A business that claimed it was unlawfully refused a small business grant during the Covid-19 pandemic has lost an appeal against the dismissal of its case before the sheriff after it was ruled that he ...

Regular contributor and dear friend of our publication, David J Black, is now at the end of his life. His family welcomes friends and acquaintances who would like to see him and say goodbye. David is ...

Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has been charged with drugs offences after telling a podcast he once took ecstasy decades ago. The controversial left-wing politician and leader of the M ...

Machiavelli wrote something to the effect that people ‘dislike enterprises where the snags are evident’. That throwaway line from the Master may be recalled when attempting to review this excellent ...

Recorded wildlife crime offences in Scotland have risen and dipped in recent years, new figures show. Offences increased by 15 per cent between 2022-23 and 2023-24 from 220 to 254 offences, before ...

When people and clients talk of the importance of lawyers who bring shop floor experience to their work, they do not come ...

Work by Edinburgh Law School postdoctoral research fellow Dr Jacob Fredrickson has helped inform a theatrical production staging at the historic Old Bailey this March. Justice? Trial and Error will ...

The Crown Office has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry into the death of 24-year-old Reece Sweeney, who died on 20 June 2023 within HMP Shotts. Mr Sweeney ...

A new law on the creation of deepfake intimate images is among a package of new measures being considered as part of a consultation.

A senior judge in Pakistan has been removed from office after it emerged he obtained his law degree through fraud. Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri served on Islamabad High Court for five years before the ...

DWF has advised Glennon Brothers, a third-generation timber processing business, on its acquisition of Pontrilas Group ...

The Scottish Land Commission has today published a policy roadmap as the culmination of its ScotLand Futures initiative, setting out how Scotland can "go further" in reforming the ownership and use of ...