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Russia’s Supreme Court has used AI to assist in drafting a plenary resolution, according to pro-Kremlin media reports. Judge Vyacheslav Gorshkov said the technology was employed “for the collection and processing of information” in preparing updated guidelines on civil case procedu

Addleshaw Goddard has announced a new partnership with the DP World Tour, becoming the first Official Legal Supporter of one of golf’s most prestigious events, the Genesis Scottish Open. The firm has signed a three-year deal with the tournament, which takes place at the Renaissance Club in Eas

The Campaign for Freedom of Information in Scotland (CFoIS) has invited candidates for the Scottish election to support its six actions to mainstream transparency by design across the delivery of public services. The six actions are the result of CFoIS work and campaigning over the last decade.

A man has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 13-and-a-half years for the religiously aggravated rape and assault of a Sikh woman in her home in Walsall. John Ashby, 32, of no fixed address, was sentenced on Friday at Birmingham Crown Court. He pleaded guilty on the second day of his trial,

Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce (AGCC) has called for economic growth to become the top priority for both the UK and Scottish governments and urged ministers to seize the £17.5 billion North Sea investment opportunity currently on the table.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has led international action to stop illegal finfluencers putting consumers' money at risk. 

A gamekeeper who clubbed a protected bird of prey to death has been sentenced. Hidden camera footage showed Russell Mason, 49, striking the goshawk with a cosh six times after it had been caught inside a crow cage trap on Cochrage Moor, Perthshire.

Two extraordinary magnums of Château Lafite Rothschild 1870, sourced from the historic cellars of Glamis Castle broke the world record twice in rapid succession at Sotheby's, selling for $106,250 (c. £78,560) and $200,000 (c. £147,885) respectively.

A 15-year-old girl has admitted carrying out a knife attack on a 12-year-old pupil at an Aberdeen school. The teenager, who cannot be identified, pleaded guilty at Aberdeen Sheriff Court to assault to the danger of life following the incident at Hazlehead Academy on 24 April last year. She was 14 at

A man who described himself as the ruler of a self-proclaimed African “kingdom” and spent months living in woodland in the Borders has been deported to Ghana. Kofi Offeh, who styled himself as King Atehene of the so-called Kingdom of Kubala, was arrested after immigration enforcement off

UK taxpayers have handed over £938.8 billion in tax in 2024/25, a 9.3 per cent rise on the previous year, according to HMRC's annual bulletin, as frozen thresholds and rising asset values are quietly eroding household wealth.

Bad debt and late payment are hammering Scottish SMEs' cashflow and profitability, according to new data from Bibby Financial Services (BFS). BFS’s latest SME Confidence Tracker revealed that 39 per cent of Scottish SMEs, equating to around 139,000 businesses, experienced bad debt in the past

Our weekly round-up of human rights stories from around the world. A War That Targets Women: Sudan’s Silent Crisis

A defamation lawsuit filed by FBI director Kash Patel sharply criticising The Atlantic’s journalistic standards contains numerous spelling and copy-editing errors. The 19-page complaint, lodged in federal court in Washington, D.C., accuses the publication and a reporter of knowingly publishing

Macdonald Henderson has advised Paper Shredding Services (PSS), a Glasgow-based provider of secure, compliant collection and destruction services on its disposal to Restore Datashred, the UK data management and recycling services group. PSS serves clients throughout Scotland across public and privat