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An enormous anti-Trump protest artwork has been etched into the beach next to the US president's Turnberry golf course. The sand art, measuring 55 metres by 40 metres, was created by Greenpeace UK to mark 100 days of Donald Trump's second stint in the White House.

A toolkit for ensuring that human rights are at the heart of United Nations development programmes (UNDPs) has been produced by experts including a law professor at the University of Strathclyde. Professor Alan Miller is among four lead authors of the HRBA (Human Rights-Based Approach) To Developmen

Shepherd and Wedderburn has promoted Gavin Charlton to partner and Pamela Binnie and Roddy Forgie to legal director. Mr Charlton began his career at the firm in 2007 as a trainee, qualifying into the employee share incentives team in 2009.

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

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

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 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

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

A Holyrood committee has rejected a motion recommending the removal of Maggie Chapman MSP after she criticised the Supreme Court in the wake of its ruling on the definition of "woman" in equality law. The Scottish Parliament's equalities, human rights and civil justice committee, of which the Green

A disgruntled former Disney employee who hacked into the company's computers to vandalise its restaurant menus has been jailed. Michael Scheuer, 40, made changes including altering menu information relating to wine regions to reflect locations of recent mass shootings.

Dr Smita Kheria has been elected as chair of the Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA). Dr Kheria, a senior lecturer in intellectual property law at Edinburgh Law School, is the first woman of colour to hold the position since the association was established in 1990.