A man stopped by police while driving a jet ski down an Alabama highway was allowed to continue on his way after they found the vehicle was street-legal. Multiple people called 911 after spotting the bright yellow jet ski with pink stripes making its way down busy Highway 98, local TV station WKRG r
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Scottish business sentiment has reached its highest level since 2021, according to the latest Addleshaw Goddard Scottish Business Monitor report. Despite the majority of firms expecting weak growth, nearly all sectors reported an improvement in business volume in the most recent quarter. With energy
The High Court of Justiciary has reduced the sentence of a man involved in the supply of drugs to the Highlands following an appeal but refused a similar appeal by one of his co-accused that had assisted him. Alasdair Finlayson and Cameron Ross both pled guilty to a charge of being concerned in the
CMS is staging a half day conference later this month focused on managing opportunities and risks around energy transition.
A salmon farming company has been fined £800,000 after an employee was crushed and drowned when he fell into the water during a boat transfer. Fife-based Mowi Scotland Limited pled guilty to health and safety breaches at Inverness Sheriff Court yesterday.
A male partner at a law firm has been ordered to pay £45,000 in fines and costs after singing a “degrading” song to a junior female colleague and making obscene gestures at a Christmas party. The woman, who had been working as a trainee solicitor at the practice in London for three
The Scottish Human Rights Commission has urged peers to challenge the Illegal Migration Bill as it moves to its second reading in the House of Lords today. The characterisation of those arriving by irregular means as "illegal entrants" ignores the fact there are no safe or legal routes ava
Dhana McIver has been appointed by Balfour and Manson as its first disability officer. Ms McIver, who is profoundly deaf and wears hearing aids in both ears, is a trainee solicitor who has had a wide-ranging career in the law, having worked for six years as an executry paralegal and 11 years with th
A solicitor in Ayr has admitted to defrauding a deceased man's estate of hundreds of thousands of pounds through the use of forged documents, the Ayr Advertiser reports. Lynsay Kelly confessed to embezzling £280,822 from the estate of William Walker Loudoun over a 15-month period between
A commercial judge has ordered a law firm to pay around £12.5 million, inclusive of interest, to a former client after a finding of professional negligence in relation to a failed litigation in which it failed to timeously lodge caution on behalf of the client. Centenary 6 Ltd had sought the s
Defence counsel Tony Lenehan KC writes that juryless trials are being driven by ideology rather than evidence. After reading the Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill I was disappointed but not surprised. I am disappointed at the many politicians, lobbyists, academics and
Joanna Cherry KC MP is to take legal action against a comedy club if it fails to apologise to her by next week over its cancellation of an event at this year's Fringe. Lawyers for Ms Cherry have given The Stand until next week to apologise, reinstate the gig and admit that cancelling the In Conversa
The rebellion against the Scottish government’s plans for juryless trials in rape cases has intensified, with lawyers in Aberdeen joining the boycott. Bar associations in Edinburgh and Glasgow have already declared that their members will not participate in the pilot scheme proposed by the Sco
The Scottish government is considering reforms to the role of the lord advocate, years after they were originally mooted. The SNP pledged to consider reforms in the wake of the Alex Salmond case and the police investigation into the SNP's finances. A consultation on the matter was promised in the SN
A motorist arrested in the Netherlands on suspicion of drink driving was allegedly found to have a fake Ukrainian driving license with Boris Johnson's name and photograph. Police in Groningen, in the north of the country, said they arrested a 35-year-old man on Sunday night in the vicinity of an aba
