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A furniture store has been ordered to pay damages to a couple who bought a sofa without knowing its feather cushions would need to be regularly fluffed. Canadian couple Donna and Thomas Dobko launched civil proceedings against Muse & Merchant after being disappointed with the floppiness of their

Two men linked to serious organised crime have been sentenced to a total of 13 years and seven months in prison for operating a drug-running operation. Charles McAllister, 53, was convicted of directing others including co-accused Stephen Lamb to commit offences including the sale and supply of cont

Award-winning documentary series Murder Case will return later this year with a new three-part series focusing on two cases – Tony Parsons, the charity cyclist who went missing in 2017, and the violent murder of Lucretia ‘Kiesha’ Donaghy in 2023.  The forthcoming new series of

A new bill in Ireland would introduce a disregard scheme for historic convictions for consensual sexual activity between men prior to the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the country in 1993. Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh this week introduced the Disregard of Historic Offences fo

Retail trade union Usdaw is concerned by the continued growing trend of shoplifting incidents in Scotland, which have more than doubled since the pandemic, alongside a persistent decline in police ‘clear-up’ rates for the offence. The union welcomes that the protection of retail workers

Catriona Torrance has been promoted to partner in the private client team at Balfour and Manson. Ms Torrance qualified as a solicitor in 2006 and has specialised throughout her career in private client work, including wills, powers of attorney, succession planning, and trusts.

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have warned that the police need the right skills and resources to tackle online sex crimes as new annual crime statistics showed sex crimes are now at their second highest level since 1971 when records began. Figures from Police Scotland show that:

An Albanian national jailed for 32 months for farming cannabis in two flats in Falkirk has lost an appeal to the High Court of Justiciary against the length of his headline sentence arguing that the sentence was excessive compared to other recent UK decisions. Arber Ketuka pled guilty under section

Two rival sausage makers are set for a courtroom battle amid allegations of corporate espionage. Hormel Foods alleges in a US lawsuit that Johnsonville conspired with two of Hormel's former employees to obtain sausage recipes and sensitive commercial information, The Minnesota Star Tribune reports.

Mark Farmer, the leading UK construction industry expert, has been announced as the keynote speaker of this year’s Scottish Construction Summit, the inaugural event from SLN's sister publication Scottish Construction Now to be held in Glasgow on September 17. Mr Farmer has over 30 years of exp

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined genetic testing company 23andMe £2.31 million for failing to implement appropriate security measures to protect the personal information of UK users, following a large-scale cyber attack in 2023. The penalty follows a joint investigat

A man who raped a 15-year-old girl after following her on a street in Falkirk has been jailed. Sadeq Nikzad was found guilty on 5 March 2025 following a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh.

Average property prices in Scotland's housing market rose to £191,000 in April 2025, marking a 5.8 per cent increase compared to April 2024, new figures from the latest UK House Price Index (HPI) have shown.

Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC has urged continued public vigilance against hate crime after new Crown Office figures showed a small decrease in charges reported. In 2024-25, some 6,019 charges reported were categorised as involving age, race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, transgender ide

The owner of Edinburgh Airport has been fined £80,000 after a pensioner fell from an ambulift on his return from holiday. Following the fall, James Young was admitted to hospital, but died more than a week later from his injuries.