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With the UK’s most significant inheritance tax (IHT) reforms in nearly two decades set to roll out from April 2025, legal professionals must prepare for an influx of estate planning enquiries, according to a new YouGov survey commissioned by Brodies LLP. The survey of 2,001 UK adults aged 50+

Kwik Fit, part of European Tyre Enterprise Limited (ETEL), has acquired a portfolio of 83 UK properties – which it currently occupies and includes over 30 sites in Scotland – as it aims to bring more sites into its direct ownership.   Kwik Fit, whose ultimate parent company is

Thompsons Solicitors Scotland has announced the opening of its new Edinburgh office at Greenside, 12 Blenheim Place.

Scotland’s rural land market is under increasing pressure from tax policies, speculative investment, and evolving land use priorities, according to voices from across the sector who gathered last week to launch the Rural Land Market Insights Report 2025. Hosted by the Scottish Land Commission

President of the Supreme Court Lord Reed was in the Montenegrin capital Podgorica last Friday to deliver the keynote address at a conference entitled “From Traditional to European Judiciary”.  Lord Reed was visiting at the invitation of the Supreme Court of Montenegro, with the supp

A proposed new law aiming to ensure public bodies consider the long-term impact of their decisions on sustainable development and the wellbeing of future generations is the subject of a new call for views. The Wellbeing and Sustainable Development (Scotland) Bill, introduced earlier this year by Sar

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have warned that the police need the right skills and resources to tackle online sex crimes as new annual crime statistics showed sex crimes are now at their second highest level since 1971 when records began. Figures from Police Scotland show that:

Baffled police have freed a man who got stuck in a chimney while trying to rescue his dog from a locked toilet. The 35-year-old man was locked out of a park building in Connecticut on Saturday night when the doors automatically locked at 10pm.

West Midland Police Officers at Orgreave. Credit: West Midlands Police, CC BY-SA 2.0

Shoosmiths has announced record financial results for the 2024/25 financial year, with profit per equity partner (PEP) exceeding £1 million for the first time – a 30 per cent rise on last year. Net profit increased by 16 per cent to £76.6m and revenue grew five per cent to £2

Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) has bolstered its ranks with the appointment of 10 new staff members. Eight of the new starts are fee-earning legal staff, working across WJM’s offices.

Total crime in Scotland remains at similar levels to 2023-24, with a small reduction in the headline figure. The Recorded Crime in Scotland 2024-25 bulletin shows also shows that levels of non-sexual crimes of violence have dipped slightly over the year and continue to be 23 per cent lower than in 2

A law enforcement official who declared he has "zero tolerance for street racing" has been filmed street racing. Video footage shared online appears to show Carmine Marceno, head of Lee County Sheriff's Office in Florida, taking off in a Ferrari while his friend filming shouts: "Juice that motherfuc

A law graduate from Glasgow Caledonian University has become the first recipient of an academic award in memory of the late Professor Alison Britton. Zoe Bolton received The Alison Britton Prize for Advanced Healthcare Law and Ethics after being chosen as the best final-year undergraduate medical la

A law firm in North Berwick has raised £2,780 by participating in an annual charity will-writing campaign. Paris Steele has raised a grand total of £24,623 for Will Aid since 2006.