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A pedestrian safety activist is facing a criminal trial after making his own crossing with chalk. Charlottesville, Virginia man Kevin Cox used what he said was spray chalk to create a makeshift pedestrian crossing at an intersection where a fatal accident took place last October.

The UK government has said it will not amend the law to make it easier to establish safe drug consumption facilities, even if Glasgow’s new pilot site proves successful. The Thistle in Glasgow, which opened earlier this year, is the first such centre in the UK and is intended to address Scotla

Kennedys, which has offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow, has reported 13 per cent growth with a record revenue of £428 million for the financial year ended 30 April 2025. This marks the 11th consecutive year of growth at Kennedys, signalling further global expansion across the firm’s region

Aberdein Considine has appointed Marianne McJannett as a partner in the firm’s Glasgow office. Ms McJannett, who qualified as a solicitor in 2012, joins Aberdein Considine from Bellwether Green, where she was head of employment.

A solicitor who was secretly working for three law firms at the same time has been struck off. Belinda Sarkodie, a property lawyer in England, submitted timesheets for the same hours to two firms when she was also meant to be working full-time for a third firm.

Livingstone Brown has announced the promotion of both Robbie Brodie and Stephen Smith to legal director. Mr Brodie has been with the firm since 2017 and has played a key role in growing the firm’s personal injury department. Mr Smith joined the firm in 2020 and heads the firm’s employmen

TLT has relocated to New Clarendon – a newly refurbished building located at 114-116 on George Street in the heart of Edinburgh.  The New Clarendon office has been designed from scratch, with facilities and tech enabling employees to mix remote working with time in the office.

Legislation to improve tenants’ rights and introduce homelessness prevention measures has completed stage two scrutiny by a cross-party committee of MSPs. The Scottish government introduced the Housing (Scotland) Bill to the Scottish Parliament last year to help tackle poverty by improving the

A networking group for in-house legal professionals is holding an evening of conversation and connection in Aberdeen on Tuesday 10 June. Crafty Locals aims to bring the in-house legal community together for an informal evening of sharing experiences at Pinsent Masons’ office in the city’

Dame Vera Baird DBE KC has been appointed as interim chair of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), the body which investigates potential miscarriages of justice in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The CCRC has not had a chairperson since January, when Helen Pitcher KC OBE resigned amid t

MI5 “deliberately and repeatedly” misled the courts in defending its handling of a neo-Nazi agent who abused women, the BBC has told the High Court. The broadcaster argued that MI5 and three of its officers had met the legal threshold for contempt of court, having provided false evidence

The Lord President, Lord Pentland has appointed Lord Colbeck as vice-chair of the Judicial Institute. The Judicial Institute for Scotland provides education and training for Scottish judges.

The Law Society of Scotland’s Client Protection Fund is working well but there should be more lay members on its sub-committee, according to a report from the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC). The society has a duty to provide a grant-making fund to protect clients who have lost mon

A US state has passed legislation banning weather-modifying "chemtrails", which do not exist. Scientists have long debunked conspiracy theories about chemicals being secretly dispersed in the sky using aircraft.

A former office worker jailed for defrauding two construction companies has been ordered to pay back more than £80,000 under proceeds of crime laws. Stephanni Houston, 41, of Ayr, was sentenced to 38 months in prison in November 2023 for embezzling over £516,000 from two construction com