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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued fresh guidance to firms and consumers following legal challenges to its motor finance compensation scheme, confirming that a tribunal hearing is unlikely before October. The regulator reaffirmed that its priorities remain securing fair compensation fo

Scottish Borders Council has lodged an application for a judicial review of the Scottish Energy Consents Unit’s decision to approve the Ditcher Law wind farm planning application.

The UK government has, over the past year, taken a notably more deliberate approach to mobilising private capital and philanthropy for social good, writes Mark McKeown. From a Scottish perspective, however, it exposes a familiar fault line in UK policy. Devolution means that, in its current form, th

As renewable energy development density increases, developers are increasingly forced to rely on the same access routes to reach their sites, write Jennifer Young and Carys Magee. Given the nature of renewable energy projects, and with rural areas accounting for approximately 98 per cent of Scotland

As businesses accelerate their global expansion, compliance fails to keep pace according to a new report.  Only seven per cent of organisations report full compliance across their global entities, according to the study by CSC, a provider of global business administration and compliance solutio

A lord ordinary has refused to reduce the will of a man who died of abdominal and bowel cancer in March 2022 on the ground of undue influence by his second wife after finding that none of the evidence presented by the pursuers, his four children by his first wife, was capable of supporting a finding

A piece of a copper still has been recovered as part of a targeted archaeological excavation, providing strong evidence that a stone structure discovered in Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve (NNR) was used as a site for illicit whisky distillation. Found by members of the National Trust for Scotlan

Specialist collective redress law firm KP Law is acting for AGC Collective Actions Limited, which is bringing a claim against Google on behalf of UK advertisers for alleged abuse of its dominant position in online display advertising. KP Law has filed an application for a collective proceedings orde

Two metal detectorists hoping for a quiet start to the season instead stumbled upon the largest Viking Age coin hoard ever discovered in Norway, and the beeping still hasn't stopped. When Vegard Sørlie and Rune Sætre swept a field at Mørstad farm near Rena in eastern Norway, they

Dua Lipa is suing Samsung for $15 million, alleging the electronics giant used her image to market televisions without her permission. The pop star, 30, filed the lawsuit on Friday, claiming Samsung used a photograph of her face on television packaging and promotional materials around the world with

A German holidaymaker has won almost €1,000 in compensation after a court found he had been unable to secure a sunlounger during a family holiday in Greece because other guests reserved them first. The man, who holidayed with his wife and two children on the island of Kos in 2024, told Hanover

After 35 years with Innes & Mackay, the firm recently marked Jane Young's retirement with a team lunch courtesy of Crown Deli & Harry Gow.  Ms Young studied law at Aberdeen University and qualified as a solicitor in 1989. Since joining the firm in 1991, she has been a highly respected s

Dianne Ripoll has joined andersonbain LLP in Glasgow. Ms Ripoll graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 2007 and qualified as a solicitor in 2011. She brings a strong private client and conveyancing background, alongside an entrepreneurial track record.

In its regular horizon scanning for securities litigation trends, Brodies has identified three recent events that combine to increase the risk of securities litigation. With the market volatility seen so far this year, shareholders may look towards the companies who issued their shares to recover an