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Brechin solicitors Ferguson & Will has been acquired by the Chamber Practice, The Courier reports. The 103-year-old firm has moved into renovated offices on 15 High Street.

The Law Society of Scotland has criticised the the Scottish government's suggested increase in legal aid fees. Community safety minister Ash Regan said last week there would be additional improvements on top of a five per cent increase in fees.

An application by a Scottish solicitors' firm challenging an action raised against them in the English High Court for professional negligence by a dual qualified solicitor advising on a planning application has been refused. Wright, Johnston and Mackenzie LLP, a firm with no registered office in Eng

UK law firm Shakespeare Martineau has opened applications for the first-ever trainee positions in its Glasgow office. The firm has created two trainee positions, with one to begin in 2022 and another in 2024, earning £23,000 in the first year and £26,000 in the second. Trainees will work

The city of Seattle is being sued by salmon in a novel legal case invoking the "rights of nature". The novel case, in which the fish are named as plaintiffs, was initiated by the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe of Washington, which alleges that dams have decimated the salmon population in Washington's ri

An English law firm has been fined £98,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) after a data breach caused by ransomware. Hackers gained access to the IT systems of criminal defence firm Tuckers Solicitors LLP and compromised more than 24,700 court bundles containing sensitive data s

An online casino has been fined £1.2 million by the Gambling Commission after sending a promotional offer to more than 40,000 customers who had asked to be self-excluded to help them stop gambling. Sky Vegas sent the "Bet £5 get 100 free spins" offer to 41,395 customers who had self-excl

Two of the men involved in the murder of a man who was shot in the head as he sat in a car at traffic lights have been given court orders designed to prevent their involvement in serious organised crime. Kenny Reilly, 29, was shot in Maryhill, Glasgow, on 16 April 2018 and died two days later.

Corporate law firm Eversheds Sutherland has become the latest international firm to announce the end of its operations in Russia. The firm expanded into Russia in 2017 and has around 50 staff across two offices in Moscow and St Petersburg, which will now close.

A disabled woman who raised three separate simple procedure claims for the reimbursement of money she claimed was owed to her by the City of Edinburgh Council has had all three actions dismissed by the Sheriff Appeal Court following an appeal against their refusal. Chaza Afandi raised three claims w

The Scotsman has published an obituary of solicitor Iain Leslie, who passed away on January 21 in Edinburgh, aged 59. "Rugby played a huge part in the life of Iain Leslie, who in turn played a huge part in the life of his beloved club, Watsonians, rendering exceptional service to it in a variety of

David Conlan Smyth SC, Anna Bazarchina BL, William Morrin BL and Patrick Fitzgerald BL – members of the EU Bar Association of Ireland – unpick the legal hurdles and steps involved in Ukraine becoming a member state of the European Union. On 28 February 2022, just four days after being in

The Senate has unanimously passed a bill to make lynching a federal hate crime after more than a century of attempts to do so. The Emmett Till Antilynching Act provides that the crime will be punishable by up to 30 years in prison.

The Aberdeen Law Project has launched the ALP Foodbank Partnership – an initiative created to help ensure unused food does not go to waste.

A Russian air strike that reportedly killed 47 civilians in the Ukrainian city of Chernihiv may constitute a war crime, Amnesty International said following an investigation into the attack. At approximately 12.15pm on Thursday 3 March, the small public square formed by Chernihiv’s Viacheslava