The pressures of modern life, economic uncertainties, and the lingering effects of the pandemic are among key factors which have contributed to Scotland’s significant increase in mental health issues, including anxiety, depression and stress, in recent years, write Seonaid Sandham. As mo
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Coulters Property has announced a partnership with Watsonian Football Club, becoming the club’s exclusive property sponsor for 2025.
Blackadders LLP has recruited eight new trainees to the firm’s training programme.
A man has been jailed indefinitely after sexually abusing two adolescent boys and a vulnerable man. James Grieve Donaldson, also known by the surname Murray, was found guilty of four charges following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.
Burges Salmon has reported a 9.2 per cent increase in turnover, rising from £163 million to £178m for the financial year ending 30 April 2025. Net profit increased by 25 per cent from £50.5m to £63m, while profit per equity partner (PEP) remained at £660,000.
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
The latest announcement in the incredible delay into implementing alternative business structures is scrutinised by Brian Inkster. The Law Society of Scotland has announced that they were deferring work on Licensed Legal Service Providers (LLSP), commonly referred to as Alternative Business Structur
Hundreds of US military lawyers are set to be made into immigration judges as the Trump administration seeks to fast-track mass deportations. The Department of Defense (DOD) – which is set to be rebranded as the Department of War – is seeking to identify up to 600 attorneys to serve as t
The Law Society of Scotland has announced it will defer work on regulating new non-solicitor owned legal businesses for two years. It said this will allow it to focus on the "required significant changes" to improve the current complaints system for the benefit of consumers of legal services, and to
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has shared its updated code of practice for services, public functions and associations with the Minister for Women and Equalities for approval. As Britain’s independent equality regulator, it is the role of the EHRC to provide expert advice on h
The Scottish government aims to protect marine biodiversity and conserve the marine ecosystem. Under new rules, the Offshore Fishing (Prohibition of Fishing Methods) (Scotland) Order 2025, the use of specified fishing gear would be restricted across the whole of five protected areas and would be res
Services helping women affected by drugs and preventing substance use by young people are to benefit from more than £2 million funding. Minister for drugs policy Maree Todd announced the support during a statement to the Scottish Parliament on the National Records of Scotland latest statistics
Our weekly round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Jimmy Lai risks dying in jail, legal team warns UN | The Times (paywall)
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has announced an expansion of a corporate self-reporting and civil settlement programme to cover a range of offences under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 and other failure to prevent offences concerning bribery and facili
Widespread misreporting on the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is fuelling calls for the UK to withdraw from the treaty, researchers have found. A new report from the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, based in Oxford University’s Faculty of Law, examined how the ECHR is represente
