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Megan McDonald has joined Turcan Connell as legal director in the firm’s land and property team. Ms McDonald brings extensive experience across the Scottish commercial property market, having advised clients on a broad range of real estate transactions during her time with both international a

An initiative supporting women and children to escape abusive relationships will see its funding doubled from £2 million to £4m for the current year. The Fund to Leave scheme has supported 1,519 women and 2,094 children to leave unsafe situations since its launch in February 2026 –

The procurator fiscal has lodged a first notice to commence the court process for a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the death of Alexander Pickering. The 46-year-old, a prisoner within HMP Addiewell, died on 1 August 2023.

An Australian currency trader who was sacked for working overseas without permission has won an unfair dismissal case – but was denied compensation. The Fair Work Commission ruled that Charles Graham was unfairly dismissed by HIFX Australia, trading as Xe, in December last year.

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Terra Firma Chambers has once again been recognised for its “market-leading expertise” in the latest edition of the Chambers & Partners UK Bar Guide 2027, published this week. The “highly acclaimed stable” retained Band 1 rankings in five core practice areas: Agriculture

An internationally acclaimed Scottish scholar who has written about the extremely high number of murders and prisoners in the US lectured on the topic at Middlesex University. David Garland, a professor of law and sociology at New York University, spoke to academics, criminal justice professionals a

Members of Westwater Advocates have secured 31 individual rankings across 7 categories in the latest edition of the esteemed legal guide Chambers & Partners and the stable has received Band 1 firm rankings in Employment Law and Family/Matrimonial Law.

Ampersand Advocates has been ranked in 12 practice areas in the Chambers & Partners UK Bar 2027 guide, with six in Band 1, and 41 of our members hold 94 individual rankings between them across 20 practice areas. All twelve of the set rankings we held in last year’s guide are retained, and

A Peruvian man named Hitler Mussolini Simeón Flores has been elected mayor of a small Andean district, winning by 25 votes – on a centre-left party ticket. The 45-year-old Ahora Nación candidate received 229 votes, representing 34.5 per cent of the 663 valid ballots cast in Quero

The UK government has launched a new digital video series titled 'The Troubles: Living with the Legacy', aimed at putting the voices of victims, survivors, and key community stakeholders across the UK at the centre of government.

Britain’s unwritten constitution is vulnerable to political hijack by a government exploiting its conventions, renowned constitutional historian Lord Hennessy has warned. The crossbench peer, who retired from the House of Lords this summer following a Parkinson’s diagnosis in 2019, also

Scotland attracted 23.4 per cent of UK lawtech investment in the first half of 2026, up from 2.7 per cent in 2024, with Edinburgh-based Wordsmith AI among the country’s largest funding recipients. UK-founded lawtech companies raised £226.9 million in the first six months of 2026, exceedi

A Scottish law accountant and paralegal has placed third in a quarterly ranking of more than 28,000 UK legal professionals on LinkedIn. Laura Brown, founder of Brown Owl Legal Support, which provides paralegal services, finished second in the “Indies” category of the Legal LinkedInfluenc

The Dementia Trust has doubled the number of law firms signed up to its Planning Ahead campaign during its first month of registrations, with ten firms from across Scotland already confirmed to take part in the national initiative to drive awareness for Power of Attorney in February 2027. The campai