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Ross Crawford, Donald Mackay and Rebecca Osborne have been welcomed to Compass after all three called to the bar today. Prior to calling to the bar, Mr Crawford worked with Clyde & Co and typically handled an interesting and complex range of matters involving fatalities and complex injuries. He

Optimum Advocates has welcomed four new members to the stable: Martin Lennon, Mairi-Claire McMillan, Linzi McQuade and Iona Young.

A major internet service provider has been accused of deliberately and unlawfully infecting over 600,000 users with malware. South Korean telecom provider KT is said to have acted disproportionately to prevent customers from using a service provided by Webhard which strains KT's network.

Earlier this week, Buckinghamshire-based businessman Aasim Johar was jailed for seven years for his role in a £3.3m cleaning products fraud at the University of Edinburgh which ran from 2005 until 2015. Johar had been acting together with Geoff Turnbull who, at the time of the offence, was the

A manager who embezzled just over £40,000 from vulnerable residents at a social care charity has been imprisoned for 12 months. Violet Connor, 67, of Glenrothes, stole money from the bank accounts of Sense Scotland users over a three-year period.

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Russia tortured and disappeared Ukrainians in Crimea, says human rights court

How do you present a biography of a person in a different age who travelled the world and attained great fame? Any such subject would test even an experienced writer and Sir Roger Casement more so. All due deference ought to be shown to this study of the life of Roger Casement, not least because, on

Terra Firma Chambers has announced that Alan Innes has joined the stable, having called to the bar today. Prior to calling he was a senior associate within the real estate litigation team at Burness Paull. Having worked in real estate litigation since qualifying as a solicitor, he has gained signifi

The Law Society of Scotland has bolstered its governing Council with the recruitment of six new non-legal members to provide additional perspective and expertise. The new members, who will provide expertise in areas including finance, technology and strategic planning, are:

A lord ordinary has ruled that medical records obtained by a life insurance provider can be admitted as evidence in an action by a widow seeking payment of a declined claim from her late husband’s insurer. Gillian Cowie sought payment of £500,000 from Vitality Corporate Services Ltd, tra

Copyright of Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans Leading forensic officers are delving into a famous ‘murder’ from more than 100 years ago, in the return of a true crime podcast from the University of Dundee.

Morag McEwan has joined Westwater Advocate, having called to the bar. Specialising in family law and child law, she is experienced in litigation arising from the breakdown of relationships and in cases involving high net worth individuals and complex assets including partnerships, trusts and compani

For Pride Month 2024 members of Shepherd and Wedderburn’s Pride Network write on this year’s topic of LGBTQ+ inclusion in television. This month, we are given an opportunity to educate ourselves and others; an opportunity to support and uplift a community; an opportunity to observe and p