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A woman accused by a shopkeeper of squeezing a bag of buns has been charged with criminal damage in Japan. The 40-year-old woman insisted that she had "only checked the firmness" of the buns by "pressing lightly with my hand", the BBC reports.

Statue of Burns in Dumfries town centre, unveiled in 1882. David J Black reminds us just how famous Burns was. See part one here.

The Law Society of Scotland has granted extended rights of audience to 11 new solicitor advocates at a ceremony held at the Court of Session. In the first ceremony of its kind in 2025, Law Society president Susan Murray invited Lady Haldane to administer the Declaration of Allegiance to the solicito

Edinburgh Law School has announced the passing of Dr Parker Hood. Dr Hood had served as a lecturer in commercial law at Edinburgh Law School since 1994, before which he studied there. From 2013, he was the director of the LLM in Commercial Law.

A pharmacist who abused a position of trust to sexually abuse two women during medical examinations has been jailed. Tauqeer Azam was found guilty of two charges on 16 January following a trial before a jury at Glasgow Sheriff Court. The 41-year-old, from Glasgow, was working in the Boots Pharmacy a

The lawyer who represented the British victims of the Lockerbie bombing has called on the Trump administration to release files held by specialist agencies in the US related to the tragedy. In a letter to Matthew Palmer, chargé d’affaires at the US Embassy to the UK, Professor Peter Wat

Professor Conor Gearty is to speak at St Andrews University later this month about his most recent book. In the decades following the 9/11 attacks, complex webs of anti-terrorism laws have come into play across the world promising to protect ordinary citizens from bombings, hijackings and other form

Dundee Law School has announced the passing of Fiona Raitt. Professor Raitt was co-founder of Dundee law firm Wilson & Raitt and worked there for 10 years before taking up the post of director of the diploma in professional legal practice at Dundee Law School in 1993. 

Lawyers have reported being subjected to a campaign of intimidation, including surveillance, hacking, and rape threats, allegedly linked to the Chinese state, The Guardian reports. Barristers from Doughty Street Chambers say the targeting began three years ago when they took on the case of jailed Ho

The Law Society of Scotland has expanded its In-house Rising Star Award with a new category to recognise trainees, in addition to spotlighting newly qualified solicitors. Previously in the annual competition’s 13-year history, the two groups have competed for a single award despite being at di

Florence Fisher has joined d and h as senior associate, where she will offer family law and guardianship services to clients in Caithness. The firm described Ms Fisher as an experienced solicitor specialising in family law and adults with incapacity, and said she brings a wealth of knowledge and exp

An English judge has been issued with a formal warning for misconduct after referring to a judicial colleague as a "trolley dolly". The Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO) imposed the sanction on Michael Barnes JP after a fellow magistrate made a number of allegations about his behaviour.

Harper Macleod has been named the Scottish Firm of the Year 2025 at the inaugural Chambers UK Awards at a ceremony in London. The Chambers UK Awards honour “the finest legal teams” and is based on rigorous research, including that of the legal profession itself, and is conducted by Chamb

An alleged drug dealer was busted on Valentine's Day by Peru's most-loved rodent.

The High Court of Justiciary has imposed a longer period of detention on a teenager who was given an extended sentence in respect of offences of assault and culpable homicide against two different men on the same day after a challenge to his original sentence by the Crown. EK, who at age 15 tendered