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The Law Society of Scotland granted extended rights of audience to an additional 11 new solicitor advocates yesterday.

The scheduled execution tomorrow of a Malaysian man for drug trafficking offences is a source of great alarm, Amnesty International has said. Pannir Selvam Pranthaman, 37, was convicted of importing 51g of heroin into Singapore, where he was sentenced to the mandatory death penalty in 2017.

The Scottish Sentencing Council has launched a new podcast episode on prison sentencing, as part of its Scottish Sentencing Conversations podcast series. The new episode captures the views of people who have knowledge of and expertise in the prison system, and offers insights into prison sentencing

The 'big six' regional office markets across the UK – Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Bristol – are experiencing a significant rise in the number of law firms looking for premium real estate to drive talent attraction and retention, according to Savills. Demand for

Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) is to provide expertise free of charge to local businesses looking to make the most of the benefits of the Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport (ICFGF). Partner Angus MacLeod, who is the head of the firm's Inverness office, will provide free advice t

Brodies LLP has announced the election of a new chair, with partner Iain Rutherford to take on the role from 1 May 2025. Mr Rutherford will succeed Christine O'Neill KC, who steps down as chair on completion of her fourth, three-year term. Regarded as one of Scotland's leading litigators and an expe

The Scottish Law Commission has published a new report recommending repeal of the Tenancy of Shops (Scotland) Act 1949. If a tenant of a “shop” is unable to obtain renewal of the lease from the landlord, they may instead apply for renewal to the court under the 1949 Act. A “shop&rd

Thousands of criminal cases in Scotland have been abandoned over the past five years due to statutory time-bar limits and delays by police and reporting agencies, The Scotsman reports. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) took no action in over 9,000 cases affected by such delays.

Dear Editor, It was hugely disappointing to read of the survey undertaken by Shared Parenting Scotland which showed a number of family cases were being dealt with by multiple sheriffs.

Executive directors have visited Inverness Justice Centre after elevated levels of radioactive gas were detected there last week. Radon, a naturally occurring gas, comes from small amounts of uranium in rock and soil. Exposure to high levels of it can, however, cause lung cancer.

Mexico will sue Google if it continues to label the entire Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America", the country's president has warned. One of Donald Trump's first acts on his return to the White House was to sign an executive order purporting to rename the body of water.

Professor Gillian Black has been reappointed as a commissioner of the Scottish Law Commission. Professor Black has held a ministerial appointment as commissioner of the Scottish Law Commission since 22 April 2020. 

Harper Macleod has been named the Scottish Firm of the Year 2025 at the inaugural Chambers UK Awards at a ceremony in London. The Chambers UK Awards honour “the finest legal teams” and is based on rigorous research, including that of the legal profession itself, and is conducted by Chamb

An alleged drug dealer was busted on Valentine's Day by Peru's most-loved rodent.

An English judge has been issued with a formal warning for misconduct after referring to a judicial colleague as a "trolley dolly". The Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO) imposed the sanction on Michael Barnes JP after a fellow magistrate made a number of allegations about his behaviour.