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To Glasgow for dinner with my old colleague and friend Marion Scott, Scotland’s finest and, quite possibly last, investigative journalist. Where else but the legendary Buttery for this special night? Marooned amid housing developments and cut off from the city centre by motorways, this is Argy

An independent legal profession and an independent judiciary are central to the rule of law. So said the Lord President and Lord Justice General, Lord Pentland during the opening address at the annual Four Jurisdictions Conference, hosted this year in Edinburgh by the Faculty of Advocates. 

The chief executive of a US firm has defended his decision to eliminate the company’s HR department, arguing the team had been “creating problems that didn’t exist”. Ryan Breslow, co-founder and chief executive of Bolt, made the comments after the company cut around 30 per ce

The Supreme Court has proceeded to hear legal arguments in the long-running dispute over Glasgow’s Rogano restaurant despite the parties reaching an out-of-court settlement on the eve of the hearing. Lawyers acting for Forthwell Limited, which has operated as Rogano since 1935, and landlord Po

Ledingham Chalmers has continued its growth drive with the appointment of employment law specialist, Terence Merck, as a partner in its Edinburgh office, alongside 18 senior promotions across the business. Before joining Ledingham Chalmers, Mr Merck built a strong reputation in employment law at the

Four men who were imprisoned following convictions relating to a course of fraud perpetrated against the NHS from 2010 to 2017 have each had their sentences reduced by a year after it was found that the sentencing judge had erred in his treatment of the various charges as separate offences rather th

The Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Act 2024 hasn’t been subject to judicial scrutiny, until now, writes Sophie Reid. In brief, the Act makes it an offence in Scotland for someone to act in a certain way (a) within a safe access zone for premises that provide abortion services

The Crime, Justice & Security Research Group at the University of the West of Scotland is holding a public screening of the UWS-produced short documentary Unsilenced on 11 June from 4.00pm at the UWS Paisley Campus. Unsilenced features the story of Dr Ann Moulds CBE, an honorary doctor of the Un

The Aberdeen Law Project (ALP) has successfully obtained a four-figure settlement for a client in connection with a consumer services dispute. Prior to ALP’s engagement in the matter, the client had contracted with a company to have some roofing and rendering services carried out to their prop

Company insolvencies in Scotland rose by 6 per cent year-on-year in April 2026, with 107 cases registered compared with the same month in 2025. The figure was made up of 53 creditors' voluntary liquidations (CVLs), 49 compulsory liquidations and five administrations. There were no company voluntary

Neil Gray MSP has been appointed as Scotland's new justice secretary. First Minister John Swinney announced his new "streamlined" cabinet of eight secretaries yesterday.

Lindsays has strengthened its private client team with the appointment of Aileen Entwistle. Ms Entwistle has this week joined the firm’s Glasgow office following six years as a partner with Aberdein Considine.

Morton Fraser MacRoberts (MFMac) has appointed Kamal Panglea as its new chief people officer, further strengthening the firm's leadership team as it continues to invest in its people strategy. Mr Panglea joins MFMac with over 25 years' experience in HR, having held senior positions across a number o