Solicitors who provide legal aid will receive a 13 per cent increase in fees from September this year. The fees hike is part of a wider package of support including also funding for up to 40 legal aid ...

An appeal by the defender in a Court of Session personal injury action arising from an asbestos-related death challenging the lord ordinary’s decision to allow the matter to be tried with a civil jury ...

A police-led taskforce will continue its work to tackle shoplifting and violence against staff after securing funding in the ...

Five recommendations have been made following a fatal accident inquiry into the suicide of a student. Kerry Ann Finnigan, a ...

A school has been ordered to reinstate a teacher fired for reading a book about butts to his pupils. Mississippi teacher Toby Price was sacked in 2022 after choosing I Need A New Butt! by New Zealand ...

Inksters Solicitors is now offering immigration and asylum law advice to clients with Paulo de Moura joining the firm as a consultant solicitor in its Glasgow office. Mr de Moura’s practice covers ...

This year's Macfadyen Lecture will be delivered by Lord Hodge who will discuss 'Developments in the Scots Law of Contract'. The lecture will will cover contractual interpretation and ask whether there ...

Lord Arthurson, Lord Mulholland and Lord Braid have been appointed to the Inner House of the Court of Session. Lord Arthurson has been appointed to the First Division with effect from 1 February 2026.

The Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) is calling for a programme of reparations for Scotland’s Gypsy Travellers, who were subjected to decades of forced assimilation and on-going harm under ...

Legislation laid in Holyrood will designate ‘sex’ as a protected characteristic under the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021. There are protections in the Act for individuals’ rights in ...

An appeal by a man refused compensation following the lifting of an account freezing order over two of his bank accounts ...

Shoosmiths in Scotland has appointed William Reid as banking legal director.  Based in Shoosmiths’ Edinburgh office, he will ...