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A five-year-old has been handed an invoice and his parents threatened with court action - for missing his friend's birthday party. According to the local Plymouth Herald newspaper, Derek Nash and his partner discovered the £15.95 "no show fee" invoice after it was slipped into their son Alex's scho

A newly-named body has been established for advocates who specialise in criminal law – the Scottish Criminal Bar Association. The title has been changed from the Faculty of Advocates’ Criminal Bar Association (FACBA), and Thomas Ross has been chosen as president.

A NASCAR driver known as “The Outlaw” has testified in a court that his girlfriend who is seeking a no-contact order against him is a trained assassin. Kurt Busch, 36, said his former girlfriend Patricia Driscoll was a secret agent who had operated in South America and Africa.

A former professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has found himself in court after he robbed a Manhattan bank in the service of “art”. Joseph Gibbons, 61, a filmmaker and artist was charged on Friday with robbery after he allegedly stole $1,000 from a bank in Chinatown.

International law firm Kennedys has opened in Scotland with offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow, giving it a presence in all jurisdictions in the UK and Ireland. The firm has recruited two Scottish solicitors: Frank Gill (pictured) and Rory Jackson.

A man has avoided jail by using his trainers as bail bond in lieu of money. Judge Douglas Stoddart at a district court in Massachusetts accepted the deposit after he offered Jason Duval, who was charged with drug offences, the opportunity to “be creative”.

This year has singularly demonstrated to Paman Singh that a lawyer’s life can change dramatically in the space of a few short months. In April, after just three years with the firm he was made a partner, while last month these professional achievements were complemented by a significant person

Lord Mulholland, a former lord advocate, privately criticised the decision to settle the malicious prosecution claims arising from the failed Rangers fraud case, according to a leaked memo. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service ultimately admitted wrongdoing over its prosecution of former R

Is Sunday lunch still a thing? Only just, I discover when we search for a decent restaurant to offer a Sunday roast with all the trimmings. They are few and far between and we finally settle on 18, the rooftop bar and restaurant of Rusack’s Hotel in St Andrews. As the name suggests, it boasts

Our weekly round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Australia's coal and gas exports violate our human rights, group says in new UN case

Glasgow-based Senior Solicitor Chloe Imrie, who works in Aberdein Considine’s debt recovery and banking litigation team, has been highly commended in the UK Credit Awards 2026. Ms Imrie went head to head with shortlisted colleagues Katie Macdonald and Sarah Clough in the Rising Star of the Yea

The Aberdeen Law Project (ALP) has secured a four-figure settlement for a client following their landlord’s failure to meet the statutory repairing standard.  Prior to ALP’s engagement, the client was unable to fully enjoy her property. This was as a result of the landlords failure

A sheriff principal has refused an application by a sequestrated shop tenant for permission to appeal to the Court of Session after his case against his landlords for payment was held to have prescribed, after finding that none of the grounds of further appeal he advanced had any prospect of success

First Minister John Swinney has lodged a motion in the Scottish Parliament seeking agreement to recommend to His Majesty The King that Ruth Charteris KC and Brian Gill KC, known as BJ Gill, be appointed as the new Scottish law officers. Subject to Parliament agreeing the motions, draft warrants will

To Inverness and McBain’s, a small family owned restaurant by the river, is our choice after a morning marvelling at the bronze age Clava Cairns and tramping through the steady drizzle of Culloden moor. My ancestors served in Lord Ogilvy’s regiment at Culloden and I once discovered an ac