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On 12 June, Clan Childlaw celebrated 16 years of delivering its child-centred legal outreach services for children and young people with an event held at the Scottish Storytelling Centre.

A cheating husband is suing Apple after his wife was able to access messages he sent to sex workers but had deleted. The middle-aged English businessman deleted the texts from his iPhone, but his wife stumbled across them on the family iMac and subsequently asked for a divorce, The Times reports.

Former president of the Mental Health Tribunal in Scotland, Dr Joe Morrow, is due to receive an honorary fellowship from the Royal College of Psychiatrists. It was announced at the college’s international congress in Edinburgh that Dr Morrow, the Lord Lyon King of Arms, will receive the fellow

Commercial real estate specialist Leanne Hill has joined Blackadders LLP as a partner in Aberdeen. Ms Hill has 18 years’ experience in commercial property in the city and across the central belt of Scotland. She has joined from Pinsent Masons where she was a senior associate.

A prison in Brazil has swapped guard dogs for geese – which authorities say are cheaper and more effective. The São Pedro de Alcântara Penitentiary in Brazil's southern state of Santa Catarina recruited the nine "geese agents" late last year.

Qasim Ali has returned to Lindsays as an associate following a spell away from the firm and will be based at its Glasgow city centre offices. Mr Ali was previously a solicitor with Lindsays between April 2021 and August 2023. He has experience in all areas of corporate law, with clients including in

A judge has been accused of bullying and sexist behaviour in Employment Tribunal hearings. One woman said that Judge Philip Lancaster shouted at her at least 16 times. The women told the BBC that they had all lost cases heard in Leeds before Judge Lancaster.

Dunfermline solicitor Alison Marshall has gained equality, diversity & inclusion certification from the Law Society of Scotland. The partner at Wright, Johnson & Mackenzie (WJM) was part of the first group to take on the course, which is only available to "leaders and managerial members" of

A journalist has been ordered to pay €5,000 to Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni after mocking her height on social media. Giulia Cortese, 36, was found guilty of defamation after a 2021 post in which she described Meloni as four feet tall.

While many started their traineeships during the pandemic, Anna Reilly was also seconded during it. When I began my traineeship at Morton Fraser, I did not expect to have the opportunity to work directly for the Government Legal Service for Scotland (GLSS), not least in the midst of a pandemic.

Gibson Kerr has made four new appointments and three promotions after it recorded a 25 per cent increase in turnover to £3 million. Among those joining Gibson Kerr is Linsey Dagger, who becomes the firm’s head of personal law.

An American judge has been widely criticised after humiliating a teenage girl who fell asleep during a classroom visit to his court. Judge Kenneth King, of the 36th District Court in Detroit, ordered the 16-year-old girl to change into a jail uniform and sit handcuffed in the dock as punishment, 7 N

Proposals to introduce a strict licensing framework for canine fertility businesses have been announced. The planned licensing scheme aims to clamp down on unethical breeding practices, regulate the services offered, ensure higher standards of care and protect animal welfare.

Rachel Munro is a senior associate in the real estate team at Shoosmiths in Scotland. She is shortlisted for the Rising Star, Residential category in the Inspiring Women in Property Awards 2024 and for the Real Estate Rising Star of the Year category at the Legal 500 Scotland Awards. Here, she offer