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The Financial Conduct Authority has launched a market-wide review into claims management companies (CMCs) and law firms, citing mounting concerns that consumers are being let down by aggressive marketing, misleading advertising and unfair exit fees.

Lindsays has strengthened its commercial property team with the appointment of Philip Sim as a consultant. Mr Sim has spent the past eight years running his own legal practice - Sim Legal - having previously been a partner at Ledingham Chalmers, McClure Naismith and Harper Macleod.

A global study of venture capital investors and tech developers active in the low-carbon space found that 99 per cent of UK respondents have invested in or already developed a Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project, with 79 per cent saying they plan to do so in the next year. The research conducte

Eventus Law Limited, a boutique corporate law firm based in Glasgow, has advised on a business succession project for Curtainwise (Scotland) Limited, culminating in a vendor-initiated management buy-out (VIMBO) by Curtainwise Soft Furnishing Limited. Eventus Law provided support from legal structuri

Actors created using AI will not be eligible for Oscars under new rules introduced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, as the organisation moves to curb the technology’s growing influence. The changes stipulate that only human performers can be recognised, while screenplays mus

An Aberdeen academic has been awarded almost £300,000 by The British Academy to examine how artificial intelligence is governed in outer space. Dr Maria Manoli, lecturer in space law at the University of Aberdeen, will lead an international and interdisciplinary team of scholars. She is a lead

The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association are delighted to invite you to the SYLA Spa Retreat later this year – a dedicated opportunity for young lawyers across Scotland to rest, recharge and reconnect. Early years in the profession can be incredibly rewarding, but equally demanding. This retrea

Conveyancing solicitors and payroll teams in Scotland are among local professional advisers who may find themselves on the wrong side of the law from this month – with penalties of up to £10,000 for compliance breaches. They must, under the wide definition of ‘tax adviser’, m

The number of new technology companies incorporated in Scotland the first quarter of 2026 surged, despite geopolitical tensions and uncertainty, according to RSM UK. RSM’s analysis shows there were 687 new tech incorporations in Q1 2026, up 70 per cent from 405 the same quarter last year, and

A sheriff has concluded that a toddler's death could have been avoided had clinical guidance been followed. Three-year-old Archie Donald died at the Royal Hospital for Children at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Campus, Glasgow on 20 November 2019.

A beekeeper who unleashed swarms of honeybees at police attempting to carry out an eviction against her friend has been jailed for six months. Rebecca Woods, 59, brought a trailer of hives to the home of an elderly friend undergoing cancer treatment in Longmeadow, near Springfield, Massachusetts. Sh

The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) has reiterated its concern over the global erosion of press freedom, underscoring the essential role of a free and independent press in safeguarding democracy, accountability and the rule of law.

Business Women Scotland (BWS) hosted its inaugural Women in Law Awards at the Crowne Plaza, Glasgow, welcoming 200 guests from across the Scottish legal profession for a landmark celebration of female talent, leadership, and achievement. The event, supported by Sharri Pimbley Associates Legal Recrui

The campaign to save Ellisland Farm, the Dumfriesshire home where Robert Burns wrote Auld Lang Syne, Tam o' Shanter and almost a third of his life's work, has taken a major step forward after Dumfries and Galloway Council approved plans by conservation architects Collective Architecture to restore a

The death of a prisoner could have been avoided a sheriff has concluded. Michael Charlton, 34, was found dead in his cell within HMP Barlinnie in the late afternoon of 28 October 2019. He was in legal custody and in the care of the state at the time of his death.