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Addleshaw Goddard has boosted its transport team in Scotland with the addition of ports and terminals expert Ian Le Pelley. Mr Le Pelley was formerly group deputy general counsel for DP World in Dubai. As well as having experience in the ports sector, he will also be helping to drive the firm&r

Gillespie Macandrew has appointed Lisa Macpherson-Fletcher as a tax director. A chartered tax advisor, she has over 18 years’ experience and has particular expertise advising high net worth clients on their tax affairs, including inheritance tax and capital gains tax. Ms Macpherson-Fletcher jo

Gordon Downie details proposed reform of the consumer protection regime. In July, the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) published a consultation document setting out proposals for sweeping reforms of the UK’S competition and consumer protection law and inviting resp

Researchers for a global land rights organisation have published a grim assessment of the land and inheritance rights of women living in scheduled tribe communities in the state of Jharkhand, India – and how the existing system of laws and cultural practices denies them their rights. In 'This

The annual James Wood Lecture will be held on Thursday 28 October 2021 and will feature Professor Adam Tomkins, who will speak about free speech and hate speech. Professor Tomkins has held the John Millar chair of law at the University of Glasgow since 2003. He was a member of the Scottish Parl

A police officer who enjoys watching esports while off duty made an unexpected arrest after recognising a top gamer as a wanted criminal. The officer was spending his downtime playing popular multiplayer game League of Legends (LoL) in an internet café with friends in his city of Chongqing in

A judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has reduced a decision not to progress a prisoner serving a life sentence in closed conditions at HMP Edinburgh to the open estate after he petitioned for a judicial review of the decision. George Smith was jailed for the murder of hi

Her Majesty The Queen has appointed eighteen sheriffs and fourteen summary sheriffs on the recommendation of the First Minister. The new sheriffs are: Barry Divers, Matthew Jackson QC, Daniel Kelly, Ian Wallace, Jane Farquharson QC, H Eoin McGinty, Gillian Craig, Murdoch Mactaggart, Colin Bissett, M

A crowdfunder for a visa support service has been launched to bring people from the global south to Glasgow for the COP26. The COP26 Coalition, a civil society coalition supporting climate justice at the COP26 UN Climate Negotiations, aims to raise £20,000 to support 200 applicants.

More than 120 projects across Scotland will share £38 million to support victims of gender-based violence and focus on prevention. The Delivering Equally Safe Fund includes more than £28m for frontline services which provide direct support to women and girls, prioritising services that m

A house in Fife has sold for £600,000 above the asking price. Three-bedroom Old Bake House, on Earlsferry’s waterfront, has direct access to the beach.

Immigration is in the news a lot right now, mostly stories about the UK government’s plans to reform the asylum system in response to small boats arriving on the English South Coast, writes Kelly Hardman. The government line is that they want to welcome refugees but expect them to enter t

Organisations and community groups working to support refugees in Scotland will share £2.8 million through a new grant scheme. In total, 56 projects will receive funding to deliver initiatives designed to help new Scots settle in their adopted communities by promoting employability, education,

Facebook could be forced to sell off Giphy, one of the largest online platforms for animated GIFs, following concerns raised by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The CMA has provisionally found Facebook's $400 million merger with Giphy will harm competition between social media platf

Digby Brown Solicitors has raised £14,423 thanks to a mass fundraising effort involving 23 simultaneous events.