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Slater and Gordon has moved its Edinburgh office to 8 Charlotte Square. The Georgian townhouse is part of the Charlotte Square Collection, a portfolio of 23 properties within Edinburgh’s prime business address.

An annual mock trial supported by Scots lawyers to help promote legal education in schools will take place this weekend. The Edinburgh Schools MiniTrials will see children from eight local secondary schools taking part in mock assault and drugs trials which will be presided over by members of the Fa

Sahrawi organisations have condemned the European Commission for continuing to pursue a trade deal with Morocco which includes occupied Western Sahara in spite of a landmark EU court ruling. The Sahrawi people are an ethnic group native to the western part of the Sahara desert.

Short-term prisoners due for release within the next six months are to be released early under "emergency proposals" to tackle prison overcrowding, if Holyrood agrees. The prison population has surged by more than 200 in the past three months and now stands at 8,363, one of the highest levels ever r

Measures to "enhance and improve" the performance of Holyrood committees have been published in a new report by the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee. The report follows the committee’s inquiry on committee effectiveness which explored how committees were performing and w

RTA Law LLP has announced the promotion of Zara Jones to partner. Ms Jones started her legal career with RTA Law initially as a summer student before commencing her traineeship in 2017. She is a passionate believer in the firm’s mission to protect and represent vulnerable road users, including

Terra Firma Chambers has again been recognised as one of the leading stables at the Scottish bar in the latest edition of the Legal 500. The 2026 edition of the Legal 500 directory was released on Wednesday with Terra Firma ranked as a leading set (Band 1) for Employment, Private Client & Family

Digital assets like Bitcoin will have greater legal clarity under new legislation introduced at Holyrood. The Digital Assets (Scotland) Bill aims to provide clear legal recognition that digital assets can be property in Scots law. The new legislation creates "robust" legal foundations around digital

DWF has expanded its teams in Edinburgh and Glasgow with a wave of new appointments which includes a director, two senior associates, 10 solicitors and eight new trainees. Casey MacDonald has joined the global legal business as a director, bringing significant expertise in supporting leading insurer

NHS Fife has revised its policy on workplace facilities, instructing staff to use changing rooms and toilets aligned with their sex at birth rather than gender identity. The change follows a warning from the Equality and Human Rights Commission that it would "enforce" a recent Supreme Court decision

Law firm Aberdein Considine has made the shortlist in five categories at the upcoming Herald Law Awards for Scotland, including Firm of the Year. As a firm, Aberdein Considine is up for:

The Sheriff Appeal Court has quashed the conviction of a woman fined £100 for shouting and swearing and making a homophobic remark to a female complainer after finding that the justice of the peace had not adequately explained in her verdict why she preferred the evidence of the complainer. El

Ampersand Advocates has once again secured its position among Scotland’s leading sets of counsel in the newly released 2026 edition of The Legal 500 United Kingdom Bar Guide. The rankings reaffirm Ampersand’s reputation for excellence across a broad spectrum of legal disciplines. In the

Compass Chambers and its members have once again received top rankings from the Legal 500 in the 2026 edition of the directory. Compass received 26 individual rankings across three practice areas. It was once again recognised as a top tier stable in both Crime & Regulatory and Personal Injury &a