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Lindsay Darroch, one of Scotland’s most respected property lawyers, has joined Aberdein Considine to lead its expansion across the Tayside region. Mr Darroch has taken up a new role as partner with the firm, with responsibility for the firm’s existing Tayside office and its expansion int

Shoosmiths has confirmed the opening of a Glasgow hub, building on the success of its Edinburgh office. Barry McKeown, who recently joined Shoosmiths real estate team as a partner, is responsible for further developing the firm’s presence in the west of Scotland.

The corporate team at Harper Macleod has advised on the sale of wind turbine installation business Windhoist Group to European fund manager STAR Capital for an undisclosed consideration. Windhoist, an owner-managed business which is headquartered in Scotland but has subsidiaries in Morocco, Ireland,

In Aberdeen this week more than 36,000 global oil and gas professionals have gathered to debate, lecture, promote and celebrate the achievements of the energy industry at the biennial SPE Offshore Europe conference and exhibition. Offshore Europe is being hosted for the first time in the city’

Google has agreed to pay a record $170 million file and to make changes to protect children's privacy on YouTube after regulators said the site illegally collected personal information from children in order to target them with adverts, the New York Times reports. Critics, however, have said the fin

A client was so pleased with the service she received from a paralegal at law firm McDougall McQueen that she named her lambs after the employee.

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A man who allegedly drove away from a courthouse was arrested – as he had only five minutes earlier been convicted of drink driving and ordered not to drive for a year. Provincial police in Ontario, Canada, said they arrested the man after he was convicted in the courthouse in Orangeville, CP2

A man who was required to pay a total of £6,000 in compensation after shouting sectarian abuse at two police officers during a drunken struggle and spitting at a paramedic has had an appeal against what he claimed was an “excessive” amount rejected. John McLellan, who was given a c

Over the past three months, the average selling price of properties in Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders was £259,833 – a five per cent increase compared to the previous year. In Edinburgh, the average selling price was £283,398, a 6.4 per cent increase compared to last

A council has been forced to make a U-turn on the introduction of parking fees, following intervention by Govan Law Centre. Argyll and Bute Council has apologised for attempting to introduce parking charges of £9 per day across its jurisdiction.

Two solicitors will be awarded honorary membership of the Law Society of Scotland in its platinum year, at its special general meeting on 6 September 2019. Alistair Cockburn and Sheriff Brian Kearney have both contributed significantly to the legal profession and civic society in Scotland.

Zoe Calderwood and Dario Demarco have been made senior solicitors in Blackadders' Glasgow office. Ms Calderwood works in the firm's commercial property team while Mr Demarco is part of the corporate and commercial team.

Franchise lawyer Andrew Fraser has established a new boutique practice – Albany Fraser Solicitors – in Glasgow. The firm aims to be one of the leading sources of professional franchising advice in the UK both for people looking to grow their business through franchising and for those loo

In October 2018 the Deputy First Minister John Swinney committed to establishing a financial redress scheme for survivors of historical child abuse in care in Scotland. This will require legislation to be passed by the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish government has now launched a public consultati