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Dentons is celebrating another year of championing social justice and giving back to the community through the firm's Scottish offices. Activities conducted as part of the Dentons Responsible Business programme for the UK, Ireland and the Middle East (UKIME), which published its 2025 report this mon

Holmes Mackillop Solicitors director Robert Stewart, head of its busy Giffnock office, is set to retire at the end of this month. A familiar face to generations of home buyers and sellers within Giffnock and beyond, Mr Stewart’s retirement marks the end of an era – as well as the culmina

A lord ordinary has granted a petition for adoption raised by a separated couple that no longer resided in the same household after finding that it was not necessary for a couple to reside together in order to create an enduring family relationship. Petitioners AB and CD separated in July 2023, two

A documentary investigating the torture and murder of Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna in Russian captivity is to be screened at the University of Edinburgh tomorrow. Prior to the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Roshchyna reported for Ukrainian outlets on issues inclu

A new report from the Prison Reform Trust, developed through a prisoner-led consultation at HMP Glenochil, calls for urgent reforms to restore hope for men serving very long-term sentences in Scotland’s prisons.  Drawing on surveys and focus groups with prisoners, the report reveals syste

James Chalmers and Fiona Leverick reflect on the life of the late Sir Gerald Gordon. Sir Gerald Gordon, who died recently at the age of 96, made an extraordinary contribution to the criminal law of Scotland during his lifetime. Born and educated in Glasgow, where he graduated in philosophy and Engli

Aberdein Considine partner Robert Holland, 53, has risen to new heights in his fundraising efforts, completing one of the most spectacular high-altitude journeys in the world to raise almost £4,000 for My Name’5 Doddie Foundation and Cash for Kids. Mr Holland took on the 14-day K2 Base C

Legal academics from University of Aberdeen have published a briefing exploring the challenges and opportunities presented by digital assets within Scots law. In recent decades, digital assets, including cryptocurrencies and other blockchain-based assets, have become increasingly prevalent and compl

Digby Brown is continuing to grow the business with two new partners joining its personal injury departments and a new location in the south of Scotland. Hannah Bennett is joining the firm as a partner in the serious injury team, with Craig Smillie promoted to partner in Network two years after he j

A sheriff has awarded £3,216 in damages to a lorry driver who was injured when a learner motorcyclist collided with the back of his lorry and he fell from the steps outside the cab after he rejected an argument that the force involved in the crash was too small to cause any injury. Pursuer Joh

An act that aims to promote the use of British Sign Language (BSL) in Scotland has significantly improved the daily lives of BSL users, according to a report by MSPs on Holyrood’s Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee. Stakeholders told the committee that the British Sign Langua

Public bodies are failing to deliver on their duties of advancing equality of opportunity and fostering good relations between different groups, according to a new report from Holyrood’s Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee. The Public Sector Equality Duty is a legal requiremen

A police team was left stumped after pulling over a car for an illegal manoeuvre only to find out that it had no driver. Police in San Bruno, California said they were at a loss for what to do after spotting a self-driving car making an illegal U-turn.

Asylum seekers are to be offered greater financial support of up to €2,500 per person or €10,000 per family to voluntarily leave Ireland sooner, the government has announced. People who have no legal status in Ireland, or whose application for international protection has been either withd