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Macdonald Henderson has advised the shareholders of Capital Payroll Services on its disposal to TopSource Worldwide, an employer services, payroll and Employer of Record service provider. This is the fifth acquisition since TopSource Worldwide received investment from Horizon Capital in December 202

Legal bodies have hit back at Prime Minister Boris Johnson's claim that lawyers representing refugees were “abetting the work of criminal gangs” amid attempts to prevent asylum seekers from being removed to Rwanda. The plan to send a man to Rwanda was last night interrupted by a ruling o

MacRoberts has embraced a hybrid working model rather than a mandated full return to the office. This decision follows feedback received from the firm’s people during the pandemic, which indicated that a hybrid of office and home working is strongly preferred, as well as the noted benefits to

A new initiative has been launched to promote pro bono opportunities for business operations professionals in the legal sector, connecting highly skilled people with high-calibre volunteering opportunities. There are currently believed to be some 30,000 professionals working in areas such as IT, BD

Macnabs has made a trio of new appointments as it continues to strengthen its family law department. Duncan Mackinnon, Lynne Kelly and Christie Rattray have all joined the family law team from Lindsays in Dundee.

The UK government has pressed ahead with legislation unilaterally rewriting the Northern Ireland Protocol agreed with the EU – in spite of opposition from a majority of Stormont politicians. The Northern Ireland Protocol Bill was published by ministers yesterday alongside a memo on the governm

The Inner House of the Court of Session has refused an appeal by a whisky distillery against a judge’s decision not to grant interdict in a trade mark infringement case brought against another company proposing to develop a retail site in a village near the distillery. Tomatin Distillery Compa

The Supreme Court has refused permission to appeal in a challenge to the Rwanda asylum plan. The appellant originally applied to the High Court for permission to bring an application for judicial review of Home Secretary Priti Patel's decision that certain people who have made claims for asylum in t

Stronachs LLP has announced a number of promotions.

Lindsays has advised another firm on its transition to employee ownership as the Scottish bingo business, Carlton Bingo, made history by becoming the country’s largest and latest employee-owned firm. Douglas Roberts, partner in the corporate and commercial team, alongside Nimarta Cheema of Lin

The University of Dundee will next week award an honorary degree to alumnus Sheriff Lindsay Wood. Professor Iain Gillespie, principal and vice-chancellor of the university, said: “Our honorary graduands this year have all made great contributions in their respective fields, echoing the Univers

A retired HGV driver who was given a custodial sentence for causing a death by driving without due care and attention has lost his appeal against the sentence in the High Court of Justiciary. Ian Moorhouse pled guilty to a contravention of section 2B of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and was sentenced to

British peers have kicked up a fuss about the quality of the heavily subsidised food and drink available in the House of Lords. In letters and emails sent to parliamentary authorities and published by openDemocracy, members of the unelected chamber moaned about the quantity of salmon and quality of

Electric scooters, segways, hover boards, u-wheels, go-peds and powered unicycles. You would be forgiven for thinking you had just woken up in some future world, but these machines are very much part of today’s modern world. Together, they form part of a group of vehicles which the Government

The number of criminal charges reported with a sexual orientation aggravation increased by 10 per cent in 2021-22 to 1,781 – continuing the upward trend of the last decade.