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A drug dealer jailed for four years and three months has been ordered to pay back more than £300,000 under proceeds of crime laws. Russell Smith, 42, was sentenced at the High Court at Glasgow in January this year after pleading guilty to a charge of being involved in serious organised crime.

The Cyber and Fraud Centre - Scotland has called for further action to protect businesses, public bodies and individuals from cybercrime and the exploitation of stolen data.

Scottish Legal News is marking the retirement of Jeff Anderson, its long-serving advertising manager, who is stepping down after more than 18 years with the company. Jeff joined the business in 2008 and has played a pivotal role in helping to steer Scottish Legal News and its sister publications tow

A new blueprint sets out how people across Scotland can play a bigger part in the country's response to the climate and nature crisis. The Public Engagement Strategy for Climate and Nature aims to enable people to understand what climate change means for them, encourage local action and ensure peopl

A marine services company has failed in an action seeking to limit its liability for losses arising from the toppling of a research vessel in a Leith dry dock after the Outer House held that it had not relevantly established jurisdiction and could not constitute a limitation fund before any claims h

Andrew Diamond, centre, with newly promoted colleagues (from left) Qasim Ali, Megan Hainey, Katherine McAlpine, Joanna Saigeon, Erin Peoples and Mairi Innes  Six solicitors have today been promoted at Lindsays.

Jennifer Malcolm has joined iomart Group plc in Glasgow as general counsel.  In her new role, Ms Malcolm will be responsible for leading the company's legal function and supporting the business across a range of legal, regulatory, commercial and governance matters.

Thorntons is assuming responsibility for the wills, powers of attorney and title deeds of Young Robertson & Co, based in Caithness, as its partners move towards retirement. The agreement will ensure continuity of service for clients in the region as Young Robertson & Co winds down its practi

David Welsh has been elected as the new clerk of the Faculty of Advocates. "I am delighted have been elected as the clerk of Faculty by my colleagues. It is a great responsibility, as is any office bearer role within the Faculty of Advocates, but it is also an exciting challenge, and I am looking fo

This week the Campaign for Freedom of Information in Scotland celebrates ‘Interntional Right to Know Day’.  Protecting and strengthening the right to official information in Scotland should be a priority, both as a defensive as well as proactive measure to address fake news and prov

A toddler pulled a loaded pistol from a backpack at a daycare in Canton in the US state of Michigan, on Monday, police said. No one was injured, and the child was quickly stopped by a teacher. Police Chief Joseph Bialy said the child’s parent, a police officer from a neighbouring jurisdiction,

A barrister must pay £6,767 in wasted costs after trying to undertake the first day of an employment tribunal hearing while travelling by train in Germany. Michael Engelhardt-Sprack had been permitted to appear remotely at the final hearing because he lives in Germany, practises in the UK and

Pinsent Masons has elected Richard Griffiths as managing partner. Mr Griffiths, who will succeed Laura Cameron with effect from 1 November, is global head of the firm’s property group. Under his leadership the group has grown by 13 per cent over the last two years.

Peter Murrell has had his legal aid withdrawn after details of his financial circumstances emerged, The Scotsman reports. The Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) confirmed that it has stopped funding the former SNP chief executive, who was jailed for five years in June after pleading guilty to embezzlin