One of Britain’s top universities has been granted anonymity in an employment tribunal over allegations that a senior professor sexually harassed a female colleague. The institution successfully applied for the order to shield its reputation and that of its staff from media scrutiny. An employ
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Glasgow will become the first city in Scotland where people can legally test recreational drugs for dangerous contaminants, after the UK government granted permission for a new testing facility. The move marks a major shift in UK drug policy and follows years of lobbying by campaigners who say that
Two men who turned a flat into a secret £500,000 cannabis farm have been jailed for more than three years each. Ban Nguyen, 53, and Long Le, 33, both from Vietnam, cultivated cannabis inside nearly every room in the flat in Dundee.
The Scottish government declared a housing emergency in May 2024, acknowledging that Scotland lacked sufficient housing supply to meet demand. This was partly self-inflicted, with the government cutting its affordable housing building supply programme and imposing rent controls without exemption, wh
With a projected £50 billion shortfall in public finances and a pledge not to raise income tax, national insurance or VAT, speculation is mounting that Chancellor Rachel Reeves may turn again to Inheritance Tax (IHT) reform when she makes her autumn budget statement on 26 November, writes Emma
A judge was shot dead inside a courtroom in Albania on Monday for the first time in the country's modern history. Judge Astrit Kalaja, 53, was shot multiple times shortly after handing down a ruling in the Tirana Court of Appeal.
Burges Salmon has advised AlphaReal, the specialist real assets investment manager, on a bespoke £40 million lending solution to Highland Broadband, enabling the substantial expansion of its fibre network across rural Scotland. The Scottish National Investment Bank is also supporting the initi
Every primary three pupil in Nairnshire has been kitted out in club colours thanks to a former Nairn resident who now heads up a real estate firm. Marking 50 years since its 1976 Highland League triumph, Nairn County Football Club recently provided pupils from Auldearn, Ardersier, Cawdor, Croy, Mill
Law firm Kaur Sutherland has opened a new branch on Queen Margaret Drive in Glasgow’s west end. Jus Chall, director of operations at Kaur Sutherland, said: "For too long, clients in the west end have had to look beyond their own neighbourhoods to access reliable, efficient conveyancing and pro
Holyrood has passed the Housing (Scotland) Bill in a landmark vote. Passed by 89 votes to 28 after MSPs debated around 400 amendments at the bill’s final stage, the wide-ranging legislation introduces a framework for long-term rent controls, alongside provisions on tenant protections, homeless
It was unsurprising that the announcement of the winner of a Scottish literary award earlier this month received media attention. What was rather more noteworthy about this event was that it was reported in Scottish Legal News. The recipient of the McIlvanney Prize (named in memory of the late Willi
Tasglann nan Eilean, the archive service of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, has embarked on a collaborative project with the University of Glasgow which will result in an important local archive collection being catalogued, preserved and made publicly accessible. The project, on the history of disarmamen
Residents of a Bavarian apartment block who called police over persistent late-night doorbell ringing were astonished to learn the cause was not pranksters – but rather a slug. The creature had been sliding across the metal bell plate, repeatedly setting off the buzzer and disturbing residents
The Scottish Social Services Council recently appointed four new trainee solicitors. Fitness to practise manager Iain Martin said: “It’s always a pleasure to welcome new trainees to the organisation and I’m delighted that Michael, Kirstie, Ruth and Kacie are taking their firs
