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The Sheriff Appeal Court has refused an appeal by a property developer against a sheriff’s decision that he was obliged to discharge a standard security granted over a site in an Aberdeen suburb he sought to develop alongside its original owner. Appellant Daniel Donald, the defender in an acti

The PSNI and the Metropolitan Police unlawfully spied on investigative journalists Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) has ruled.

ESPC has announced the graduation of its SPC Property Practice Certification students, with a 100 per cent pass rate. Forty-three students from across 23 of ESPC’s chartered solicitor estate agency member firms committed to gaining the qualification in 2024, with every student passing their ex

Gisèle Pelicot's ex-husband and 50 other men have been convicted of rape and other offences in the French mass trial which made global headlines. Dominique Pelicot, 72, who drugged and raped his then wife, also 72, and arranged for other men to come to their home to rape her while she was dru

Dr Andrew Forde responds to the furore over Ireland's intention to intervene in cases brought against Israel and Myanmar under the Genocide Convention. On 11 December, Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin announced Ireland’s intention to intervene in the

Rod Maclean takes a look at a high-profile family squabble. Media business magnate Rupert Murdoch’s family’s public drama regarding ownership is perhaps the biggest family business law story of a generation. Beneath the glitz lies a classic archetype of succession squabbles. Families &nd

Digby Brown Solicitors recovered a record £160 million in compensation for clients last year. Accounts for 2023/24 show the firm helped people after high-profile incidents like the Stonehaven derailment and the first jury trial win in seven years at the Court of Session.

A Stirling man has been jailed for rape after he deceived his then-partner into believing he had used a condom while having sex. Luke Ford, 35, was found guilty of 19 charges involving violence, sexual assault, threats and abuse against women. Of the seven rape charges on which he was convicted, one

Dear Editor, Ian Moir is a truly deserving recipient of SLN's lawyer of the month award. His dogged commitment for a number of years to the campaign on legal aid culminating in the recent unprecedented publicity is exceptional. The commitment of the government to reform the system in 2026 is a token

Japanese crime syndicates have reportedly begun using Pokémon trading cards to launder vast amounts of money. The former head of a crime syndicate told Japanese magazine Shunkan Gendai that his organisation used the cards to transport stolen money abroad, according to a translation published

More victims of crime are to receive support through a fund financed by penalties imposed on offenders. More than £1.1 million from the Victim Surcharge Fund (VSF) will be shared among 12 organisations that support those impacted by crime.

The biggest miscarriage of justice in UK history is "even wider than first thought", a solicitor has said. Hundreds of postmasters and subpostmasters across the UK were wrongly accused of theft based on data provided by the faulty Horizon accounting system used by the Post Office.

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. US violating law to fund Israel despite alleged human rights abuses, lawsuit says

A sheriff has imposed a three-month anti-social behaviour order on the tenant of a council flat in East Kilbride after finding he had acted aggressively towards his neighbours and threatened a member of the council’s staff over the phone. South Lanarkshire Council applied for an order in respe