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A solicitor who prepared false invoices for non-existent work in order to steal more than £12,500 from clients' accounts has pleaded guilty to embezzlement. Louise Sutherland, 60, took the money while employed at Graeme Murray & Co Solicitors in Aberdeen in an attempt to save her husband's

Addleshaw Goddard’s corporate team in Scotland has advised the majority shareholders of Livingston-based lighting innovators, designLED, on its sale to Faurecia – an automotive technology company. The acquisition of designLED will bolster Faurecia’s offering in display technol

Time is running out for any delegates who have not yet registered for the Conveyancing Conference, part of the Scots Law Summer Series which will take place online on Wednesday 16 June.

In the wake of World Environment Day 2021, Burges Salmon has announced it has re-partnered with conservation charity Trees for Life for another year, a collaboration that complements the firm’s climate commitments and sees it investing in a rewilding, carbon offsetting project focused on the S

An elderly nun faces up to 40 years in prison after embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a Catholic school to fuel her gambling habit. Sister Mary Margaret Kreuper, 79, has pleaded guilty to embezzling over $835,000 from St James Catholic School in Torrance, California, over the course o

In the final part of his medico-legal series, David J Black explores how Covid-19 has thrown into relief the maltreatment of ME/CFS victims. The boon to life sciences afforded by the pandemic and the huge sums invested in researching Long Covid have left the psychogenic hypothesis a sinking shi

A sheriff has determined that a prisoner who died in hospital following an overdose the day after his sentencing did not die as a result of an accident caused by failures in the prison system. Gavin Williamson, who was sentenced to 6 months’ imprisonment and conveyed to HMP Perth the day befor

A new single UK workers' rights watchdog is set to take responsibility for tackling modern slavery, enforcing the minimum wage and protecting agency workers. The new watchdog will incorporate HMRC National Minimum Wage Enforcement, the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority and the Employment Agency

Former diplomat Craig Murray has been refused leave to appeal to the Supreme Court and will now apply directly. He had been sentenced to a prison term for unlawfully publishing information about women who gave evidence against Alex Salmond.

Private client lawyer JP Campbell will join Ledingham Chalmers in Inverness later this year as part of its growth plans. The University of Edinburgh graduate will expand the firm’s private client offering in the north of Scotland. He specialises in business succession, estate planning, executr

General awareness of the interim fee arrangements regime for legal aid is "very high" and lawyers are positive about it, according to the Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB). SLAB's findings come from a small piece of research on the use of the Covid-19 related interim fee arrangements.

Barristers and solicitors in Ireland will be able to form legal partnerships together under new legislation announced by ministers – despite concerns that the reforms will undermine the country's independent referral bar. Justice Minister Heather Humphreys and minister of state James Browne to

Serbian war criminal Ratko Mladić has lost his final appeal against his convictions for genocide, crimes against humanity and violations of the laws or customs of war. Mladić was convicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in 2017 of crimes committed by Serb f

Where should I put my money? This seems like a simple question, but it is faced by every investor and saver, writes Patrick Christie. The short answer is no one knows. It is simply not possible to predict next year which asset class will perform best. Will it be equities, property, government gilts

A woman who impersonated her teenage daughter to sit through an entire day of school has been arrested. Casey Garcia, 30, said she infiltrated her 13-year-old daughter's middle school in Texas to make a point about school security.