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The success of England’s Martha’s Rule has strengthened calls for clearer escalation rights and greater patient involvement in Scotland’s healthcare system, where protections remain more limited, writes Michaela Guthrie. There has been much publicity about the positive impact of Ma

The Macdonald Henderson team completed the The Kiltwalk Big Stroll at the weekend, raising vital funds for Women's Aid.

Russia’s Supreme Court has used AI to assist in drafting a plenary resolution, according to pro-Kremlin media reports. Judge Vyacheslav Gorshkov said the technology was employed “for the collection and processing of information” in preparing updated guidelines on civil case procedu

If polling, which has broadly held steady for the last 18 months, is to be believed and the SNP is returned to Bute House as predicted, by the end of this fifth consecutive term the party will have been in power for almost a quarter of a century. The scale of such an achievement would be hard to ove

Addleshaw Goddard has announced a new partnership with the DP World Tour, becoming the first Official Legal Supporter of one of golf’s most prestigious events, the Genesis Scottish Open. The firm has signed a three-year deal with the tournament, which takes place at the Renaissance Club in Eas

The Campaign for Freedom of Information in Scotland (CFoIS) has invited candidates for the Scottish election to support its six actions to mainstream transparency by design across the delivery of public services. The six actions are the result of CFoIS work and campaigning over the last decade.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has led international action to stop illegal finfluencers putting consumers' money at risk. 

Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce (AGCC) has called for economic growth to become the top priority for both the UK and Scottish governments and urged ministers to seize the £17.5 billion North Sea investment opportunity currently on the table.

A man has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 13-and-a-half years for the religiously aggravated rape and assault of a Sikh woman in her home in Walsall. John Ashby, 32, of no fixed address, was sentenced on Friday at Birmingham Crown Court. He pleaded guilty on the second day of his trial,

A petition by a Palestinian mother and son asserting that the Foreign Secretary had unlawfully delayed issuing a decision on their request for consular assistance to leave Gaza to travel to Jordan as part of a process to join family in the UK has been refused by the Outer House of the Court of Sessi

A gamekeeper who clubbed a protected bird of prey to death has been sentenced. Hidden camera footage showed Russell Mason, 49, striking the goshawk with a cosh six times after it had been caught inside a crow cage trap on Cochrage Moor, Perthshire.

Two extraordinary magnums of Château Lafite Rothschild 1870, sourced from the historic cellars of Glamis Castle broke the world record twice in rapid succession at Sotheby's, selling for $106,250 (c. £78,560) and $200,000 (c. £147,885) respectively.

The Contract (Formation and Remedies) (Scotland) Act 2026 received royal assent on 14 April. It marks a deliberate step toward modernising Scots contract law by making it clearer, more accessible and better aligned with how business is carried out in practice, writes Emma Wills. The Scots contract l