma and Hope to step up into their new roles. The beauty of ALP is that each year we get to have members step u

Free mediation services for people involved in civil disputes are being expanded to cover all of Scotland. The services offer those who are eligible an opportunity to negotiate a mutually acceptable resolution to their civil dispute, reducing the stress, cost and time of going through a court proces

When Daria Shapovalova arrived in Aberdeen to study for a PhD in international law she never imagined that a decade later she would still be there, lecturing at the University of Aberdeen and leading the institution’s Centre for Energy Law. Her initial encounter with the city had been inauspic

A former advocate has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two boys more than 20 years ago. Mark Strachan, 64, sexually touched the two teenage boys between 1999 and 2001 at two addresses in Aberdeen.

A Scottish ultra-marathon runner has been given a year-long ban after using a car to secure third place in a race. Athlete Joasia Zakrzewski travelled by car for about two-and-a-half miles before finishing third in the 2023 GB Ultras Manchester to Liverpool 50-mile race, the BBC reports.

The payouts in the malicious prosecution scandal are set to exceed £60 million. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service has allocated £60.5m for cases in connection to people involves in the acquisition and administration of Rangers Football Club.

Ledingham Chalmers managing partner Jennifer Young has been elected for a second two-year term as secretary of Lawyers Associated Worldwide (LAW) at its recent AGM in Sydney, Australia. Commenting on the officer elections, chair Leon Loganathan, said: “It is a pleasure to chair this organisati

Peter Nicholson, editor of the Law Society of Scotland’s Journal magazine, has been honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2023 Herald Law Awards. The tribute comes just a matter of months after he was conferred honorary membership of the Law Society of Scotland.

The UK Information Commissioner (ICO) is seeking permission to appeal the judgment of the First Tier Tribunal (Information Rights) (Tribunal) on Clearview AI Inc. In its judgment the tribunal supported the ICO's view that US-based Clearview was processing personal information, which related to the m

New actions to "improve the lives of non-binary people in Scotland and tackle inequality" are to be taken forward. The five year plan includes actions to support specific research on the experiences of non-binary people in Scotland, fund training for fertility preservation providers on trans and non

Professor Daniel Katz, a leading US technologist and lecturer at Illinois Tech - Chicago Kent College of Law, will address a CMS event next week focused on developments in AI and its impact on commercial contract lawyers. Commercial Contracts and AI: Grasping the Opportunities is an online event tak

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. UN commissioner says killing of Gaza civilians cannot be dismissed as 'collateral damage' – video