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A man has been jailed for 12 years following a campaign of violent, sexual and domestic abuse. Scott Wilson was found guilty of seven charges, including rape, on 6 November 2024 following a trial at the High Court in Livingston.

A forklift driver who was constructively dismissed from his role with a whisky distiller and obtained just under £13,000 in awards has lost on most of his points in an appeal against an employment tribunal’s decision not to order his reinstatement and what he considered to be too low an

The average selling price of property across Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders was £286,017 in October-December 2024.  This annual increase of 5.8 per cent indicates healthy demand in the market during the typically quieter months, continuing the patterns of activity seen thro

Weightmans has made a raft of hires following a period of record growth, including one in Scotland. Mark Hastings joins the firm from BTO Solicitors LLP. He is a tutor at University of Glasgow and also acts for the UK government as a standing junior counsel to the Office of the Advocate General in S

Criminal penalties for the possession, supply and production of ketamine are set to be increased in the UK following a government decision. Ketamine is currently controlled as a Class B substance under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, putting it on par with cannabis and amphetamines.

First Minister John Swinney has welcomed the appointment of Scotland’s new lord president by His Majesty the King. Lord Pentland will succeed Lord Carloway when he retires as the head of Scotland’s judiciary on 3 February.

Ireland has filed its long-awaited intervention in South Africa's high-profile case against Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The case, initiated in December 2023, centres on allegations that Israel's conduct in Gaza is in breach of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishm

Dr Peter Bekker, a leading global practitioner in international arbitration, has joined Dentons' commercial litigation practice as a partner, resident in the New York office. Dr Bekker has handled major arbitration matters across industries, particularly in the banking and energy sectors. He advises

Thompsons Scotland LLP has relocated its Glasgow office to 70 Wellington Street. The recently modernised and upgraded building is owned by Clydebuilt Limited Partnership, a joint venture between Ediston and Strathclyde Pension Fund.

Ryanair has filed civil proceedings seeking €15,000 in damages from a passenger who allegedly disrupted a flight from Dublin to Lanzarote. The airline said it filed the claim in the Irish Circuit Court to recover costs incurred after the flight on 9 April 2024 was forced to divert to Porto, whe

Two lynx illegally released into the Scottish Highlands in an apparent bid to reintroduce the big cats to the region, hundreds of years after they were driven to extinction, have been captured.

The shortest-serving prime minister in UK history, Liz Truss, has taken legal action against Sir Keir Starmer over his claims that she "crashed the economy". According to The Telegraph, a cease and desist letter sent to the sitting prime minister by lawyers acting for Ms Truss claims his statements

An appeal to the Sheriff Appeal Court by a supermarket after one of its customers at a West Dunbartonshire store was awarded £9,500 after tripping on a mat at the exit of the store has been refused after the court found that the sheriff had correctly applied the maxim of res ipsa loquitur. Pur

A former Scotland rugby player has been sentenced after subjecting his former partner to a campaign of domestic abuse. Stuart Hogg, 32, pleaded guilty to one charge under the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 at Selkirk Sheriff Court on 4 November 2024.