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With thousands of students across Scotland receiving their exam results next week, MFMac, is launching a new initiative to support young people considering a future in law. The MFMac Career Helpline, running from 4-8th August, will provide live career advice for students during Scotland’s exam

BTO Solicitors LLP has announced its support for Fringe by the Sea, a not-for-profit multi-arts festival taking place in North Berwick from 1–10 August. Fringe by the Sea has become a cultural cornerstone of East Lothian, drawing in excess of 86,000 visitors in 2024 over 10 days, and generatin

An airport company has been fined £144,050 for failures that led to the tragic death of a 59-year-old man. Glasgow Prestwick Airport Limited pled guilty to a breach of health and safety legislation at Ayr Sheriff Court after Joseph Dempsey, an experienced member of the ground handling team, di

Lianda Barnes discusses Transport Scotland's new road safety strategy. Silver Linings Playbook. What a great book, and quite the film. An emotional roller coaster. Might need to re-watch it again soon. If you’ve not seen it, I can recommend it. But that’s not the point of this article.

A man convicted of raping a 15-year-old girl along with four other convictions has lost an appeal against his conviction on the first rape charge based on an argument that the jury should have received additional directions on the way he reacted to an accusation made against him by the complainer&rs

BBC podcast series to tell the inside story of controversial community leader and crime chief, Mags Haney A new BBC Scotland podcast series - The Ballad of Big Mags - will explore the life and times of a controversial figure who rose to prominence in the late 1990s.

Despite the construction industry recording fewer deaths than in 2023/24, the sector’s persistently high numbers highlight the ongoing danger it presents, write Vikki Watt and Stacey Fox.

Displaced Ukrainian litigation lawyer Vitalii Diakov tells Jimmy Black about the life he left behind, and the social enterprise he helped to establish, promoting nonviolent communication in Scotland. Ukrainian lawyer Vitalii Diakov still has one case to finish. The Russian war has massively delayed

An Aberdeen law academic has been shortlisted for a prestigious Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) prize. Dr Thomas Muinzer, reader in energy transition law at the School of Law, is in the running for the 2025 Margaret Brazier Prize for Outstanding Mid-Career Scholarship in recognition of his book, Maj

Brodies LLP has again been recognised for its advice to clients on high value personal and family matters in the latest edition of the Chambers UK High Net Worth Guide. The firm achieved a band 2 ranking in a new UK-wide category for landed estates, and also moves up to band 3 for UK-wide family/mat

A woman who stopped to let a chicken cross the road has been accused of spraying a fellow driver with bear mace 🐻 after she sped by her and killed the bird. Cynthia Sosa, 38, stopped at an intersection in Key West, Florida, on July 9 to let the chicken cross when another driver honked and passed

Holmes Mackillop has announced two new appointments. Murray McKelvie joins the firm’s Glasgow office while Paula Davies joins the firm’s Giffnock office as an associate.

The Mark Williams Foundation, founded by Nicola Williams, widow of the late NWH Group chief executive Mark Williams, has announced a partnership with Johnson Legal Family Law to provide legal support for financially disadvantaged fathers striving to maintain relationships with their children. By joi