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Following its move to new headquarters over the past two years, Aberdein Considine has donated van-loads of office furniture from its previous Aberdeen address to local charities.

A sheriff in the Scottish courts has been identified as the only judge in the world to preside over trial using text-to-speech technology. Sheriff Alastair Carmichael has been using the technology to continue his work as a sheriff following his diagnosis with motor neurone disease (MND).

Scottish bus operators have been penalised for timetable and maintenance failures following a public hearing in Edinburgh. Richard Turfitt, the acting traffic commissioner for Scotland, has issued a decision on the operator licences held by McGill’s Scotland East Ltd and Midland Bluebird Ltd,

A fortune teller has been arrested on suspicion of defrauding around £35 million from clients. The 53-year-old woman, who also presented herself as a feng shui master, allegedly preyed on clients by predicting that there was a "billionaire" in their future.

BTO Solicitors LLP will host its annual regulatory risks roadshow in Glasgow next Wednesday.

Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has advised the National Wealth Fund (NWF) on a landmark £62.1 million loan to Orkney Islands Council (OIC). The significant transaction will fund the development of a six-turbine community wind farm at Quanterness.

First Minister John Swinney will today meet with the family of Sheku Bayoh following the effective collapse of the public inquiry into his death. Mr Bayoh, a 31-year-old father of two, died in May 2015 after being restrained by six police officers on a street in Kirkcaldy.

Aberdein Considine has recruited Alasdair Fraser as an associate in the firm's private client team in Glasgow. Mr Fraser brings experience across the full spectrum of private client work, including wills, powers of attorney, estate administration and tax and succession planning.

A social media influencer who publicly documented her affair with a married man has been ordered to pay more than £1.3 million in damages to his ex-wife. Brenay Kennard, who has more than three million followers on TikTok, was sued in North Carolina under the US state's "alienation of affectio

A landmark UK Supreme Court judgment handed down this morning will lead to a significant change in how Scottish courts handle certain types of evidence in sexual offence cases. The Law Society of Scotland and the Faculty of Advocates had both intervened in the case, relating to two men convicted of

Paisley-based MJC LAW has been named Scotland's high street firm of the year.

Blackadders LLP has been recognised as Scotland's best digital and intellectual property team of the year.

Thorntons has welcomed 16 newly-qualified solicitors across its Dundee, Edinburgh, Forfar, Glasgow and St Andrews offices. The group includes 11 individuals who successfully completed the firm's two-year traineeship programme, alongside five who have joined the firm from other practices upon qualifi

A law firm has warmly welcomed plans for a new "cyber observatory" to protect Scottish public bodies from online threats. Ralph Riddiough, director and head of corporate at Holmes Mackillop Solicitors, said the new initiative should serve as a reminder to private sector businesses as well.

A man who supplied drugs and offered to source deadly weapons to criminal associates has been jailed for six years following a prosecution by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS).  Glasgow garage owner Kristopher Kinnaird, 42, supplied cocaine worth around £120,000 every