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Adults at risk of harm should receive better and more consistent care under a new national framework. The Adult Support and Protection National Learning and Development Framework has been published for use by professionals and volunteers across Scotland. 

The Inner House of the Court of Session has allowed an appeal against a grant of planning permission for a wind farm following the developer's successful appeal to the Scottish ministers after ruling that the construction of the wind farm and its connection to the grid constituted a single project f

Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC has said she is not considering her position after coming under sustained criticism from opposition MSPs over an email she sent to the first minister concerning criminal allegations against the former SNP chief executive, Peter Murrell. Ms Bain wrote to John Swinney in

A top City of London banker has admitted to systematically dodging rail fares for nearly a year – saving himself £6,000 in the process. Joseph Molloy, a former HSBC executive, avoided a prison sentence after admitting to 740 instances of "doughnutting".

The Scottish business landscape showed signs of marginal stabilisation in January 2026, with registered company insolvencies falling by one per cent compared to the previous year. A total of 74 insolvencies were recorded during the month, consisting of 42 creditors’ voluntary liquidations and

The Scottish government is considering whether the age at which young people may marry or register a civil partnership should be raised from 16 years old to 18. Writing for Scottish Legal News, Professor Elaine E Sutherland argues that how Scots law addressed the capacity and responsibility of child

Schools will now need to inform pupils when a request is made by a parent or carer to withdraw them from religious observance and to consider any objection the young person may have, under legislation backed by MSPs. The Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibil

The Scottish government’s planned exemptions from rent control measures within the Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 signal a more stable and investable landscape for developers, investors and funders, offering a timely catalyst for boosting housing supply across Scotland, write Russell Munro and Pa

A "two-email limit" has been imposed on lawyers in England's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in a bid to encourage younger members of staff, whose entire generation appear to have telephonophobia, to pick up the phone. Stephen Parkinson, the director of public prosecutions, has ordered a clamp-down

The Inner House has published its opinion in the case of Raeshaw Farms v the Scottish Ministers, which concerned a proposed windfarm development – and specifically whether the grid connection required to be taken into account in the Environmental Impact Assessment. The court assessed whether t

A personal injury sheriff has ordered a pursuer who abandoned an action against the distribution company that formerly employed him alleging he suffered psychiatric injury following a data breach to pay expenses to the defender after finding that he had raised a claim based on false evidence and mis

To mark the 115th anniversary of International Women’s Day, Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC will be speaking at an event on Thursday 5 March 2026 at 6pm in Parliament Hall, Edinburgh. Ms Bain will offer a personal reflection on the progress made over the course of her career in protecting women