A joint investigation by BBC Scotland’s Disclosure and Radio 4’s File on 4 programmes will reveal allegations that workers from around the world may have been trafficked to work for a trawler fishing business based on Scotland’s south coast.
Addleshaw Goddard, which has offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen, has announced revenue of £496 million for the past financial year, representing growth of 12 per cent.
Macdonald Henderson has advised Turnkey IPS, a provider of software solutions to the insolvency industry, on an investment by Bowmark Capital, a private equity firm.
Stronachs has announced that partner and head of private client, Jaclyn Russell, has been awarded a dual accreditation from the Law Society of Scotland.
The Upper Tribunal for Scotland has refused an appeal by two landlords against the First-tier Tribunal’s decision not to grant them an eviction order to remove the long-term tenant of their property on the basis of financial hardship.
The UK government has abandoned objections to proposed international arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials — and is now being urged to take a tough position against UK arms exports to Israel.
The Law Society of Scotland’s annual risk management competition is turning its focus to solutions based on technology and artificial intelligence (AI).
Garden Stirling Burnet has more than doubled its headcount and trebled its tally of fee-earners within the first two years of its new ownership. Turnover has also increased by a third in the past 12 months.