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The 2024 Shared Parenting Scotland annual user survey of clients who have received the charity’s help in the past year has revealed a dramatic increase in the number of parents representing themselves in Scottish courts because they cannot find a solicitor to represent them. Twenty per cent of

Burges Salmon, which has an office in Edinburgh, has completed around 80 corporate and M&A transactions since January 2024, totalling in excess of £3 billion in deal value. Some of the corporate and M&A team’s most notable transactions this year included AOTI’s £140 m

A man who promoted a banned far-right Neo-Nazi group online has been given an extended 15-year prison sentence for terrorism, firearms, public order and drugs offences.  Alan Edward, 55, was jailed for 10 years and will serve another five years on licence after being sentenced at the High Court

An engineering company has been fined after a labourer died during the construction of a wind farm on the Shetland Islands. Liam MacDonald, from Tain, Ross-shire, lost his life on the morning of 5 June 2022 while removing dried concrete from a skip at the Viking site on Upper Kergord.

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. US violating law to fund Israel despite alleged human rights abuses, lawsuit says

The biggest miscarriage of justice in UK history is "even wider than first thought", a solicitor has said. Hundreds of postmasters and subpostmasters across the UK were wrongly accused of theft based on data provided by the faulty Horizon accounting system used by the Post Office.

Over the course of 2024, Scottish Legal News published more than 240 articles in our popular And Finally section – sharing offbeat and weird legal news stories from around the world. But which were the most popular? Read on to find our most-read And Finallys of 2024.

More victims of crime are to receive support through a fund financed by penalties imposed on offenders. More than £1.1 million from the Victim Surcharge Fund (VSF) will be shared among 12 organisations that support those impacted by crime.

Digby Brown Solicitors recovered a record £160 million in compensation for clients last year. Accounts for 2023/24 show the firm helped people after high-profile incidents like the Stonehaven derailment and the first jury trial win in seven years at the Court of Session.

Gisèle Pelicot's ex-husband and 50 other men have been convicted of rape and other offences in the French mass trial which made global headlines. Dominique Pelicot, 72, who drugged and raped his then wife, also 72, and arranged for other men to come to their home to rape her while she was dru

ESPC has announced the graduation of its SPC Property Practice Certification students, with a 100 per cent pass rate. Forty-three students from across 23 of ESPC’s chartered solicitor estate agency member firms committed to gaining the qualification in 2024, with every student passing their ex

Japanese crime syndicates have reportedly begun using Pokémon trading cards to launder vast amounts of money. The former head of a crime syndicate told Japanese magazine Shunkan Gendai that his organisation used the cards to transport stolen money abroad, according to a translation published

A court official tragically passed away in Edinburgh after celebrating 30 years of service. Frank Crawford, 68, fell down a staircase in a pub and suffered catastrophic injuries. The court superintendent had only hours earlier been celebrating his retirement at a party in Parliament Hall.

Four sheriffs have been appointed to the Upper Tribunal for Scotland. Sheriff Susan Craig and Sheriff Julius Komorowski (Sheriffdom of Lothian and Borders), Sheriff Jillian Martin-Brown (Tayside, Central and Fife), and Sheriff Stuart Reid (Glasgow and Strathkelvin) have been appointed as judicial me

Three individuals who have dedicated their lives to helping others have been named finalists for the Robert Burns Humanitarian Award 2025 (RBHA). Supported by South Ayrshire Council's Destination South Ayrshire service, the RBHA celebrates exceptional courage, commitment, and hands-on humanitarian w