Pictured: Ian Beattie and Eilish McColgan Lawyers at Lindsays are lining up behind Eilish McColgan’s bid to reach her fifth ...

Ministers are deciding whether to pause enforcement against short-term let operators accused of breaking the rules, after receiving warnings that the current regulatory approach is incompatible with ...

Measures that aim to make contract law simpler and more easily understood by individuals and small businesses who use contracts have been welcomed by a Holyrood committee.  In a report published today ...

A man linked to serious organised crime who was jailed for drugs trafficking and money laundering offences has been ordered to repay more than £1 million under proceeds of crime laws. Steven Black, 51 ...

To mark Human Rights Day, the law societies of England & Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland have united to call for urgent ratification of a new treaty designed to protect lawyers. The Council of Eu ...

The Law Society of Scotland formally welcomed 137 new solicitors to the profession in back-to-back ceremonies held in central Edinburgh yesterday.

The Inner House of the Court of Session has rejected a challenge under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to the indefinite continuation of an experimental traffic order preventing private vehicles ...

The public inquiry into the investigation of Emma Caldwell’s murder in April 2005 has been formally set-up and begun work. The statutory inquiry will examine what went wrong in the investigation ...

As the world marks Human Rights Day today, Amnesty International UK says it is a vital moment to reflect on the fact that most people across the country strongly support human rights protections and ...

To mark Human Rights Day, the Thomson Reuters Foundation has released new findings from a survey of members in its TrustLaw network, "throwing into relief the impact of growing attacks on civil ...

The number of convictions for rape and attempted rape increased by 19 per cent from 186 in 2022-23 to 221 in 2023-24, a new all-time high amongst comparable records which began in 1989-90, the latest ...

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has called for further improvements across local authorities in Scotland after ...