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A man has been ordered to pay thousands of pounds in costs after losing an appeal over a £200 fine for his noisy cockerel. Neighbours of 80-year-old Hampshire man Harold Brown complained of being woken up at 5am by his cockerel crowing, the BBC reports.

The UK government has lost an appeal over the lawfulness of controversial anti-protest regulations brought in by Suella Braverman. Ms Braverman, then home secretary, introduced regulations in June 2023 which significantly reduced the threshold at which the police could impose almost-unlimited c

A Scottish commercial judge has refused to grant an order sought by a Dubai-based payment services company against a former client registered in Scotland after finding that the circumstances in which the order was sought were in breach of natural justice. Papel Payment Services Provider LLC sought t

The Scottish government's plans to make misogyny a specific crime have been shelved. Ministers said on Friday that there was not enough time to draft the law in the wake of the Supreme Court judgment on the definition of a woman in the Equality Act.

The Lawscot Foundation has opened applications to provide support for aspiring lawyers facing financial and other barriers to their legal studies and the profession. The charity is accepting applications from pupils who meet the eligibility criteria, including having an offer to begin a Scots law LL

The chief justice of Nepal and other members of the judiciary in Nepal paid a visit to the Faculty of Advocates this past weekend. The visit took place after they had spent some time in London, where historic Letters of Goodwill were exchanged between the President of the United Kingdom Supreme Cour

A team of 18 from Dentons' Glasgow office have raised just over £6,000 for Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity after taking part in the annual Kiltwalk. Staff from the firm tackled two challenging routes on Sunday, 27 April: the 22.6-mile Mighty Stride and the 14-mile Big Stroll.

Amazon faces a legal challenge over workers’ rights in the lead up to a vote which took place at the company’s Coventry warehouse. In total, 49.5 per cent of the 2,600 workers who voted backed union recognition at the Midlands facility in July last year, falling short by just 28 votes.

The average selling price of property in Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders has risen by nearly seven per cent to £285,684, according to ESPC.

McKee Campbell Morrison (MCM) Solicitors has appointed Nicola Ker as head of its private client department and to the firm's board of directors. Ms Ker brings a wealth of private client expertise, including on the creation and management of trusts, establishing family investment companies, administe

A charity has called for the urgent establishment of a civil legal assistance office and a university law clinic in the Forth Valley after concluding that people in Stirling, Falkirk and Clackmannanshire are living in a "legal aid desert". A new report from Stirling District Citizens Advice Bureau (

The Courier has published an obituary for Dundee solicitor Ian Rollo Steven, who passed away last month at the age of 90. Mr Steven was a long-time senior partner in Rollo, Steven and Bond (later RSB Macdonald and then Lindsays) and was dean of the Faculty of Solicitors and Procurator in Dundee.

International legal and professional services firm gunnercooke has announced the addition of Ashley Cooke and Hayden Cooke, sons of founder Darryl Cooke, to its leadership team. Joining as chiefs of staff, the brothers' initial role will be to immerse themselves in the business and culture, driving

Scotland's ban on industrial sandeel fishing does not breach the UK's obligations under the Brexit deal, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) has ruled. The European Union brought a legal challenge to the simultaneous closure of Scottish and English waters to sandeel fishing, claiming that it br

Former lord justice clerk Lord Ross has passed away at the age of 98. A public memorial service for the late judge is to be held at Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh, where he was an elder, on Friday 13 June 2025 at 1pm.