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Aberdein Considine partner Gavin Crowe will soon embark on a marathon bike ride to raise funds for two different charities. The journey will include visiting all of the firm’s offices across Scotland and England, with Gavin undertaking this task both as a personal challenge for his 60th birthd

It was the 86th anniversary of the famous snail in the bottle case — Donoghue v Stevenson — on Saturday.

A couple have been summoned to appear in court after naming their 14-month old baby "Benito Mussolini". The baby had been named after one of his grandfathers, a traditional practice in Italy.However, as he shares the name with the WWII-era fascist dictator of the country, prosecutors in Genoa have t

Staff from Digby Brown’s Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen and Kirkcaldy offices took part in the 2018 Edinburgh Marathon Hairy Haggis Team Relay to raise money for their local charity partners.  

Facebook and Google have been hit with a series of lawsuits, in the wake of GDPR of coming into force, that accuse the tech giants of coercing users into sharing their personal data. The lawsuits, which seek to fine Facebook €3.9 billion and Google €3.7bn, were brought by Ma

Artificial intelligence software able to interpret images, match faces and analyse communication patterns is being piloted by UK police forces to expedite examination of mobile phones taken in crime investigations, The Guardian reports. Cellebrite, a Japanese-owned company, claims that a roll-out of

A bank which has been seeking to call up £2.5 million in loans granted to a husband and wife for the purpose of purchasing and renovating their new home has failed in an appeal against a judge’s decision to prevent the so-called “vulture fund” from bankrupting the couple. The

The Scottish government is gathering opinions for a community decision-making initaitive intended to identify new legal rights for communities which would "place them at the heart of decision-making". As part of the conversation people are being invited to consider a set of questions on shaping

A man on trial for a sex crime exposed his penis in court to contradict the complainant’s claim it was a lighter colour than the rest of his body. Desmond James, 26, who is on trial in New Haven, Connecticut, was permitted to reveal his member by the judge, the New York Post reports.

Writing for Scottish Legal News, Scottish Conservative MSP Liam Kerr responds to colleague Gordon Lindhurust MSP's article in the SLN Annual Review on the proposed removal of the reasonable chastisement defence. Recently my friend and colleague Gordon Lindhurst MSP expressed his surprise in an artic

An appeal against a sheriff’s ruling on appeal from a children’s hearing should be an “exceptional” occurrence since there is a right of review of the original decision after three months, and the European Convention on Human Rights is not intended to provide a “catch-a

More than a third of criminal barristers are considering leaving the profession, largely due to cuts to the legal aid budget, The Brief reports. Almost 50 per cent of those thinking about leaving cite funding as their main concern.

New figures show a decline in Scotland’s murder rate and an increase in reports of rape, The Herald reports. Unofficial police numbers show murder has fallen to a 40-year low, with 59 killings in 2017-18, one of the smallest figures since 1976. In 2004-05, there were 137 criminally violent dea

The Scottish legal profession will have a formal presence at Pride Edinburgh this year for the first time. The Glass Network is partnering with Womble Bond Dickinson to attend Pride Edinburgh on Saturday 16 June 2018.

An Egyptian lawyer has launched a €1 billion lawsuit against FIFA, alleging that Sergio Ramos caused "psychological harm" to the Egyptian people when he tackled Mo Salah at the weekend. Bassem Wahba alleges that Ramos (Real Madrid) deliberately injured Salah (Liverpool) during the Champions Lea