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Eventus Law, a Glasgow-based boutique corporate law firm, has acted on the vendor induced management buy-out (VIMBO) of Ribbonworks, facilitating the transfer of ownership from founder David McClelland to the existing management team, comprising Rachel Hunt, Lauren Johnston and Kirsty McFarlane. The

South Korean prosecutors have asked a court to jail the owner of a two-Michelin-star restaurant for a year after it allegedly served desserts topped with ants in breach of food safety laws. Prosecutors also requested a 20 million won (£10,108) fine for the company operating the Seoul restauran

Four Bradford men have been found guilty of their role in the sexual exploitation of a vulnerable girl in Bradford more than 20 years ago.  The Crown Prosecution Service’s specialist Organised Child Sexual Abuse Unit prosecuted the defendants following an investigation by West Yorkshire P

Scullion LAW has announced a series of senior promotions across its family and criminal defence teams. The promotions, which took effect in June 2026, are:

TC Young has relocated its Edinburgh office to a new, modern workspace at 2 Castle Terrace. The move sees more than 30 members of staff relocate from the firm's long-standing George Street office to a vibrant, contemporary workplace designed to support collaboration, innovation and the continued exp

Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow (RFPG) has announced plans to give non-members access to its Charitable Fund for the first time. Previously, the fund provided grants to members of the RFPG – past or present – and their spouses, civil partners and dependents in need of assistance.

Bloomsbury is set to receive an estimated £14 million after a US court approved a $1.5 billion settlement resolving claims that AI company Anthropic used copyrighted books without permission to train its Claude chatbot. The publisher said 14,087 Bloomsbury titles were covered by the agreement,

CMS has announced revenue of €2.173 billion for the financial year January–December 2025, representing year-on-year growth of 4.8 per cent. Of this, UK LLP revenue for financial year 2025/26 increased to £839.3m, marking 7.7 per cent year-on-year growth. Adrian Bell, managing p

A new guide aims to address a "gap" in trauma-informed information about High Court sexual offence cases. A Guide for Victim-Survivors of Sexual Crime: When Your Case is Being Heard in the High Court has been developed and published by the Emma Ritch Law Clinic.

The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that publishers and virtual private network (VPN) providers are not liable for copyright infringement where users bypass geographical restrictions using VPN software. The judgment arose from a dispute over the online publication of Anne Frank's ma

France has become the first European country to approve a nationwide ban on social media for children under 15 after parliament backed legislation requiring technology companies to block underage users from creating accounts. The new law, hailed by President Emmanuel Macron as a "major step forward"

A Ford electrician is preparing legal action against the carmaker and catering firm Aramark after he was fired over allegations he stole a $1.95 packet of cookies. Kurt Kromm, 60, was dismissed from Ford's Kentucky Truck Plant after a self-checkout kiosk appeared to show he had not paid for the snac

Three teenagers who armed themselves with weapons and travelled to an Ayrshire beach gathering where they murdered a 16-year-old have been jailed. Apprentice painter and decorator, Kayden Moy, from East Kilbride, was fatally stabbed while dozens of young witnesses looked on.

Scottish solicitors and their clients will benefit from an enhanced UK-Switzerland Free Trade Agreement, according to the Law Society of Scotland. Last week it was announced that the UK and Swiss governments had concluded negotiations on a new and enhanced free trade agreement.

Consultation for new legislation to reform legal aid is an important step in addressing the causes of the access to justice crisis with viable and sustainable solutions, according to the Law Society of Scotland. The Scottish government has today launched a consultation paper on a new Legal Aid (Scot