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Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) has announced a string of promotions. In the Glasgow office, promotees include Carol Baxter, Angus Rutherford and Thomas Fairbairn, who have become solicitors in the private client, commercial property and corporate sectors respectively.

A rapist who subjected women to a campaign of controlling, violent and sexual abuse over the course of 23 years has been jailed. George McDonald was found guilty of 10 charges involving three women on 29 July following a trial at the High Court in Paisley.

John Sturrock KC will be in conversation with retired colonel, Dr Fred Clark Boli later this month about the remarkable series of meetings which took place in Edinburgh and Moscow at the height of the Cold War in the 1980s involving British, American and Soviet participants. The Conversations,

Eighty years have elapsed since the heady days of August 1944 when Paris, the City of Light – and to many, a beacon of light in the pre-war days – liberated itself from the ignominy, shame and cruelty of Nazi tyranny.

Sarah Cooper outlines changes that landlords and tenants should expect in the Housing (Scotland) Bill. It has been a busy year on the housing front in Scotland. In early Spring, we saw the temporary measures protecting tenants from rent increases and evictions relating to the Cost-of-Living cri

Rachel Munro is a senior associate in the real estate team at Shoosmiths in Scotland. She is shortlisted for the Rising Star, Residential category in the Inspiring Women in Property Awards 2024 and for the Real Estate Rising Star of the Year category at the Legal 500 Scotland Awards. Here, she offer

Two appeals by the pursuer and defender in a dispute over servitude rights over land including a filling station in Ross-shire have been resolved by the Sheriff Appeal Court determining that the defender did not have the servitude rights he claimed to. AC & IC Fraser & Son Ltd initially rais

Scottish Legal News will shortly publish an article on the military exploits of war hero and Scots lawyer John Ross and is seeking the help of readers to obtain a photograph of him. Mr Ross was a lawyer in Dundee for many years and retired from his firm, Ross Strachan, in 1983. His brother Donald wa

Via Davidson Chalmers Stewart: "It was a pleasure to have Aberdeen Commercial Law Prize winner Noah Chapman in the office with us this week. The Commercial Law Prize is open to Aberdeen University LLB students in their second year of study and provides the winner with £500 and a week-long plac

Shepherd and Wedderburn has been reaccredited as an Investor in People (IIP) at 'Platinum' level and awarded the 'Platinum' accreditation as an Investor in Young People (IIYP). "We are thrilled to be in the unique position within our sector of attaining the 'Platinum' accreditations as an Investor i

The use of framework legislation – in particular, framework bills – will be the focus of a new inquiry by the Scottish Parliament’s Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee. The committee has launched a consultation to find out more about how framework bills impact on parliamentar

Hundreds of frogs known for their illegal use as an aphrodisiac have been seized by police in Peru. Some 390 frogs were recovered by police after they pulled over a truck heading from Lake Titicaca to capital Lima, France24 reports.

Anderson Strathern has announced the promotion of five new partners and three directors. The move bolsters the company’s rural, private, public and third sector, real estate, employment, private client, and energy teams as it completes a successful year of growth.