A fraudster who earned more than £500,000 by deceiving luxury hotels and stores into buying ‘unique’ Scottish-grown tea that was actually imported has been imprisoned for three-and-a-half years. Thomas Robinson, 55, of Dunkeld, Perthshire, also defrauded a group of genuine Scottish
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Catriona Torrance has been promoted to partner in the private client team at Balfour and Manson. Ms Torrance qualified as a solicitor in 2006 and has specialised throughout her career in private client work, including wills, powers of attorney, succession planning, and trusts.
The board of the Scottish Arbitration Centre has appointed Rebecca Wyke as a deputy registrar. The announcement was made by Duncan Bagshaw, the registrar of the centre, at the centre’s arbitration training day in Edinburgh today.
Kwik Fit, part of European Tyre Enterprise Limited (ETEL), has acquired a portfolio of 83 UK properties – which it currently occupies and includes over 30 sites in Scotland – as it aims to bring more sites into its direct ownership. Kwik Fit, whose ultimate parent company is
Thompsons Solicitors Scotland has announced the opening of its new Edinburgh office at Greenside, 12 Blenheim Place.
A student with dual citizenship of the UK and South Africa who was charged the higher rate of fees by a Scottish university after it realised that he had paid the wrong rate for his first two years of study has lost a judicial review challenge based on discrimination on the basis that he had fled fr
President of the Supreme Court Lord Reed was in the Montenegrin capital Podgorica last Friday to deliver the keynote address at a conference entitled “From Traditional to European Judiciary”. Lord Reed was visiting at the invitation of the Supreme Court of Montenegro, with the supp
The Scottish Liberal Democrats have warned that the police need the right skills and resources to tackle online sex crimes as new annual crime statistics showed sex crimes are now at their second highest level since 1971 when records began. Figures from Police Scotland show that:
West Midland Police Officers at Orgreave. Credit: West Midlands Police, CC BY-SA 2.0
Shoosmiths has announced record financial results for the 2024/25 financial year, with profit per equity partner (PEP) exceeding £1 million for the first time – a 30 per cent rise on last year. Net profit increased by 16 per cent to £76.6m and revenue grew five per cent to £2
Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) has bolstered its ranks with the appointment of 10 new staff members. Eight of the new starts are fee-earning legal staff, working across WJM’s offices.
Total crime in Scotland remains at similar levels to 2023-24, with a small reduction in the headline figure. The Recorded Crime in Scotland 2024-25 bulletin shows also shows that levels of non-sexual crimes of violence have dipped slightly over the year and continue to be 23 per cent lower than in 2
A law enforcement official who declared he has "zero tolerance for street racing" has been filmed street racing. Video footage shared online appears to show Carmine Marceno, head of Lee County Sheriff's Office in Florida, taking off in a Ferrari while his friend filming shouts: "Juice that motherfuc
