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Stronachs has marked the publication of a book on new energies and the creation of a collaborative group. A Guide to the New Energies has been published by Stronachs LLP through Aberlour Press Limited to set out an overview of the energy transition to net zero over the next 20 years.

Compass Chambers' David Swanney successfully represented the pursuer at the opposed motion hearing to determine the issue of expenses in Henry Clarke v Marks & Spencer Plc. Following a decree of absolvitor, the defender sought an order of expenses against the pursuer in terms of Section 8(4)(b)

Dozens of school pupils are taking legal action accusing their school of ending a key exam 90 seconds early. The lawsuit filed by at least 39 students in South Korean capital Seoul seeks damages of 20 million won each (around €14,000 or £12,000), the BBC reports.

An apprentice digital media executive has been awarded £50,000 after she suffered victimisation and discrimination at work because she found maths "very difficult". Sophie Molyneux sued Apprentify, a firm that sources apprenticeships, after she was fired from a role at a business that trains p

Ireland will take the UK to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) over a controversial law ending criminal and civil proceedings related to killings during the Troubles, the Irish government has confirmed. Victims and survivors of the Troubles had urged the Irish government to take the rare ste

Jones Whyte is taking on a cycling challenge covering 2,422 miles from its Glasgow office all the way to Lapland in aid of the Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity (GCHC). The Lapland Cycling Challenge holds particular significance for the Jones Whyte team as they rally behind their colleague R

Holyrood has backed new laws that will prevent killers from acting as executor on their victim’s estate. MSPs voted unanimously to pass the Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Bill, which will close this loophole, allowing a court to remove someone convicted of murder or culpable homicide from a

A law professor at the University of Strathclyde has been elected as an emeritus member of the Society of Legal Scholars (SLS), in recognition of his distinguished career as an academic. Professor Alan Paterson OBE joined Strathclyde in 1984 and served as head of the university’s law school fo

The Scottish government will not appeal the judgment in the judicial review challenging the UK government’s use of a section 35 order to block the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill. The Supreme Court's ruling means the bill cannot proceed to royal assent and be enacted.

A 20-year-old man charged with having possession of indecent photographs of children has lost an appeal against a trial sheriff’s decision that images recovered from a cloud storage website based in New Zealand accessed using a password found on his smartphone could be led as evidence. The man

A teenager has become the youngest person to ever qualify as a lawyer in California. Peter Park passed the California bar exam at the age of 17, breaking a record previously set by an 18-year-old.

Donald Trump has been barred by Colorado's Supreme Court from running for the US presidency in 2024 because of his attempts to overturn the result of the 2020 election. In an unprecedented ruling, judges held by a 4-3 majority that Trump was necessarily disqualified by the 14th amendment to the US C

Harper Macleod has advised on the vendor initiated management buy-in of Scotwood Interiors, an office fit-out and refurbishments business. Established in 1964 by Allan Scott, Scotwood Interiors specialises in the design and delivery of turnkey fit-outs and refurbishments for a range of commercial se