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A commercial judge has determined that a reporter instructed to provide an opinion on the reasonableness and cost of repairs to an office building in Edinburgh following the end of a commercial lease had not fully discharged his remit and issued directions for further investigations. Rutland Court R

The Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill has reached an advanced stage at Holyrood and the Scottish Law Agents Society welcomes many of the changes made to it. For the five reasons set out below, however, it is extremely concerned about the review provisions.

Craig Naylor has been reappointed as His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary in Scotland for an additional three years. Mr Naylor, who first took up the role in 2022, will continue to lead HM Inspectorate of Constabulary Scotland (HMICS) to deliver a programme of independent inspection,

Lawyers have threatened to boycott the Scottish government's new swifter justice scheme unless legal aid fees are increased. Members of the Scottish Solicitors Bar Association (SSBA) will not take part in summary cases heard as part of the new Summary Case Management (SCM) initiative.

A hotly contested debate on the rise of online teaching has sent four schools from across Scotland to the final of this year’s Donald Dewar Memorial Debating Tournament. Pupils from Bearsden Academy, Broxburn Academy, Nairn Academy and Trinity High School saw off competitors in the penultimate

Edinburgh Law School's mooting team won the Stair Society Legal History Moot, which was held at the beginning of March. 

David J Black discerns traces of Scotland in America. See part one here. Alasdair Gray was the quintessential Glasgow author. The city is imprinted on his text, albeit with a hint of his idiosyncratic urban metaphysic. With a grid street plan and a wise-cracking populace well seasoned with the desce

Blackadders LLP has advised the M&D Green Group in its acquisition of nine Scotland-based community pharmacies from Northern Ireland’s largest independent pharmacy operator, Gordons Chemists. The multi-million-pound deal will bring the number of community pharmacies in the family business

A bumbling thief allegedly swallowed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Tiffany jewellery to conceal his crime before admitting he would have been better off throwing them out of a window. Texas man Jaythan Gilder, 32, was invited into the VIP room of a Tiffany & Co. jewellery store after

Aberdein Considine has appointed Nicola Watson as partner in its family law team. Joining from Livingstone Brown, where she was a senior associate, and with 10-plus years’ experience in family law, she will be based in Aberdein Considine’s Glasgow offices.

More than two thirds (68 per cent) of Scottish employers expect costs to rise due to measures in the Employment Rights Bill, with over a fifth (22 per cent) likely to make redundancies as a result, according to research. The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) is calling on the U

Albania is to shut down TikTok for 12 months, blaming the social media platform for inciting violence and bullying, especially among children. The country's education minister, Ogerta Manastirliu, said that officials are in contact with TikTok on adding parental controls and age verification as well

Judge Iwasawa Yuji of Japan has been elected as president of the International Court of Justice. His appointment follows Judge Nawaf Salam’s resignation from the presidency on 14 January 2025.

An East Kilbride sheriff has dismissed a streamlined eviction action by a housing association against a tenant convicted of a drug supply offence after finding it would be disproportionate to evict him. East Kilbride Housing Association raised the action against its tenant T, who resisted the evicti