Dallas McMillan’s annual Charity Race Night was held at the Alea Casino, Glasgow on Friday 6 September. The firm will be 150 years old in 2025, in celebration of which it is attempting to raise £150,000 through a series of charity events to be divided equally between its four charity par
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A ban on the sale and supply of single-use vapes in Scotland is due to come into effect on 1 April 2025, under proposed legislation published today. The move takes forward the recommendation to ban single use vapes from a consultation on ‘Creating a Smokefree Generation and Tackling Youth Vapi
An Aberdeen man who was banned from driving for 16 months following his expected release from prison in 2025 after driving dangerous at the Aberdeen beachfront has lost an appeal against his sentence before the Sheriff Appeal Court. Bradley Young, who was convicted of dangerous driving in and around
TLT has signed the Greener Litigation Pledge as part of its aim to be a net zero business by 2025 and to support its clients with their own sustainability goals. Signatories commit to actively reducing, with a view to minimising, the environmental impacts of litigation in the English and Welsh court
Plans to ban all non-household biodegradable waste from entering landfill by 2025 have been set out in the Scottish government’s Climate Change Plan update. A ban on household biodegradable waste being sent to landfill is already in place and the Climate Change Plan 2018 – 2032 commits t
The Dementia Trust is celebrating a successful first year of its ‘Planning Ahead’ campaign, which encourages Scottish families to have early conversations around power of attorney. The 2026 pilot of ‘POA Month’ in Edinburgh delivered a measurable impact with participating fir
New members have been appointed to the Scottish Legal Aid Board. David Fisken and Amy Hunter have been appointed as legal members to the board, while Alexandra Walker has been appointed as a member with court experience.
Laurence Greg Cunningham of Westwater Advocates has succeeded in a constructive dismissal claim which took over two years to conclude. James Marshall v McPherson Limited ended on 20 December 2023. Mr Marshall made a claim to the Employment Tribunal and presented his case as a party litigant at the h
Hundreds of illicit items have been confiscated at Ayrshire’s courthouses over the past three years, despite both sheriff courts operating for extended periods without consistent security cover. Figures obtained through a freedom of information request by Ayrshire Weekly Press show that almost
Edinburgh’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the least confident of Scotland’s major cities as business viability concerns remain high nationwide, according to new research from Aberdein Considine LLP. Capturing the views of Scottish SMEs in the run-up to the Holyrood
A dramatic police chase ended in embarrassment after officers realised they intercepted one of their own bomb squad teams. The Indiana State Police bomb squad vehicle was responding to an emergency call when local police officers in the small town of Austin, Indiana blew its tyres and detained its d
A teenager made subject to an Order for Lifelong Restricting after assaulting a 15-year-old boy on his 17th birthday, having previously been convicted of other acts of violence, has lost an appeal against the order before the High Court of Justiciary, although it was noted by the court that the inab
The UK government faces mounting pressure to fulfil its pledge to regulate non-surgical cosmetic procedures (NSCPs) – including “Brazilian butt lifts”, Botox and dermal fillers – that have left people maimed, injured and requiring hospital treatment, write Jacqueline Harris a
Solicitor General Ruth Charteris KC is urging professionals to share advice on safer sleeping for babies. This follows a review of deaths of babies reported over the last two years. In 2024, the Crown Office received reports of 65 deaths of babies. Of those, it has been identified that 15 babies die
Scotland’s commercial property market is showing signs of stabilisation as inflation and interest rate pressures ease, according to the latest Scottish Property Review 2026 from Ryden. The annual report from the property consultancy finds that while many occupiers remain cautious due to operat
