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The Sheriff Appeal Court has quashed an absolute discharge given to a motorist found speeding at over 100mph outside of Kilmarnock with bald rear tyres and instead fined him £1,125 and disqualified him from driving for 22 months, following a Crown appeal against the sheriff’s decision. M

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

Immediate action will be taken to address any harms or risks identified in the first part of an inspectorate-led review of responses to group-based child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE), the Scottish government has said. Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth announced to Holyrood that the first par

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.

Human rights campaigners have expressed disappointment after the UK Supreme Court ruled that the disclosure of evidence in a Troubles-related inquest could be blocked on national security grounds. Judges yesterday handed down their unanimous judgment in a case concerning a decision by a coroner to d

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 lawyer is suing US tax authorities for refusing to recognise her dog as a dependent like a child. Amanda Reynolds, who specialises in civil litigation insurance defence, has filed a lawsuit in the Eastern District of New York – naming her eight-year-old golden retriever, Finnegan Mary Reynol

A law to establish a new offence of dog theft, despite the fact it is already an offence at common law, has been passed at Holyrood. The Dog Theft (Scotland) Bill, was passed by 119 votes to two.

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

Lindsays has relocated to a new office in Perth.  Its 30-strong Perth-based team this week completed a move into a modern space on Whitefriars Street.

The Tumbling Lassie Appeal, founded by members of the Faculty of Advocates in 2015, has raised over £70,000 this year as it celebrated its 10th anniversary. The Tumbling Lassie “Diamond Ball” was held at Prestonfield Stables on 8 November. The evening featured a performance of the

A rapist who sexually abused three vulnerable women in the space of nine months has been jailed for a minimum of four years and six months before he will be eligible for parole.  David Ekpe was found guilty of three charges on 19 November 2024 following a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh.&n

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.

A man who took photographs of two witnesses in a case against him seeking his disqualification as a company director has lost his appeal against a finding that he was in contempt of court after the Sheriff Appeal Court found that his conduct objectively amounted to contempt regardless of his stated