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A man who drove his car into a garage attached to a house in Fife and then set it on fire has lost an appeal against the length of his prison sentence but successfully challenged a lifelong ban on holding a driving licence. Michael Reddington was sentenced to 7 years’ imprisonment, discounted

The Scottish property market has shown signs of cooling as average property selling prices across Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders showed a 2.8 per cent year-on-year drop during June-August 2023 to £286,560, according to the latest ESPC House Price Report.

Targets for nature recovery could be put into law in line with those for climate change, as part of a range of proposals to protect and restore Scotland’s natural environment. The Scottish government is asking for views on its plans and actions to accelerate nature restoration and regeneration

A new university course for Scottish paralegals has been created to support career development while meeting the needs of the legal sector. The Law Society of Scotland has partnered with Robert Gordon University (RGU) in Aberdeen to offer an accredited qualification tailored to paralegals, the first

Harper Macleod has become the only law firm to be appointed to all six available lots on the Scottish government’s legal services framework. This is the third framework agreement in a row where the firm has achieved this position, having first been appointed to all six lots in 2015, and again

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. China’s concerning new strategy on human rights: unite the world behind a ‘selective’ approach

Previous generations of law students were advised to read the autobiographies of retired judges and that was certainly the case with that of Lord Wheatley One Man’s Judgement: an autobiography (1987). There was thought generally then to be much to be learnt about the central workings of the le

Blackadders LLP has welcomed a new group of 10 trainees to the firm. The latest cohort of eager legal minds have set out on their careers with inductions across the full-service firm’s units including four seats in each of separate departments within the private client and business service gro

Thorntons has welcomed its single largest intake of trainees, as 17 graduates start with the firm this month.

Laura Morrison discusses the rise of workcations. Given the predictably unpredictable Scottish climate, it was no surprise to read the results of a YouGov poll published earlier this year. It showed that 37 per cent of UK adults who can work remotely are interested in doing their job from a holiday

Members of the public who saw people lying on a floor reported what they thought was a ritualistic mass killing – when in fact it was a yoga class. Attendees of 22-year-old Millie Laws' yoga class in Chapel St Leonards, Lincolnshire, were practising a pose called shavasana, which lit

Digital currencies issued by central banks is the topic of the latest Edinburgh Private Law Blog entry. "Throughout most of history, money as a tool of payment has taken the form of tangible objects such as coins and banknotes. However, the rapid development of digital technology has changed the pay

The Scottish Young Lawyers’ Association has announced its inaugural launch party for members in Inverness.

A 23-year-old man who stabbed a man in the street after asking if he was giving evidence in a forthcoming trial has lost an appeal against an extended sentence of 65 months with a four-year custodial element. Appellant James Dunn pled guilty at a first diet in the Sheriff Court to assault to severe

Dear Editor, Murder is broadly defined and universally recognised as the wilful destruction of human life with unlawful intent. The "intent" required needs to be “unlawful” and the “destruction” needs to be “wilful” which generally means that you can’t commi