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Clyde & Co has announced three senior promotions in Scotland, with Natalie Gibb and Claire Raftery made partner and Kimberley Mitchell promoted to legal director. Ms Gibb joined the firm in 2011 as a trainee solicitor in the Edinburgh office.

The Sheriff Appeal Court has by a 2-1 majority upheld the conviction of a man convicted of distracting a tractor driver with a laser beam after finding that the Crown had proved all the essentials of the statutory offence. Samuel Stewart was convicted of an offence under section 1(1) of the Laser Mi

Brodies LLP has appointed seven new partners in its latest round of internal promotions. Private client lawyers Nadine Walton and Stewart Gibson step up to partner, as do construction law expert Amy Pairman, banking and finance lawyer Peter Brading, rural business and natural capital specialist Andr

Burges Salmon has promoted four of its Edinburgh-based lawyers, with Claire Logue becoming partner and Lauren Winters, Penny Shannon and Helen Woodford becoming directors. The independent UK law firm has appointed a total of 13 new partners and 19 new directors with effect from 1 May 2025 in its lar

New figures reveal a seven per cent increase in the number of community payback orders (CPOs) issued in Scotland compared to a year ago. A new publication from Scotland's chief statistician covers the changes in rates of progression during and after the Covid-19 pandemic, information on the number o

A famous ad campaign which discouraged viewers from pirating films on the basis they "wouldn't steal a car" may have used a stolen font. Bluesky users investigating which font was used in the ads, which were ubiquitous in the early 2000s, unearthed evidence that it was an "illegal clone" of a copyri

A transgender former judge has said she will take the UK to the European Court of Human Rights following the Supreme Court's ruling that "sex" in the Equality Act 2010 refers solely to biological sex. Victoria McCloud resigned as Master of the High Court in England and Wales in 2024 after saying pol

Lord Bracadale may step down as chair of the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry after the Scottish Police Federation claimed he had undermined his impartiality by meeting with the Bayoh family. The Federation, which represents rank-and-file police officers, has threatened to take legal action against the inquiry o

A team from Blackadders LLP braved a firewalk to raise funds for the Dundee Maggie’s Centre as part of a charity of the year partnership with the cancer support provider.

A Holyrood committee has declined to make a recommendation on a private member's bill to legalise assisted dying, saying that it is a "matter of conscience" for individual MSPs. The Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill was introduced by Liberal Democrat MSP Liam McArthur in March

McKee Campbell Morrison (MCM) has acted for the landlord in a transaction which will allow The Stand Comedy Club to find a new home in the historic Lansdown Church in Glasgow's West End. The firm acted for FACT Three, a charity set up by the trustees of Four Acres Charity Trust who promote the prese

A new ministerial accountability board is to be established to oversee the implementation of FAI recommendations aimed at preventing avoidable deaths in custody. Sheriff Collins made 25 recommendations in January 2025 after finding that the deaths of Katie Allan and William Lindsay in a young offend

Denovo’s CaseLoad platform just took another big step towards becoming the all-in-one legal software solution for Scottish law firms. The brand-new integration with Registers of Scotland (ROS) allows users to request title information, download documents, and access title summaries – all

A Falkirk sheriff has dismissed an action by the former trustees of an Islamic centre seeking their reinstatement as trustees following their expulsion at a members’ meeting after finding that the sheriff court was not the appropriate jurisdiction for the action. Mohammed Imtiaz and two other

Artificial intelligence could play a positive role in the justice system as long as it is used carefully and transparently, a Scottish lawyer has told a major conference in London. Professor Peter Watson, solicitor advocate at PBW Law and president of the British Academy of Forensic Sciences (BAFS),