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Lindsays chief operating officer Ian Beattie pays tribute to the firm's lawyers playing a role in charities across Scotland. It’s been Trustees Week from 4-8 November, and across Scotland and the rest of the UK, the spotlight is shining on the priceless contribution made by charity trustees to

A monumental new history of Irish republicanism in Dundee reveals much of the Irish diaspora experience in Scotland and leaves Graham Ogilvy impressed by its thorough research. As a young boy I walked through the derelict tenements of Tipperary every day to get to school and in the evening, after sc

If the interested reader thought that just about everything that could have been written about British intelligence agencies had been published, then this new history will probably be a revelation, writes Robert Shiels. From the founding of the Secret Service Bureau in 1909, women worked in every ar

Burges Salmon partner Magnus Miller considers the differences between pensions law in Scotland and in England. With the enactment of the Trust and Succession (Scotland) Act 2024 earlier this year, it is a good time to remind ourselves of the differences between Scots law and English law as they appl

The Scottish government must listen to the needs of police officers and staff as new figures revealed that officer numbers have dropped by over 1,000 since Police Scotland was formed, the Lib Dems have said. As at the end of June this year, the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) police officers fe

A man convicted in the High Court of Justiciary of raping two women has lost an appeal against the convictions based on a contention that the trial judge ought to have deserted the trial diet after he became unresponsive during his cross-examination. Appellant Daniel Robertson argued he had been una

New powers allowing police to seize cryptocurrency and other similar assets, which have been illegally obtained by criminals or are being used to hide or launder the proceeds of their activities, came into effect in Scotland yesterday, writes Sally Clark. The new seizure powers are a key aspect of t

A fatal accident inquiry is to take place into the death of a man who was found dead in his cell in HMP Barlinnie. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for the FAI into the death of 58-year-old Michael Charlton, who was foun

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. What does Donald Trump’s return mean for the death penalty? | The Hill

Prosecutors who brought down the hammer on late taxpayers have complained that their own pay is now extremely late. The local prosecutor's office in St Louis County, Missouri has been owed around $54,000 (around €50,000 or £42,000) for months.

Holyrood's criminal justice committee is seeking views on plans to modernise procedures in criminal courts and introduce a new process for reviewing deaths related to abusive behaviour within relationships. The Scottish government announced the Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Beh

Macdonald Henderson has announced the acquisition of Ferguson Whyte Solicitors. Ferguson Whyte is one of the longest established firms of solicitors in the west end of Glasgow, offering a wide range of private client and property services to individuals, couples and families.

A Tayside sheriff has found that the proprietors of a cottage in Arbroath continued to enjoy a servitude of drainage over their neighbours’ property after building a new septic tank built in their field with the consent of the neighbours’ predecessors in title. Pursuers Graham and Sally

The first Budget under the Labour administration was feared by business and nowhere more so than in the farming community where the recent announcements will have a devastating effect, writes Sarah Dodds. As an accountant and business advisor, but more importantly a farmer’s wife with a young

A paedophile who was extradited from Thailand to face charges of historic child sexual abuse has been jailed. John Martin, formerly of Haddington, East Lothian, was brought back to Scotland by National Crime Agency (NCA) officers in December 2023 after moving to Bangkok several years earlier.