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The UK government has said it will not challenge judicial reviews brought against development consent for the Jackdaw and Rosebank offshore oil and gas fields in the North Sea. The move, which has been welcomed by the #StopRosebank campaign bringing the case, does not mean the licences for Jackdaw a

Employment lawyer Graham Millar urges the new UK government to tread carefully as it embarks on major employment law reforms. The new government is already beginning to shift the dial on a number of key issues facing the economy. Among its election pledges, Labour promised to “make work pay&rd

Scotland's first Bairns' Hoose has provided life-changing support to more than 270 child victims and witnesses and their families in its first year. Children 1st, the charity managing the pilot project, says 169 children and 109 family members have received support from the North Strathclyde Bairns'

Complaints about financial products have increased by 70 per cent year-on-year, reaching 74,645 cases in the first quarter of this fiscal year alone, according to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). This is up from 43,953 complaints reported in the same period in 2023/24.

The serial rapist convicted of murdering Emma Caldwell has lost an appeal against his sentence. Iain Packer was ordered to serve a minimum of 36 years' imprisonment following his conviction earlier this year on 33 charges against 22 women, including the 2005 murder of Ms Caldwell as well as 11 rapes

A Lord Ordinary has allowed a proof in an £800,000 personal injury action raised against a former ambulance technician and the Scottish Ambulance Service under chapter 43 of the Rules of the Court of Session based on alleged abuse committed by the technician against a patient. Pursuer NM raise

A brain surgeon is being prosecuted after allegedly allowing his teenage daughter to help drill a hole in a patient's skull. The Austrian doctor, who has not been named, allegedly invited his 13-year-old child to help treat a man who suffered serious head injuries in a forestry accident, Sky News re

English prisons are virtually full, according to new figures showing fewer than 100 places now left across the male prison estate. According to the BBC, there were a record 84,596 inmates in the male prison estate as of Friday 23 August.

Neilsons Solicitors and Estate Agents has formed a new partnership with The Spartans FC. The Spartans FC is one of Edinburgh’s most respected local football clubs, competing at a high level in Scottish League Two.

The US no longer has a "workable" constitution and its top court has become too politicised to act as "impartial constitutional arbiters", Lord Sumption has said. In an essay for Prospect magazine, the former justice of the UK Supreme Court mounts an unprecedented attack on its US counterpart, highl

House prices in Scotland's island regions have outpaced those in the rest of the country, with a 30 per cent increase to £182,000 since 2018, according to Registers of Scotland.

Many lawyers dream of writing a book in their retirement but well-known legal figure Ken Swinton has done just that and spoke to Graham Ogilvy about his new book, St Bernard’s Crescent: A History. Congratulations, Ken, on writing such a detailed and fascinating account. Can you outline the sco

Legal professionals are invited to take to the streets of Dundee in October for a sponsored walk in aid of charity Access to Justice. The first Legal Walk in the city occurred in 2022 when 30 legal professionals raised £700 for the cause.

A man posing as a taxi driver who raped a woman in his unlicensed vehicle has been jailed. Mohamad Sabbagh was found guilty on 1 August following a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a reprimand to the Labour Party for repeatedly failing to respond to hundreds of subject access requests (SARs). In November 2022, the Labour Party had received 352 SARs that required a response. Of that number, 78 per cent had not receive