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Following Mental Health Awareness Week in May, six brave people from TLT in Scotland are taking on the Tough Mudder challenge in Dumfries on Saturday 16 June to raise money for the Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH). The 2018 Scotland Mud Run is a gruelling challenge involving ten miles o

The Tumbling Lassie operetta, which premiered in Edinburgh earlier this year, is set to be profiled at this year's Edinburgh International Book Festival in August.

An additional £131,000 has been provided to allow further renovations of the Sir Walter Scott Courthouse to take place. Built in 1803 as the Sheriff Court, it is where the famed author dispensed justice to the people of Selkirkshire.

Dentons has announced its unaudited, headline FY17/18 results for the UK & Middle East region, with revenue of £203.1 million, an increase of 22 per cent on 16/17 (£166.4m). This figure only includes revenues from the legacy Maclay Murray & Spens offices since completion of the m

The Scottish Law Commission has recently issued a discussion paper, dealing with a number of aspects of the law of leases, and especially the termination of commercial leases. The Scottish Law Commission deserve more thanks than they often get for the efforts which they put into trying to improve an

A request for a reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union for a ruling on the question of whether the United Kingdom can unilaterally revoke its notice of intention to the leave the EU has been refused. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that the question being asked was “hypo

A Ghanaian man studying nursing who was threatened by the Home Office with deportation has been granted permanent residence following a review. Denzel Darku, who lives in Paisley, and carried the Queen's baton before the 2014 Commonwealth Games said having the threat lifted is "a dream".

McVey & Murricane (MM) has announced the lateral appointment of Robin Craig as director of commercial property. Mr Craig brings with him more than 25 years' commercial property experience and knowledge, having been a director at Frederick & Co, Solicitors, Glasgow. He arrives as MM business

Gilson Gray has announced the promotion of Keith Anderson to partner within the litigation and dispute resolution team. Mr Anderson joined in 2015 as part of a move which saw the whole of Morisons LLP commercial litigation team transfer across to the firm.

Malcolm Combe, a senior lecturer at the University of Aberdeen and chair of the Scottish University Law Clinic Network, discusses the most recent gathering of law clinic experts. On 6 June 2018, students and staff from seven of Scotland’s universities met at the University of Dundee for the se

Online memes could disappear if copyright rules proposed by the EU come to fruition, an expert has warned. The Copyright Directive, which the European Parliament will vote on this month, has incurred the ire of digital rights groups.

The British and Foreign Bible Society has been fined £100,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office after its computer network was compromised as the result of a cyber-attack in 2016. Between November and December 2016, the intruders exploited a weakness in the society’s ne

Trustees of the Scottish Solicitors Staff Pension Fund who raised an action against a legal firm and its former partners to recover a £90,000 deficit in the fund have successfully appealed against a judge’s decision to dismiss their claim. The Inner House of the Court of Session allowed

A piper was arrested on the Royal Mile for refusing to give his details to police after they approached him about playing his bagpipes too loudly. John McDonald was arrested as part of Edinburgh City Council and Police Scotland's attempts to tackle noisy street performers.

Nearly two thirds of judges recruited last year hailed from state schools, The Times reports. In 2017-18, 66 per cent of judicial applicants were state educated while 28 per cent had attended fee paying schools and six per cent schools abroad.