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An employment lawyer has urged caution over the growing trend of "workation" policies allowing staff members to work remotely from a location of their choice, away from their home or office. Liam Entwistle, employment law specialist and chairman at law firm Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP, argu

Fraser Irvine Sheriff Officers LLP has announced the appointment of Douglas Bruce to the position of international enforcement and service director. Mr Bruce was formerly head of sheriff officer services at Scott & Co (Scotland) LLP and is the immediate past president of the Society of Messenger

A neo-Nazi terrorist has been ordered to read classic novels in lieu of a prison sentence. Judge Timothy Spencer QC told 21-year-old Ben John to swap his extremist literature for the works of Jane Austen and William Shakespeare.

Glasgow-headquartered intellectual property company Murgitroyd has grown its Irish base with the acquisition of European patent and trade mark attorney firm Hanna Moore + Curley (HMC). Dublin-headquartered HMC, which specialises in obtaining intellectual property protection for a wide range of secto

A judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has ruled that two children of UK citizens who emigrated to New Zealand acquired habitual residence in Scotland following the couple’s divorce. The petitioner, F, the child’s father, sought orders under the Child Abduction and Custody Ac

DLA Piper has been appointed by the UK government as the provider of legal services for the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow this November. The firm will provide general commercial support to the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) including in respect of sponsorship a

A 33-year-old Glasgow man has been sentenced for illegally disposing of building waste. David McCourt, a builder from Milngavie, was given a Community Payback Order with 80 hours of unpaid work and ordered to pay £300 compensation after he pled guilty at Dumbarton Sheriff Court to an environme

An Aberdeen solicitor who fell on hard times was spared being struck off after being found guilty of professional misconduct for failing to pay two advocates for their work. Solicitor Graeme Murray was found guilty by the Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal (SSDT) in May 2018, but the decision

An extremely restrictive ban on abortion after six weeks of pregnancy has come into force in Texas after a go-ahead from the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). The one-page ruling issued under the court's controversial "shadow docket" process has sparked fears that Roe v Wade, the landmark

So-called "vaccine passports" will be required to enter certain events and higher risk venues, such as nightclubs, music festivals and some football grounds under plans being put to MSPs next week. The Scottish Parliament will be asked to vote on the introduction of a Covid-19 vaccination verificati

Seven black men who were executed in Virginia for the alleged rape of a black woman 70 years ago have been posthumously pardoned. Governor Ralph Northam said the pardons, which do not address the guilt of the so-called Martinsville Seven, are "about righting wrongs".

Three French police officers have been arrested after crashing their car when one of them jokingly used a Taser on the driver. The officers were finishing their shift and driving back from Tourcoing to nearby Roubaix, both near the border with Belgium, at the time.

MSPs have agreed to write to the Scottish government to take forward a formal pardon for the 4,000 people accused and executed for witchcraft. A petition lodged by Claire Mitchell QC earlier this year seeks a pardon as well as an official apology and a memorial in recognition of Scotland’s wit

Advocate Jon Kiddie of Terra Firma Chambers explores the use of the Scots language in Scots law. ‘That the Court of Session, or College of Justice, do, after the Union, and notwithstanding thereof, remain, in all time coming, within Scotland, as it is now constituted by the Laws of that Kingdo

WhatsApp has been slapped with a record €225 million fine by Ireland's data protection watchdog – the largest-ever GDPR fine in Ireland and the second-largest in the EU. The Data Protection Commission (DPC) originally intended to fine WhatsApp between €30 million and €50 million