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A courthouse was evacuated after a lawyer showed up with an "abundance" of bed bugs falling out of his suit. The alarm was raised after someone in the courthouse said she could see "something crawling on his neck".

Lawyers have paid tribute to the "candour and courage" of people who gave evidence of abuse they suffered in residential childcare, The Herald reports. The comments came as the current phase of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry drew to a close.

Jonathan Tait explains how firms can safeguard their reputations in the age of social media and fake news. The American business magnate and philanthropist Warren Buffet once said, “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and 5 minutes to ruin it.”

An elderly Iranian couple have been granted leave to remain in the UK 40 years after they emigrated from Iran, albeit at a cost of £20,000 – which their lawyer has described as “ten years of indentured servitude to the Home Office”. Edinburgh winger Damien Hoyland, 25, had ca

A tattooist known as "Dr Evil" admitted causing grievous bodily harm by performing unlawful body modification procedures on clients. Brendan McCarthy, 50, pleaded guilty to three charges of GBH in respect of a tongue-splitting procedure as well as removing an ear and slicing off a nipple.

A Scottish council is the first in Europe to give its employees who have suffered domestic abuse "safe leave". South Ayrshire Council's policy will give employees up to 10 days' paid leave to allow them to seek help and support.

The Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers (ARDL) which has more than 800 members throughout the UK is launching a Scotland Seminar Programme for 2019 with the aim of growing the Scottish membership. Professional regulation has been increasing throughout Scotland and the UK over the

A man has been sent back to prison after breaking into a sheriff's house, for the second time. Michael Houston, 45, broke in Sheriff Maxwell Hendry's home in Glasgow's Kelvinside only weeks after he was released from prison.

A man who was convicted along with another of holding a vulnerable 20-year-old man in servitude has failed in an appeal against conviction at the High Court of Justiciary Appeal Court. The Lord Justice General, Lord Carloway, sitting with Lord Menzies and Lord Drummond Young heard that Joh

International law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has assisted a children's charity to develop proposals for the statutory regulation of social media companies. The NSPCC is campaigning in favour of a new "social media regulator" which could issue fines of up to £20 million to social media compan

A businessman who gave £182,000 to a woman he met on dating app Tinder has won a court battle to get the money back. Marcel Kooter, 57, claimed he sent the money to Manuel Radeva, 37, for investment purposes – not as a gift.

The General Court has annulled European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) decision refusing registration of the figurative mark ‘Chiara Ferragni’ as an EU trade mark In 2015, Italian entrepreneurs filed an application with EUIPO for registration of the following EU trade mar

A survey of public bodies in Scotland has revealed that most board members would be reluctant to complain about their colleagues, though reported bullying and other kinds of 'disrespectful conduct' are in the minority. The problem of ‘disrespectful conduct’ is more widespread in loc

David McEwing has joined Addleshaw Goddard as a partner in the firm's Aberdeen energy team. Mr McEwing, who joins the firm from Pinsent Masons, has more than 25 years’ experience in the energy sector, advising oil and gas companies and oilfield services businesses, as well as leading comp

Jonathan Tait comments on a controversial EU directive aimed at protecting copyright holders. The monetisation of IP throughout internet usage has increased exponentially in recent times and introduction of the new snappily titled European Union Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market is