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Dr Tracy Kirk, child and family law lecturer at the University of Stirling, has been appointed to the Royal Society of Edinburgh's Young Academy of Scotland (YAS). Dr Kirk is among 48 exceptional new members selected from across academia, business, the public sector, charities and the arts to join Y

The Law Society of Scotland has been granted up to three years to prepare for the introduction of business-level regulation for 1,200 law firms. The change is part of the Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2025, which brings in sweeping reforms to the way the legal profession is regulated.

An innovative new partnership funding approach is to be explored to help cut reoffending and keep young people safe from crime and anti-social behaviour. The Justice Social Impact Partnership (SIP), supported by £200,000 of Scottish government funding, is a new way of developing and funding in

Ryan Macready has joined gunnercooke as a partner to build his own corporate practice. The corporate lawyer departed Dallas McMillan at the end of last week, shortly before the firm's merger with Lindsays took effect, where he had served as partner and head of corporate, building the firm's corporat

Aberdein Considine LLP has raised £35,000 for its two 2025/26 charity partners, Cash for Kids and the Russell Anderson Foundation (RAF), thanks to a year-long series of fundraising challenges and events from staff.

More than 40 new staff will join Lindsays today as its merger with Dallas McMillan completes. The deal will see the team working from the partnership’s Glasgow city centre offices increase in number from 80 to over 120 as new colleagues move across.

The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for construction to continue on a $400 million (£297m) ballroom at the White House, ruling 5-4 in favour of the Trump administration. The order blocks lower-court decisions that had paused work on the above-ground structure.

The Scottish Government has published its draft Referendum Bill. The bill, which will be introduced into Parliament once the necessary powers are secured, sets out the question 'Should Scotland be an independent country? Yes or No', defines the franchise for the vote, and will include a date upon in

In Earl of Seafield v Tracey Leith [2026] SLC 10, the Land Court held that, in principle, a statutory notice could validly be addressed to a party, using not his personal name, but a trading name which he had used in communications with the party giving notice. On the death of the tenant of a farm i

The Law Society of Scotland has issued a fraud warning after it was made aware of phishing emails purporting to be from the organisation. The email, highlighted by "a number of members", claimed that payment of their membership fees is overdue and invited them to reply to the email for further

WJM has helped raise £2,000 for a Dunblane charity supporting people in crisis after taking part in a community Will-writing campaign. Bartys, a branch of Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) based in Dunblane, participated in the Forthgiving Will Campaign, encouraging local people to pu

A five-year "route-map" to modernise Scotland’s land and property tax administration has been published by the Scottish Land Commission. The route-map sets out steps to improve land data, valuation and the systems used to manage land and property taxes – helping Scotland make better use

The Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has found that the Scottish government is "failing to meet its human rights obligations" to provide the people of Scotland with an adequate standard of living. In a new assessment of poverty as a human rights issue, the SHRC calls on the Scottish governmen

Aberdein Considine LLP has strengthened its debt recovery and banking litigation department with two key appointments for England and Wales. Accomplished costs and debt recovery lawyer Victoria-Louise Maugham joins the firm’s lender services practice group (LSPG) as head of unsecured recoverie

The estate of Arthur Conan Doyle has successfully blocked a businessman's bid to trademark "Dr Watson" for a clothing line. Joel Brown had applied to register the name for leisurewear, sportswear, footwear and headgear. The Conan Doyle family objected, arguing it clashed with their existing "Dr Wats