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Burness Paull has appointed Tim Dale to the new role of knowledge and client service partner. Mr Dale – who brings a decade’s experience of leading and growing a knowledge function in an international law firm – will be responsible for elevating all aspects of Burness Paull’s

The Scottish government "must reverse" worrying trends in key categories of crime including sexual crimes, indecent images of children and shoplifting, the Scottish Liberal Democrats have said. Figures from Police Scotland show that in the year ending December 2025:

Ukrainian refugees abroad have been invited to submit compensation claims to a Council of Europe initiative aimed at holding Russia accountable for the costs of its invasion for the past four years. The Register of Damage for Ukraine yesterday opened a new category of claims, A1.2, which covers "inv

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has fined Reddit £14.47 million for children's privacy failures. It said the online platform had failed to apply a robust age assurance mechanism to prevent under-13s from creating accounts.

Artificial intelligence will be embedded across the court system as part of a sweeping programme of reform aimed at delivering “faster and fairer justice for victims”, Justice Secretary David Lammy has said. Speaking at the Microsoft AI Tour at the Excel Centre in London, Mr Lammy set ou

Amnesty International has warned that proposals to leave the European Convention on Human Rights, expand mass deportations and weaken legal safeguards risk undermining democratic accountability and fuelling division, following a speech by Reform UK’s home affairs spokesperson outlining plans t

New York police say they are investigating "criminals" who pelted officers with snowballs after they turned up to a mass snowball fight. Videos circulating on social media show a rain of snowballs coming down on officers attending the event, which was organised online in the wake of a major blizzard

What if the biggest threat to your firm’s profitability isn’t competition, but complacency? Across the legal sector in Scotland, many firms are still relying on legacy systems and manual processes simply because “that’s how it’s always been done.” But behind famil

Shepherd and Wedderburn will return as headline sponsor of the All-Energy exhibition and conference. The event, now in its 25th year, is essential for everyone in the low-carbon and renewable energy community.  Last year over 13,000 people walked through the doors of the SEC to network, share k

Sexual crimes in Scotland were 10 per cent higher compared to the year ending December 2024, new figures from Scotland’s chief statistician show. In the year ending December 2025 the police in Scotland recorded 308,532 crimes. This was three per cent higher than the 298,306 crimes recorded in

A man who admitted smuggling drugs into Mexico has been given the benefit of the doubt after saying he didn't mean to bring them back to Canada. Daniel Jacob Cluett was charged with three counts of importing substances into Canada after border officials found cocaine and MDMA in his luggage.

The EU has said it is seeking clarity from the US on its policy intentions after the country's top court ruled many of Trump's flagship tariffs to be unlawful. The Supreme Court of the United States appeared to catch the president off-guard by ruling 6-3 that he cannot rely on the International Emer

The Law Society of Scotland granted extended rights of audience to 15 new solicitor advocates in two ceremonies held this week.

The Lord President, Lord Pentland, has appointed new employment judges in Scotland. The new salaried judges in the Dundee Office of Employment Tribunals are:

Pinsent Masons has announced a partnership with legal AI platform Legora, following an extensive pilot programme across its corporate, commercial and property groups.  Legora is an AI workspace built to streamline everything from research to drafting and review.