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A pair of construction workers who dug through the Great Wall of China to create a shortcut have been arrested. Police in Youyo County in Shanxi province say a man and a woman used a digger to create a shortcut through the iconic landmark.

A lord ordinary has ruled that a football pundit whose son hit a pedestrian while driving a vehicle he was not insured to drive could not be held jointly and severally liable for repayment of the sum paid by the insurer to the injured party following a successful claim for damages by the injured par

A new animation shares young people’s experiences of legal representation and articulates what they want from their lawyers.

A solicitor working for a small firm in Angus has won the Law Society of Scotland’s 2023 Innovation Cup, with a practical tool to assist legal teams working in conveyancing. Now in its sixth year, the Innovation Cup invites legal professionals and law students to share their bright ideas for r

All are welcome to the Women in Law Project exhibition in the Royal Faculty of Procurators of Glasgow from 10-4pm Tuesday 12 September to Sunday 17 September. This exhibition, taking place as part of the Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival 2023, will inform, inspire and may even infuriate.

DAC Beachcroft is pleased to welcome commercial and construction disputes specialist Alistair Dean as a partner in its national professional & commercial risks team in Scotland.  He joins DACB from Anderson Strathern.

Blackadders LLP has boosted its rural team by appointing Ian Angus as an associate. He is also a part-time farmer, running his own livestock farm near Huntly, Aberdeenshire.

Raeburn Christie Clark and Wallace LLP is continuing to support the development of local legal talent with the recruitment of three trainee solicitors.

The Perthshire Solicitors Property Centre (PSPC) is to close its office in Perth and move entirely online. The city centre premises will shut by the end of this month – with the loss of two jobs. 

Irwin Mitchell and Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie have merged. Irwin Mitchell Scotland operates out of Glasgow predominantly in banking and finance and complex personal injury work. Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie specialises in corporate, private client, property, and asset management.

The Irish government has been urged by human rights campaigners and Northern Ireland politicians to bring the UK government to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) over its controversial legacy bill. A last-ditch attempt to amend the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill,

Gilson Gray has promoted Vanessa Kennedy to the newly established position of director of marketing and business development. The newly created post, which merges leadership of the two functions, will see Ms Kennedy take responsibility for all of Gilson Gray’s marketing and business devel

Anderson Strathern been reappointed – for the third successive four-year period – to five ‘lots’ of the Scottish government’s Legal Services Framework. The appointment signals a total of over 16 years’ service by the firm within the Scottish government frameworks

Glasgow’s commercial real estate market has maintained a steady upward increase in its appeal to investors, a new report has found. Scotland’s biggest city is also closing the gap against other major UK cities as a place for real estate investment according to CMS’s Tomorrow - Real

A man who attempted to cross the Atlantic in a bizarre homemade vessel while a hurricane was approaching and then threatened to bomb the coastguard has been arrested.