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A region in Russia refused to accept divorce applications on its equivalent of Valentine’s Day last week. Authorities in Novgorod said that no applications would be accepted on Peter and Fevronia Day, which sees people celebrate family and faithfulness.

(L-R): Peter Mason M & M, Alastair Robb M & C, Neil Speight M & C, Morag MacIntosh M & M, Alison Martin M & M

Cameron Shaw A recent decision by Sheriff Peter Braid in Edinburgh, in the case of Summary Application under the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 by J, Solicitor in respect of the Adult F, will give practitioners food for thought when applying to have themselves appointed as financial guar

The Eurodevils with, left, Peter Sellar, and, right, Charles Mullin of the European Lawyers Association.

(L-R) Judge Ian Forrester QC and Peter Sellar

(L-R): Peter Griffiths, and Brian Inkster, Photo Credit: Kat Gollock Inksters Solicitors has sponsored a new award category at the Arts & Business Scotland Awards 2015 for "Business Creativity". The award was the brainchild of Inksters’ founder, Brian Inkster, who persuaded his fellow judges t

The Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO) is looking into the conduct of a High Court judge who heard a case involving British Airways a fortnight after the airline lost his luggage. Justice Peter Smith excused himself from a major case involving the airline in July after he repeatedly asked

A robber in Fife had cold water poured over his plans to steal from a betting shop after an unfazed bookmaker ripped up his ransom note The Courier reports. Barry Shepherd, 40, attempted to hold up a Scotbet shop, handing Peter Morris a threatening note in January.

A High Court judge let his irritation get the better of him after an airline which had lost his luggage appeared before him in a case. Mr Justice Peter Smith asked British Airways what it had done with his bags but it declined to answer before requesting the judge recuse himself.

Peter Alderdice An ineffective system of governance for the financial sector is to be overhauled next year, writes Peter Alderdice.

Graeme McKinstry (left) and Peter Sharp Ayr based law firm The McKinstry Company has acquired the Girvan practice of Murray & Tait.

From left: Brandon Malone, Penelope Warne and Professor Peter Cameron

This is a serious, well-researched consideration of how the prosecution of violent crime in Scotland has developed and of society’s changing attitudes to it. Some of the fifteen cases carefully selected by Dr Louise Heren are well-known landmark cases like those of Burke and Hare, Madeleine Sm

UK Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has pledged to separate the dual functions of the lord advocate, warning that the current system risks “corruption”. Ms Badenoch described the arrangement surrounding the lord advocate as an “absurd state of affairs”, amid mounting politic

The oldest law firm in Ayrshire has begun celebrating its 150th anniversary. A series of special events during 2026 will mark a century-and-a-half of Lockharts Law, whose history can be traced to a humble room in Ayr’s Wellington Square when John Lockhart began representing the official b