Pedestrians are to be fined for speeding if they walk or run faster than six kilometres per hour in Slovakia. The new speed limit was agreed in the Slovak parliament yesterday through an amendment to new road traffic legislation, according to Swiss website Bluewin.
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A rapist who drugged two women before sexually abusing them while they were incapacitated has been jailed for nine years. Kenan Baki spiked the drinks of both women after meeting them at a nightclub in Kirkcaldy, Fife, on 2 September 2023. Prosecutors at the High Court in Edinburgh played CCTV which
Harper Macleod has welcomed 23 new trainee solicitors, a record intake for the firm, making it one of the largest employers of legal graduates in Scotland.
The Access to Justice Foundation (ATJF) has set out how it will spend millions of pounds in undistributed damages from opt-out collective action cases in the UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT). Around £3.8 million was awarded to the charity in September 2025 in undistributed damages from t
For those of us who live in or commute to Scotland’s major towns and cities to work, our encounters with the countryside are often brief – and usually recreational. Of course, the rural and agricultural sector has been crucial to the country’s economy for centuries, with 80 p
Balfour and Manson has strengthened its family law and personal injury teams with the promotions of Katie Albiston, Iona Campbell, Emily Deans and Alannah Jones to associate. In Aberdeen, Ms Albiston has become an associate in the family law team while Ms Campbell has been promoted to associate in p
A formal investigation into the risks and challenges faced by consumers in Scotland in the used car market has been launched by Consumer Scotland. Complaints about used car sales are consistently high and the investigation will seek to identify the most harmful issues and propose recommendations to
Dunblane legal firm Bartys, a branch of Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM), is preparing to take part in Will Aid again, having raised over £66,000 to date. The firm has been a part of the Will Aid scheme since 1996, helping raise vital donations every November by writing basic Wills a
A gang who sexually exploited vulnerable women after plying them with drugs at brothels in Dundee have been jailed. Mircea Marian Cumpanasoiu, Cristian Urlateanu, Remus Stan, Catalin Dobre and Alexandra Bugonea were found guilty on 9 January 2025 following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.
Britain’s equality regulator has concluded a legal agreement with IKEA UK, after the retailer improved its policies and practices on workplace sexual harassment. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) entered the Section 23 agreement with IKEA UK in March 2023.
Ross McDowall urges Scottish businesses to familiarise themselves with new environmental rules ahead of a looming deadline. Businesses that currently hold environmental consents for water, waste and industrial activities in Scotland should check if they will need new or amended environmental authori
Albania's AI minister is "pregnant" with 83 children, the Albanian prime minister has announced. Edi Rama appeared on stage with "Diella", the AI chatbot appointed as Albania's minister of state for artificial intelligence, at the Berlin Global Dialogue on Saturday.
The average length of criminal trials in the High Court is set to skyrocket to more than two-and-a-half years by 2030 without significant additional funding, a report has warned. The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) last month set out projected criminal business levels across the High Co
The Sheku Bayoh inquiry's legal team has resigned en masse in the wake of Lord Bracadale's shock decision to step down as its chairperson. Angela Grahame KC, Laura Thomson KC and Jason Beer KC, as well as junior counsel Rachel Barrett and Sarah Loosemore, were reported on Friday to have resigned fro
In the fourth of a series of interviews undertaken by the Scottish Ethnic Minorities Lawyers Association (SEMLA) for Black History Month, SLN spotlights Brianella Scott, a Scottish government solicitor born in South America and raised in the Highlands. Brianella's story is one of breaking barriers a
