Amina Amin has been elected president of the Scottish Young Lawyers’ Association (SYLA), becoming its first-ever president ...

Michael Ross, director in Anderson Strathern's risk and compliance team, stresses the importance of lawyers' engagement in ...

Andrew Stevenson strikes a note of caution over Parliament issuing pardons or quashing convictions. Mention has been made ...

Solicitor Morag McNeill has been reappointed as chair of the board of Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) for a further ...

The Sheriff Appeal Court has refused an appeal against a business tenant’s removal from shop premises in Edinburgh following an undefended irritancy action in the sheriff court after finding that a ...

Douglas Ross KC, who early in his career was a legal adviser at the United Nations and served in Gaza, reviews an excellent ...

Speaking at the close of the event, Deputy President of the Supreme Court, Lord Hodge, said: “It was a pleasure for the UK Supreme Court to host our colleagues and friends from the US Supreme Court ...

Draft plans to cut emissions have been published by the Scottish government. The draft Climate Change Plan to 2040 sets out actions designed to reduce Scotland's greenhouse gas emissions and meet its ...

The procurator fiscal has lodged a first notice to commence the court process for a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the deaths of Philip Quinn, Richard McCormick and Alexander Morgan, all of whom ...

The English court ruling in a dispute between Getty Images and Stability AI is "the most impactful legal decision yet on the ...

The Law Society of Scotland has published new guidance for solicitors on accepting instructions and advising on non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) and confidentiality clauses. While recognising that ...

A fatal accident inquiry into the death of a transgender woman prisoner by self-inflicted plastic bag asphyxia has concluded that the Scottish Prison Service had unlawfully isolated her while deciding ...