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A man has been forced to drive hundreds of miles back to a local beach after being threatened with prosecution – for stealing pebbles. The incident occurred at Cornish beauty spot Crackington Haven, where beach pebble theft has led to the parish council installing warning signs informing beach

The Edinburgh Tax Network and the Chartered Institute of Taxation, in conjunction with Terra Firma Chambers, will present a seminar entitled “Top Tips for Owner Managed Businesses” on Thursday 6th September 2018 at the Mackenzie Building, Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh. The speaker w

One of the UK’s most prominent human rights lawyers has accepted an invitation to give a talk to the Faculty of Advocates about the challenges of implementing peace in Colombia. Kirsty Brimelow QC, chair of the human rights committee of The Bar of England and Wales, has been involved in effort

A speech by a transgender judge reflecting on law and identity has been published online. Master Victoria McCloud, a Master of the Senior Courts in the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court in London, delivered the speech in Belfast this month.

Ledingham Chalmers will bring together members of the Scottish business community next month for a cycle event aimed at raising funds for the £300,000 development of world-class sports facilities in Avoch.

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon, a former judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland and Lord Advocate under Prime Minister John Major, has passed away at the age of 72. A graduate of the University of Edinburgh, he qualified as a solicitor in 1971 and practised for five years before being admitted to the Fac

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said he could back the partial devolution of asylum powers to the Scottish Parliament, The Guardian reports. However, Mr Corbyn and his Scottish counterpart Richard Leonard ruled out the full devolution of asylum and immigration, as backed by the SNP.

The Glasgow Solicitors Property Centre (GSPC) has gone into liquidation, leading to the loss of nine jobs. Administrators KPMG attributed its failure to the "tightening" of the market in Glasgow and the loss of key clients in recent years.

Leading sports lawyer Alan Grosset has passed away at the age of 76, the Edinburgh Evening News reports. Mr Grosset was a former president of the Scottish Lawn Tennis Association and a member of Sportscotland from 1984 to 1992, serving for the last eight years of that period as vice chairman.

The case of a former prosecutor who is suing the Lord Advocate for £1.3 million over claims she suffered stress may proceed to a full hearing, a temporary judge has ruled. Laura Malone, 52, is suing the Lord Advocate on the basis that he failed to prevent her suffering caused by overwork.

A strongly-criticised element of Scottish land law should be replaced, but it will be a very difficult task, the Faculty of Advocates has suggested.

Monsanto now faces 8,000 lawsuits over its weedkiller product, which is alleged to cause cancer. Werner Baumann, the chief executive of Bayer, which acquired Monsanto earlier this year, confirmed the rise in plaintiffs, up from 5,200.

An American lawyer has admitted his role in uploading porn to file-sharing websites in order to sue people who downloaded it in a $3 million scam. Minnesota lawyer Paul Hansmeier has pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud and money laundering in exchange for a sentence of no more than 150