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We are pleased to report that our sister publication Scottish Construction Now has reached an important milestone, clocking up 54,000 unique users and over 7,500 subscribers to the free daily newsletter last month -- confirming Scottish Construction Now as the number one media resource for Scotland

A new project which aims to help rural businesses and communities to tackle difficult issues and decisions will be launched with a programme of meetings across communities in the north and west Highlands this month.

Stuart Murray Shoosmiths has advised on the sale and employee buy-out of Photonic Solutions, a supplier of laser and photonic equipment.

Time is running out for any delegates who have not yet registered for the Scots Law 2017 Conference/Exhibition which will take place at BT Murrayfield Stadium on 30th & 31st October.

Pictured (L-R): Cameron Milne and Aaron Doran

Litigants who were seeking to enforce an award of payment from a court in Belgium will have to seek an alternative remedy after the registration of the judgment in the Court of Session was cancelled due to a “lacunae” in the law. A judge allowed an appeal against the grant of warrant for registr

Lord Carloway SLN’s report earlier this year that Scotland’s judiciary is facing a recruitment crisis has been confirmed in a survey which found that 60 per cent of senior lawyers had no interest in joining the bench.

An aim of sparing child and other vulnerable witnesses from having to appear in court has been supported by the Faculty of Advocates as “logical and sensible”. The Faculty said that a scheme to pre-record the evidence of such witnesses, if carried out effectively and to required standards, would

A Scot in Dubai sentenced to three months' imprisonment for public indecency has been exonerated by special order of the country's ruler. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum exonerated Jamie Harron, 27, whose case has now been dismissed and sentence nullified.

Graham Ogilvy SLN editor Graham Ogilvy ponders the seemingly intractable problems in recruiting new judges to the Scottish judiciary.

A man is suing prison authorities for £3.8 million after he was mocked by guards and not treated, for a four-day erection caused by a pill he took in jail. Dustin Lance, 32, said he suffered "unbearable pain" from the 91-hour arousal and has suffered "irreparable harm to his penis".

Seventy per cent of Scottish law firm leaders believe that technology will have the greatest impact on their client relationships in the next five years compared with 40 per cent in the rest of the UK, according to a report published by accountancy and business advisory firm BDO LLP. BDO’s Law Fir

A new exhibition by National Records of Scotland brings you face-to-face with Scotland’s criminal past – from an infamous murderer to con artists, pickpockets and petty thieves.

Michael Matheson Domestic abuse figures published today show there were 58,810 incidents in 2016-17, up one per cent from 2015-16.

A couple of Amazon customers were left baffled after plastic bins they ordered from the online superstore showed up filled with cannabis. The pair, who have chosen to remain anonymous, ordered four 27-gallon storage bins that should have arrived empty, but were instead carrying a grand total of 65 p