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Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) is celebrating the success of its first year sponsoring the Nairn Half Marathon.

As the use of Botox in online hacks and challenges grows, Derek Couper warns people to be sure of exactly what they’re getting into – and the dangers of not doing so While Botox has been increasing in its use for some time among image conscious people who want to look their best, the inf

Strathclyde Law School is offering scholarships to talented current or prospective mature students studying any taught course in the law school, whether full-time or part-time, undergraduate or postgraduate, who are in acute financial need. You must be 25 years or older at the point of the deadline

A chemical company has been fined £100,000 after one of its workers was permanently scarred from burns from a steam hose at a site in Motherwell. The 23-year-old man was burnt across his back and other areas of his body as he attempted to clean a process water tank on 23 October 2019. At the t

Two major airlines are being sued for allegedly misleading customers by offering window seats which don't have windows. Greenbaum Olbrantz LLP has filed proposed class action lawsuits against Delta Air Lines in New York and against United Airlines in California.

Sheriff Principal Aisha Anwar talks about her role as Sheriff Principal of Glasgow & Strathkelvin in a new Instagram reel. She was appointed sheriff principal of South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway in April 2020, and was subsequently appointed sheriff principal of Glasgow and Strathkelvin i

A former foster carer who neglected and abused vulnerable children placed into her care has been sentenced. Ella Cowan, from Crimond, Aberdeenshire, was found guilty of using cruel and unnatural treatment towards the four victims between 1977 and 1981.

A public consultation on reforming Scotland's parole process has been published with the aim of improving the system. Voices in Justice: A Consultation on Parole Reform in Scotland seeks views on some issues raised by victims, specifically on improving transparency and communication of parole proces

An Edinburgh sheriff has determined that two relatives of a man wanted to face trial in Canada for manslaughter could also be extradited with him after taking the view that their conduct following the crime would have constituted the offence of attempting to defeat the ends of justice in Scotland. B

A local authority councillor who groomed and sexually abused a vulnerable teenage girl has been jailed for more than two years. David Graham, of Methilhill, Fife, was found guilty on 23 July 2025 following a trial at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court.

A protester has claimed he was arrested for wearing a “Plasticine Action” T-shirt at a demonstration in Parliament Square in London on 9 August. Miles Pickering, an engineer from Brighton, was among 532 people detained at the protest. He said he was arrested under section 13 of the Terro

Raeburn Christie Clark and Wallace has extended its reach in the region with the opening of a new office in Laurencekirk.

McKee Campbell Morrison (MCM) has announced the appointment of two new trainee solicitors, Logan Morrison and Aidan Melrose, as well as the qualification of Brandon Stein, who joins the firm’s corporate team as a solicitor. Mr Morrison and Mr Melrose will complete their traineeships across the

On 12 August the Court of Session threw out a challenge to a local authority’s decision that commercial leases for £1 annually were a rates-avoidance scheme, with the result that the landlord rather than any occupying tenants was liable for non-domestic rates. The petition for judicial r