Ryanair has filed civil proceedings seeking €15,000 in damages from a passenger who allegedly disrupted a flight from Dublin to Lanzarote. The airline said it filed the claim in the Irish Circuit Court to recover costs incurred after the flight on 9 April 2024 was forced to divert to Porto, whe
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Two lynx illegally released into the Scottish Highlands in an apparent bid to reintroduce the big cats to the region, hundreds of years after they were driven to extinction, have been captured.
Criminal penalties for the possession, supply and production of ketamine are set to be increased in the UK following a government decision. Ketamine is currently controlled as a Class B substance under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, putting it on par with cannabis and amphetamines.
Thompsons Scotland LLP has relocated its Glasgow office to 70 Wellington Street. The recently modernised and upgraded building is owned by Clydebuilt Limited Partnership, a joint venture between Ediston and Strathclyde Pension Fund.
Weightmans has made a raft of hires following a period of record growth, including one in Scotland. Mark Hastings joins the firm from BTO Solicitors LLP. He is a tutor at University of Glasgow and also acts for the UK government as a standing junior counsel to the Office of the Advocate General in S
Dr Peter Bekker, a leading global practitioner in international arbitration, has joined Dentons' commercial litigation practice as a partner, resident in the New York office. Dr Bekker has handled major arbitration matters across industries, particularly in the banking and energy sectors. He advises
First Minister John Swinney has welcomed the appointment of Scotland’s new lord president by His Majesty the King. Lord Pentland will succeed Lord Carloway when he retires as the head of Scotland’s judiciary on 3 February.
Terra Firma Chambers’ Robert Sutherland is heading back to the Arctic Circle as part of a team raising money for charity.
A forklift driver who was constructively dismissed from his role with a whisky distiller and obtained just under £13,000 in awards has lost on most of his points in an appeal against an employment tribunal’s decision not to order his reinstatement and what he considered to be too low an
Harper Macleod's profit before members’ remuneration has risen from £11.95 million to £13.76m, new accounts filed at Companies House show. The firm had an average of 75 members over the year, with the average remuneration standing at £176,917, up from £162,386. The shar
The Scottish Barony Register, based in Haddington and run by retired solicitor Alastair Shepherd, has issued its 2024 annual report. The register came into being some 20 years ago, when feudal law was largely abolished in Scotland on 28 November 2004, “the Appointed Day”. Mr Shephe
BTO has welcomed John Dunlop as a new partner in the firm’s real estate team, based in its Edinburgh office. This appointment follows last month’s announcement of Paul Greenhill’s promotion to partner in Glasgow, as well as the recent recruitment of three new real estate solicitors
Nearly 100 brand-new games consoles have been handed to gun owners in exchange for their weapons as part of a US public safety initiative. Charity NOLA GROWN, working in partnership with New Orleans City Council, offered free PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X consoles in exchange for handguns and othe
When Brandon Malone dropped dead five years ago, it was a defibrillator machine – and quick-thinking hotel staff – that saved his life. Luckily an automatic-external defibrillator had been at hand and, though his heart had stopped for a full 20 minutes, the people using it were able to s
