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A Glasgow taxi driver is suing Police Scotland after spending 10 months on remand accused of acting as a getaway driver in an attempted murder. Scott Troy, 43, claims he was wrongfully arrested after picking up four men in Pollok, Glasgow, in August 2023 as part of a routine fare.

Prison inspectors have warned of the “insidious consequences of overcrowding” at Low Moss prison, highlighting pressure on staff, delays to rehabilitation work and prisoners being held in cells below recognised space standards. His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland vis

Silence may no longer be the safest option for accused persons in modern Scotland despite the example set by Nicola Sturgeon, writes Douglas McConnell. For decades, Scottish defence solicitors have offered a piece of advice so consistently it became almost instinctive: Say nothing.

A company director has lost his appeal against a minority shareholder’s petition for an immediate buy-out after the UK Supreme Court found the director’s “covert single-handed campaign” to delay the sale of the company amounted to a breach of his duty of loyalty. The appellan

Finlay Wilson, aka the Kilted Yogi Beatson Cancer Charity has announced the launch of Yellow Yogis, a brand-new fundraising initiative set to bring thousands of people together for a large-scale yoga event at Glasgow’s SEC on September 13.

Second reading will be held for the Genocide Determination Bill on 17 July. The private members' bill was introduced in the House of Lords by Lord Alton of Liverpool on 4 June 2026, some 10 years after the proposal was read in Parliament for the first time ever.  

We’re pushing the boat out today. Kurt the Kiwi, an esteemed former colleague and now a senior man at the New Zealand Herald, is paying a flying visit. It’s 15 years since he left Scotland for home and the occasion calls for a special lunch at Edinburgh’s L’Escargot Bleu. We&

Pinsent Masons has added to its corporate energy team in Aberdeen with the appointment of mergers and acquisitions specialist Caroline Harwood. She joins the international law firm from Addleshaw Goddard as managing senior associate and will support clients on a mix of corporate and commercial energ

This year has singularly demonstrated to Paman Singh that a lawyer’s life can change dramatically in the space of a few short months. In April, after just three years with the firm he was made a partner, while last month these professional achievements were complemented by a significant person

Lord Mulholland, a former lord advocate, privately criticised the decision to settle the malicious prosecution claims arising from the failed Rangers fraud case, according to a leaked memo. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service ultimately admitted wrongdoing over its prosecution of former R

Is Sunday lunch still a thing? Only just, I discover when we search for a decent restaurant to offer a Sunday roast with all the trimmings. They are few and far between and we finally settle on 18, the rooftop bar and restaurant of Rusack’s Hotel in St Andrews. As the name suggests, it boasts

Our weekly round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Australia's coal and gas exports violate our human rights, group says in new UN case

Glasgow-based Senior Solicitor Chloe Imrie, who works in Aberdein Considine’s debt recovery and banking litigation team, has been highly commended in the UK Credit Awards 2026. Ms Imrie went head to head with shortlisted colleagues Katie Macdonald and Sarah Clough in the Rising Star of the Yea

The Aberdeen Law Project (ALP) has secured a four-figure settlement for a client following their landlord’s failure to meet the statutory repairing standard.  Prior to ALP’s engagement, the client was unable to fully enjoy her property. This was as a result of the landlords failure

A sheriff principal has refused an application by a sequestrated shop tenant for permission to appeal to the Court of Session after his case against his landlords for payment was held to have prescribed, after finding that none of the grounds of further appeal he advanced had any prospect of success