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Dog owners have been urged to stay vigilant after a Labrador had to be rescued from Ben Nevis after apparently ingesting discarded cannabis. Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team was called after Tokyo, a black Labrador, collapsed halfway up the mountain while walking with owner and dog trainer Christina Bl

Landlords are facing waits of up to a year to regain possession of their properties through Scotland's housing tribunal, with legal experts warning the growing backlog is forcing many to leave the private rented sector and worsening the country's housing shortage. Litigation specialists at Aberdein

Lesley Macdonald, one of Dundee’s best-known family lawyers, is joining Lindsays. Ms Macdonald, a former dean of the Faculty of Solicitors in Dundee, has been advising people across Tayside for more than 40 years. She has run her own practice - Lesley Macdonald Family Law - for the past nine y

House prices in Scotland have continued rising, according to the balance of respondents to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey, indeed at a firmer rate than in the previous survey. Surveyors are also more optimistic about the short-term outlook than t

An RAF serviceman who repeatedly strangled two women during a campaign of abuse lasting almost two decades has been jailed. Kenny Ralph Dalgleish was found guilty of 11 charges on 5 June. A trial at the High Court in Dundee heard that the 38-year-old became controlling and verbally abusive towards b

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.  

The Financial Conduct Authority's five-year strategy to protect consumers while supporting growth has had an encouraging start the watchdog said. On revealing the new plan last March, the FCA said it would be focusing on four key pillars – being a smarter regulator, supporting sustained econom

Views are being sought on proposals aimed at restricting the appearance of tobacco, vaping and nicotine products and how they are packaged and displayed in shops in Scotland to make them less enticing to children and young people.  The consultation fulfils a 100-day Scottish government commitme

Jersey is set to legalise assisted dying after its new law received royal assent. The draft Assisted Dying (Jersey) Law, approved by the States Assembly earlier this year, was granted royal assent yesterday and will come into force once it is registered by the Royal Court in the coming days.

The Metropolitan Police has agreed to pay Graham Linehan, the creator of Father Ted, £25,000 after apologising for his arrest over gender-critical posts on social media. Scotland Yard acknowledged “shortcomings in the investigation, the arrest and the imposition of bail conditions”

4chan has again mocked Ofcom after the regulator renewed demands for payment of its £520,000 Online Safety Act fine, with the platform’s lawyer responding by sending another AI-generated hamster. US lawyer Preston Byrne, who represents 4chan, said on X that Ofcom had sent payment details

Its original forecast of 3.5 per cent average house growth in Scotland for 2026 is under threat due to geopolitical events and related inflationary pressure and interest rates, Rettie has said. While the recent US-Iran peace deal provides some hope that inflation and interest rate rises will be limi

A Dunfermline local is celebrating a career milestone this week, having successfully completed her legal traineeship with Watermans. Robyn Lynch, who obtained her law degree and diploma from the University of Stirling and Robert Gordon University respectfully, celebrated with her team in Dunfermline

Courts will be given tougher powers to impose football banning orders (FBOs) in Scotland to include specific offences in an effort to improve the matchday experience and safety at games. It comes as the analysis of a consultation on FBO legislation has published.

Kirsten Oswald, minister for victims and community safety, visited the University of Strathclyde Mediation Clinic to learn how mediation is helping people and businesses resolve disputes without the time and expense of court proceedings.