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Classic fundraising activities including raffles, coffee mornings, dress-down days and a Burns night have helped Morton Fraser raise an impressive grand total of £19,212.35 for Macmillan Cancer Support.

Keith Anderson The number of Scottish firms undergoing business insolvency in the whole of 2015 was down 7.6 per cent during 2015 according to analysis of the latest figures by restructuring, recovery and insolvency boutique mlm Solutions.

The Crown has successfully challenged the sentence imposed on a man who pled guilty to attempting to conspire to rape and sexually assault a young girl and to take indecent photographs of her. The Criminal Appeal Court ruled that the sentence of 18 months’ imprisonment imposed was “unduly lenien

An Egyptian national who appealed against a decision of the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, made in agreement with a UN committee, to freeze his assets because he was associated with Al-Qaida has had his appeal unanimously dismissed by the Supreme Court. President of the Sup

Aileen McLeod Land reform minister Aileen McLeod will inform the Scottish Parliament’s Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee today that she intends to refer the issue of common land to the new Scottish Land Commission, when established, and invite them to conduct a review as part

A woman who failed a job interview at Poundland said it was because she drew a rubbish picture. Mercedes Cray, 23, was asked to draw a coat of arms representing four things that were important to her. She drew her car, her family, a television – and a shotgun.

A Scots law firm whose complaint to the legal complaints watchdog about the conduct of a solicitor from another firm was ruled ineligible has successfully appealed against the decision. The firm complained to the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission that the lawyer may have been guilty of profession

The Law Society of Scotland has supported plans to remove the need for suspects to pay a contribution towards the cost of legal advice they receive while held in custody at police stations but has cautioned that fundamental difficulties with legal aid arrangements for police station work remain. Reg

A bill to improve access to justice for survivors of domestic abuse and tackle the rise of so-called revenge porn will be debated at the Scottish Parliament today. The Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm Bill, introduced by the Scottish government, will modernise criminal law and strengthen powers for

Lord Drummond Young The Inner House of the Court of Session has rejected a law firm's bid to avoid contributing more than £50,000 to the Scottish Solicitors’ Staff Pension Fund £10 million deficit.

Jennifer Cummings Murray Beith Murray has announced the appointment of Jennifer Cummings as associate within the Edinburgh-based private client firm. The promotion takes effect from 1 February 2016.

John Swinney New legislation to introduce a supplement on purchases of additional residential properties has been published by the Scottish Parliament today.

Neil Amner Glasgow Chamber of Commerce has installed Neil Amner as its new president for a two-year term.

A law professor's widow who passed away last year has gifted £4 million towards the protection of birds and woodland and to fund research into Parkinson's disease, The Herald reports. Margaret Walker left the bulk of her legacy for The Woodland Trust, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI),

New Zealand police received some unexpected help during a car chase after the suspects were held up – by a flock of sheep. Authorities said the four suspects were “agitated” after 150 sheep slowly crossing the road brought the chase to an end The Guardian reports. And, to add insult to injury,