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Addleshaw Goddard has announced the high-growth technology businesses selected for its 2025 AG Elevate programme. Three of this year’s cohort of 10 are based in Scotland.

A law to establish a new offence of dog theft, despite the fact it is already an offence at common law, has been passed at Holyrood. The Dog Theft (Scotland) Bill, was passed by 119 votes to two.

A lawyer is suing US tax authorities for refusing to recognise her dog as a dependent like a child. Amanda Reynolds, who specialises in civil litigation insurance defence, has filed a lawsuit in the Eastern District of New York – naming her eight-year-old golden retriever, Finnegan Mary Reynol

A judge-led initiative involving, Police Scotland, the Crown Office, defence solicitors, victims organisations and the Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service, has been extended to provide swifter justice in cases involving charges of shoplifting. Summary Case Management, which will have been rolled ou

Lindsays has relocated to a new office in Perth.  Its 30-strong Perth-based team this week completed a move into a modern space on Whitefriars Street.

The Tumbling Lassie Appeal, founded by members of the Faculty of Advocates in 2015, has raised over £70,000 this year as it celebrated its 10th anniversary. The Tumbling Lassie “Diamond Ball” was held at Prestonfield Stables on 8 November. The evening featured a performance of the

A rapist who sexually abused three vulnerable women in the space of nine months has been jailed for a minimum of four years and six months before he will be eligible for parole.  David Ekpe was found guilty of three charges on 19 November 2024 following a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh.&n

Lord Ericht has been appointed as regulatory judge by the Lord President, Lord Pentland. Under the Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2025, the lord president has been given new functions in his role as ultimate regulator of the legal profession in Scotland.

Lady Paton will be retiring as chair of the Scottish Law Commission on 31 December, having served in the role for seven years. She was the lead commissioner for the damages and homicide projects, both of which reported in the last year, and has contributed to many other commission projects.

An overwhelming number of respondents to an SLN survey think Judge Alexander Kemp should be investigated over anomalies in his judgment in S Peggie v Fife Health Board and Dr B Upton. We received 1,000 responses to our poll. The vast majority, 945, ie 94.5 per cent, agreed that the appearance of fab

Donald Trump is seeking $10 billion in damages from the BBC in defamation proceedings now filed with a court in Florida.

Workers in China have been caught tricking a facial recognition system for clocking in by printing out and wearing crude masks of their colleagues. Staff members employed at a residents' committee in the eastern Chinese city of Wenzhou allegedly used the novel technique to skip work until they were

Following influencing activity from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) in Scotland, pharmacists will be able to choose whether to participate in assisted dying in Scotland according to their conscience, if the draft legislation becomes law. RPS holds a neutral position on assisted dying. One of

WildFish is highlighting serious public-interest concerns following over 200 appeals lodged by salmon-farming companies against new Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) licence conditions designed to regulate sea-lice impacts from fish farms. These mass appeals have had the effect of freezi

Freeths has strengthened its Glasgow office with the appointment of corporate partner Louise Mahon, following a year of substantial growth for the firm in Scotland. She joins from Morton Fraser MacRoberts. Ms Mahon brings over 20 years of experience advising on mergers and acquisitions, investments,