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Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC has expressed her "deep hope" that victims of domestic abuse can see routes to a safer future after new figures showed a 19 percent rise in convictions. Ms Bain said her thoughts are with victims at what can be a difficult time of year. But she urged them to "take confi

The Scottish Arbitration Centre has launched a new mediation service to enhance its dispute resolution offering. Following the publication of its Mediation Rules in September, the centre has now launched the service. The service provides a new administered mediation scheme to support businesses and

Benjamin Bestgen has penned a guide to wine labels for SLN readers this festive season. Last year I wrote about wine and the law for SLN. With the festive season in full swing, many of you will be going wine shopping. However, the sheer amount of options can overwhelm consumers. Therefore, shop

Karima Higgins has joined Inksters in its Glasgow office. Ms Higgins specialises in commercial legal work, commercial contracts, data protection, company secretarial work and corporate finance.

Accounts for Digby Brown show that the personal injury firm's turnover increased from £46.7 million in 2023/24 to £53.8m in 2024/25 – a rise of more than 15 per cent. And profits increased from £21.9m to £26.5m showing year-on-year growth of 21 per cent.

Aberdein Considine LLP has appointed leading contractual recoveries specialist Shilpi Jairath as operations director with its lender services practice group. Based in the growing firm’s Newcastle office and with over 22 years of experience in contractual recoveries across consumer and commerci

Blackadders LLP is to donate £34,000 to Maggie’s Centres across Scotland after a year of fundraising for the cancer support network. The firm adopted Maggie’s as its charity of the year for 2025 and Blackadders’ teams from every office took part in a series of events and chal

Maureen Matheson may not pour a great pint, but the skills she learned while working behind the bar in Glasgow’s Bon Accord have stood her in good stead for her life as a lawyer. “You learn so much about customer service,” she says of the bar work she did to fund her way through he

Scotland’s housing market recorded a notable annual increase in October 2025, with the average property price rising to £192,000, up 3.3 per cent compared to October 2024.

Addleshaw Goddard has announced the high-growth technology businesses selected for its 2025 AG Elevate programme. Three of this year’s cohort of 10 are based in Scotland.

A judge-led initiative involving, Police Scotland, the Crown Office, defence solicitors, victims organisations and the Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service, has been extended to provide swifter justice in cases involving charges of shoplifting. Summary Case Management, which will have been rolled ou

Lord Ericht has been appointed as regulatory judge by the Lord President, Lord Pentland. Under the Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2025, the lord president has been given new functions in his role as ultimate regulator of the legal profession in Scotland.

Lady Paton will be retiring as chair of the Scottish Law Commission on 31 December, having served in the role for seven years. She was the lead commissioner for the damages and homicide projects, both of which reported in the last year, and has contributed to many other commission projects.

Following influencing activity from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) in Scotland, pharmacists will be able to choose whether to participate in assisted dying in Scotland according to their conscience, if the draft legislation becomes law. RPS holds a neutral position on assisted dying. One of

Freeths has strengthened its Glasgow office with the appointment of corporate partner Louise Mahon, following a year of substantial growth for the firm in Scotland. She joins from Morton Fraser MacRoberts. Ms Mahon brings over 20 years of experience advising on mergers and acquisitions, investments,