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MBM Commercial’s corporate, tax and employment teams recently assisted the senior management team of Highfield Forestry to buy out the business on the retirement of Iain Peddie, who was the managing director at the company for over 20 years. Highfield Forestry is a woodland management company

Weightmans LLP and RadcliffesLeBrasseur LLP are to merge by the end of March. John Schorah, managing partner of Weightmans, which has an office in Glasgow, said: "The two firms share a number of synergies in respect of clients and sectors and above all a passionate commitment to achieving the h

Crown Estate Scotland is offering two tenant farmers the opportunity to buy their farms. Tenants on Auchindoun Estate in Moray and Applegirth Estate in Dumfriesshire are being made the offer as part of a pilot which may be extended.

A cat has been taken into custody after a woman called police because her cats were fighting. The 52-year-old woman in Omaha, Nebraska said she tried to break up the fight and verbally told the aggressor she would "put it in its room".

Dawn Robertson has joined BTO Solicitors' Edinburgh office. An experienced tribunal practitioner who has appeared in the EAT, her arrival brings BTO’s total number of accredited specialists to four. Her fellow partners Caroline Carr, Laura Salmond and Jacqueline McCluskey are also specialists

Do you believe that Prime Minister Boris Johnson broke the law when he attended a so-called work event held at Downing Street in May 2020? Scottish Legal News is asking readers for their verdict on Mr Johnson's behaviour. There are three options in our poll:

Glasgow based design agency, Cole AD, is proud to announce that Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Scotland (SBH Scotland) will be their charity partner for 2022. Cole AD have supported this fantastic charity for the past few years and are delighted to continue to partner with them to bring help to childre

A care home company has been fined £640,000 after one of their residents choked on a piece of doughnut and died. The 65-year-old resident of Orchard Care Home in Tullibody, Clackmannanshire was on a specialist diet of minced and moist food after a severe stroke and vascular dementia left her a

A successful ship arrest in Scotland requires consideration of various key factors coming together and an element of good timing. When an instruction to arrest is received, moving quickly is often important, but should never be at the cost of accuracy, write Duncan MacLean and Sarah Polson. The init

Ledingham Chalmers is donating £7,000 to charity to mark its 30th anniversary. In total, £4,000 will be split between three care homes in Aberdeen, Inverness, and Edinburgh as well as a hospice in Denny — all of whom have links with the firm.

Irish solicitor James MacGuill has taken up the role of president of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE). Mr MacGuill was elected as president by the CCBE plenary session last month and has led the CCBE since the start of January.

A judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has ruled that the Chief Constable of Police Scotland and the Lord Advocate could not be held liable to pay millions in damages for malicious prosecution to a former consultant of Rangers Football Club involved in the takeover of the club by Craig W

Balfour and Manson has welcomed its latest intake of law graduates.

Gilson Gray has appointed Richard Shepherd as a partner in its property team. Based in Aberdeen, Mr Shepherd joins the firm from James & George Collie, where he has been the managing partner since 2014.

US authorities have released a dubious guide to help parents decode covert drug references in emoji form. The "emoji drug code" released by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has been compared to early 2000s guides which explained texting abbreviations like "LOL".