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Targets for nature recovery could be put into law in line with those for climate change, as part of a range of proposals to protect and restore Scotland’s natural environment. The Scottish government is asking for views on its plans and actions to accelerate nature restoration and regeneration

The Scottish property market has shown signs of cooling as average property selling prices across Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders showed a 2.8 per cent year-on-year drop during June-August 2023 to £286,560, according to the latest ESPC House Price Report.

A man who attempted to cross the Atlantic in a bizarre homemade vessel while a hurricane was approaching and then threatened to bomb the coastguard has been arrested.

Glasgow’s commercial real estate market has maintained a steady upward increase in its appeal to investors, a new report has found. Scotland’s biggest city is also closing the gap against other major UK cities as a place for real estate investment according to CMS’s Tomorrow - Real

Anderson Strathern been reappointed – for the third successive four-year period – to five ‘lots’ of the Scottish government’s Legal Services Framework. The appointment signals a total of over 16 years’ service by the firm within the Scottish government frameworks

The Irish government has been urged by human rights campaigners and Northern Ireland politicians to bring the UK government to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) over its controversial legacy bill. A last-ditch attempt to amend the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill,

Irwin Mitchell and Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie have merged. Irwin Mitchell Scotland operates out of Glasgow predominantly in banking and finance and complex personal injury work. Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie specialises in corporate, private client, property, and asset management.

The Perthshire Solicitors Property Centre (PSPC) is to close its office in Perth and move entirely online. The city centre premises will shut by the end of this month – with the loss of two jobs. 

Raeburn Christie Clark and Wallace LLP is continuing to support the development of local legal talent with the recruitment of three trainee solicitors.

Blackadders LLP has boosted its rural team by appointing Ian Angus as an associate. He is also a part-time farmer, running his own livestock farm near Huntly, Aberdeenshire.

DAC Beachcroft is pleased to welcome commercial and construction disputes specialist Alistair Dean as a partner in its national professional & commercial risks team in Scotland.  He joins DACB from Anderson Strathern.

Gilson Gray has promoted Vanessa Kennedy to the newly established position of director of marketing and business development. The newly created post, which merges leadership of the two functions, will see Ms Kennedy take responsibility for all of Gilson Gray’s marketing and business devel

All are welcome to the Women in Law Project exhibition in the Royal Faculty of Procurators of Glasgow from 10-4pm Tuesday 12 September to Sunday 17 September. This exhibition, taking place as part of the Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival 2023, will inform, inspire and may even infuriate.

A solicitor working for a small firm in Angus has won the Law Society of Scotland’s 2023 Innovation Cup, with a practical tool to assist legal teams working in conveyancing. Now in its sixth year, the Innovation Cup invites legal professionals and law students to share their bright ideas for r

A new animation shares young people’s experiences of legal representation and articulates what they want from their lawyers.