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In Mother Russia, victim compensates you. Russian lawmakers have said Moscow will seek compensation from European countries over damage caused by the war it started in Ukraine.

A former Reform UK council candidate is suing CMS for £400,000 after he was dismissed over a series of controversial social media posts, including one stating: "I hate Islam." Dan Cooper, formerly a senior HR business partner at the firm, was dismissed in March 2025 after CMS became aware of p

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has agreed to pay up to $5.5 billion to settle tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging that its talc-based baby powder and other products caused ovarian cancer. The proposed settlement would resolve around 76,000 cases, covering most of the remaining talc-related claim

Four solicitors have stepped up to join the ranks of solicitor advocates with extended rights of audience in Scotland’s highest civil court. The newly appointed solicitor advocates are:

The Scottish Civil Justice Council’s proposal to widen the scope of group proceedings to include ‘opt-out’ claims has received strong backing from the Scottish public, a new survey shows. New polling commissioned by English law firm Hausfeld & Co LLP demonstrates wide support f

The UK Supreme Court is set to clarify whether a company can recover losses suffered by a subsidiary after hearing a landmark appeal stemming from the closure of Glasgow's famed Rogano restaurant, with the ruling expected to have significant implications for commercial contract claims across the UK,

A man who abducted a teenage girl at knifepoint before raping her in a basement has been given an order for lifelong restriction with five years before parole. Aaron Strachan, now 21, approached the 15-year-old girl as she waited at a bus stop in Edinburgh city centre in the early hours of 25 May 20

With under two weeks remaining until the first Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax submission deadline, new research from Bank of Scotland suggests that two-thirds (65 per cent) of small businesses in Scotland still have work to do before they are ready to comply with the new rules, compared wi

The UK Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by the Kingdom of Bahrain after a majority of the Court’s justices held that the Gulf state was not entitled to invoke state immunity against tort claims brought by UK-based activists whose computers had allegedly been infected with spyware by Bahrai

A millionaire tailor who once dressed opera star Luciano Pavarotti is suing a wine fridge supplier for more than £550,000, claiming faulty units ruined part of his prized wine collection.

A lord ordinary has refused an action to quash a decree of divorce granted after undefended proceedings in 2024, finding that the pursuer’s suggestions of inaccuracies in the factual basis of the decree did not provide sufficient grounds for reduction. The parties’ divorce was granted on

A carwash owner with links to serious organised crime who controlled a large-scale drug-trafficking operation has been jailed for three years. Evidence gathered by prosecutors showed how Klodian Ferizolli, 32, of Glasgow, supplied and sold cocaine and cannabis worth thousands of pounds. 

Scottish solicitors Elaine Motion and Iain Jamieson have been awarded lifetime honorary membership of the Law Society of Scotland. They are the 24th and 25th recipients of the highest accolade which can be conferred by the Law Society.