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A professional swimmer who was accused of raping a woman following a night out in Cardiff has been acquitted. Otto Putland, 24, who represented Wales in the 2014 Glasgow games, denied raping the woman after she had sex with his friend, Olympic swimmer Ieuan Lloyd.

David Hoey The UK government has issued a reminder that the way in which termination payments are taxed has changed. This is a significant change that could potentially result in more tax being paid upon termination of employment.

Thomson Reuters has expanded its legal know-how and legislative resources for the Scottish legal system. The new resources include the Scots Law resource centre on Practical Law and the addition of Scottish bills on Westlaw UK. The Scots Law resource centre introduces a growing suite of up-to-date l

Pictured (L-R): Lord Tyre, Kirsty Tyre, Euan Tyre, Rebecca Samaras, Catriona Tyre

Neil McWilliam Thorntons has welcomed Neil McWilliam into its corporate team in Dundee.

Richard Lochhead An MP who is seeking review of a decision not to open a fatal accident inquiry into a mid-air collision of RAF aircraft is to meet the Crown Office in a move that may see the incident investigated.

Professor Richard Susskind Legal experts will feature on BBC Radio 4’s Unreliable Evidenceshow tonight to discuss concerns about whether online courts could narrow access to justice.

Jamie Kerr A leading immigration lawyer has called for an urgent review of the UK’s business immigration rules as companies across the country are being denied access to foreign staff – unless they pay them more than £60,000 per year.

An energy company which was seeking £130 million in damages from an engineering contractor following the collapse of a tunnel at a Fort Augustus hydro-electric scheme nearly a decade ago has won an appeal. By a majority of two-to-one, the Inner House of the Court of Session allowed a reclaiming mot

A woman who was fired after giving Donald Trump's motorcade the middle finger is suing her former employer, Agence France Presse reports. Juli Briskman, who worked for the firm Akima as a market analyst, said the termination was a violation of her right to free speech, according to her complaint fil

The Scottish Public Law Group is delighted to announce a FREE evening event, being held in the Senate Room, Collins Building, University of Strathclyde, 22 Richmond Street, Glasgow, G1 1XH on 26 April 2018. This event is free and will attract 1.5 hours of CPD.

David Arnott Brodies' David Arnott comments on a major case from the Inner House this week.

William Ury William Ury, co-founder of Harvard’s Program on Negotiation, global expert on negotiation and mediation and co-author of Getting to Yes (pictured), will be the keynote speaker at the 2018 International Academy of Mediators (IAM) Annual Conference being held in Edinburgh between 9 and 1

Pictured: Magnus Swanson (left) and Steve Cook

A man who claimed he was struck by a car when he was a primary school boy more than 50 years ago in an accident which he could not remember and of which there was almost no evidence has had has claim for £650,000 in damages against a Scottish local authority dismissed. A judge in the Court of Sessi