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A former office worker jailed for defrauding two construction companies has been ordered to pay back more than £80,000 under proceeds of crime laws. Stephanni Houston, 41, of Ayr, was sentenced to 38 months in prison in November 2023 for embezzling over £516,000 from two construction com

A fatal accident inquiry into the death of a newborn has recommended that NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde review staffing levels across all shifts to ensure its labour wards are “adequately staffed” at weekends. Freya Murphy was born at 9.31am on 21 July 2018 at Queen Elizabeth University

A woman jailed for stealing thousands of pounds from a children’s charity and a family-run coffee firm has been ordered to repay more than £36,000 under proceeds of crime laws. In January 2025, Beverley Bennie, 37, was sentenced to 20 months’ imprisonment after she admitted embezzl

His Majesty The King has appointed Lorraine Glancy, Jonathan Guy, Helen McGinty, Alan Sinclair, Graeme Watson, Chloe Millar, Michael Meehan, David Bernard, Euan Gosney and John McElroy to the office of sheriff, on the recommendation of First Minister John Swinney. Mr Swinney made his recommendation

A former criminal lawyer who specialised in serious organised crime has been jailed for 18 months after being caught dealing nearly £87,000 worth of ketamine from her £600,000 country home. Aberdeen lawyer Amanda Lothian, 65, was convicted in April of being concerned in the supply of the

A Banffshire farm has been fined £20,000 after a 24-year-old man died when his clothing became trapped in machinery. Melrose Farms, a family-owned potato farming partnership, pled guilty to a breach of health and safety legislation at Inverness Sheriff Court after part-time seasonal worker Ada

The WS Society hosted a special reception for Lady Elish Angiolini LT KC, Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and her official entourage.  Jim Cormack KC WS, Deputy Keeper of the Signet, gave an address praising Lady Angiolini for her outstanding career and

Shakespeare Martineau has announced the appointment of Fiona Pask as its new head of Scotland. Based in the firm’s Edinburgh hub, she will spearhead the strategic development of Shakespeare Martineau in Scotland, focusing on practice growth, client relationships and talent development.

A Saudi-based Scottish worker whose home in Whiteness was subjected to a second home council tax premium has succeeded in having the case remitted to the First-tier Tribunal following an appeal to the Upper Tribunal for Scotland. A second home levy of £2,048.49 was imposed on Mr A, the appella

Secondary school children at The Edinburgh Academy had the opportunity to take part in a mock trial criminal with S3 pupils playing the roles of prosecutor, defence agent, witnesses and jurors.

The Crown Office has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a discretionary fatal accident inquiry into the death of David Ainsworth. Mr Ainsworth, 59, was admitted to Hairmyres hospital on 20 January 2020 following concerns raised by a home carer. His condition deteriorated and he die

A business owner who conned dozens of customers out of more than £100,000 by breaking promises to build garden sheds and summerhouses has been jailed for three years and four months. Alistair Baxter, 36, took thousands of pounds for the work from almost 70 people, some of them pensioners in th

A manhunt for a convicted killer came to an embarrassing end after his jailers realised they had forgotten him at a courthouse for at least 12 hours. Officials at Clayton County jail in Jonesboro, Georgia ordered a lockdown and search after they could not find 70-year-old Julian Brooks Deloach.

Clyde & Co has announced three senior promotions in Scotland, with Natalie Gibb and Claire Raftery made partner and Kimberley Mitchell promoted to legal director. Ms Gibb joined the firm in 2011 as a trainee solicitor in the Edinburgh office.

A couple who leased a property in Renfrewshire who argued that their landlords had breached the Tenancy Deposit Schemes (Scotland) Regulations 2011 by transferring their deposit from one approved scheme to another without telling them have lost an appeal to the Upper Tribunal against a decision that