Private schools in Scotland should adapt to the new VAT regime rather than wait for the outcome of a legal challenge against the UK government's decision to end their VAT exemption, a lawyer has said.

Scottish law firms have reported a dramatic rise in enquiries from Americans looking to relocate following Donald Trump's ...

BTO has appointed Ian McCann as a partner in the firm's construction and engineering team. Mr McCann brings almost 30 years of experience in non-contentious construction and engineering law and consid ...

Dr Angus Campbell, emeritus professor of law at the University of Aberdeen, has passed away at the age of 77. He died on 26 October 2024 following a fall in his flat, having not fully recovered from ...

The first Budget under the Labour administration was feared by business and nowhere more so than in the farming community ...

A Tayside sheriff has found that the proprietors of a cottage in Arbroath continued to enjoy a servitude of drainage over their neighbours’ property after building a new septic tank built in their ...

Aberdein Considine staff have raised over £28,000 for North East Scotland cancer and haemotology charity Friends of ANCHOR in ...

Ledingham Chalmers has announced senior leadership changes as it celebrates record turnover of £14.3 million, its highest since becoming an LLP in 2006. The Aberdeen-headquartered law firm broke its ...

John Martin, formerly of Haddington, East Lothian, was brought back to Scotland by National Crime Agency (NCA) officers in December 2023 after moving to Bangkok several years earlier. The 74-year-old ...

Holyrood's criminal justice committee is seeking views on plans to modernise procedures in criminal courts and introduce a ...

A fatal accident inquiry is to take place into the death of a man who was found dead in his cell in HMP Barlinnie. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has lodged a first notice to ...

The Scottish government must listen to the needs of police officers and staff as new figures revealed that officer numbers ...