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A Pembrokeshire couple who rescued two paintings from a skip while walking their dog have sold the artwork at auction for £16,000.

Cyber risk has surged to the top of the business agenda, with 40 per cent of business leaders saying cyber is the top risk they are unprepared for – up from 23 per cent in 2025, according to a new report from accountancy and business advisory firm BDO. BDO’s Global Risk Landscape 2026 re

Overall, accused persons’ journey times in Scotland’s criminal justice system have decreased over the last year, according to new official statistics "in development" published today by Scotland’s chief statistician. Median journey times, the date an offence is first known to polic

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned financial firms that further action is required to prevent sanctions breaches, despite noticeable progress being made across the industry.

Business confidence in Scotland rose two points during May to 50 per cent, according to the latest Business Barometer from Bank of Scotland. Companies in Scotland reported higher confidence in their own trading outlook month-on-month, up nine points at 62 per cent. When taken alongside their optimis

Harper Macleod is hosting its first Natural Futures Summit in September. Taking place on 15 September 2026 at Eden Court in Inverness, with the option to attend in-person or online, the summit will focus on the opportunities, challenges and solutions driving Scotland’s natural capital and ener

Several Scottish charities are to receive grants using unclaimed funds from the Gutmann v SW Trains legal case (boundary fare class action).  The Access to Justice Foundation has announced that it will channel £3.9 million to 16 organisations in regions where class members are based and w

An Audit Scotland report shows that inadequate resourcing is holding back the criminal justice system, according to the Law Society of Scotland. The independent public body responsible for auditing public organisations in Scotland has released a follow-up to its 2023 report on the criminal courts ba

Peter Murrell purchased 108 toilet rolls using SNP funds just two days before Nicola Sturgeon urged the public not to panic buy at the start of the Covid pandemic, court documents show. The former SNP chief executive, who last week admitted embezzling more than £400,000 from the party between

City of Glasgow College has beaten Glasgow University to win the 2026 Sheriff Principal's Mooting Competition at the Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow (RFPG).

Orkney solicitor and smaller law firm owner Serena Sutherland has begun her term as president of the Law Society of Scotland. Ms Sutherland succeeded Patricia Thom as president at a meeting of the Council of the Law Society in Edinburgh on Friday. She becomes the Law Society’s 63rd president a

Gibson Kerr has secured what is believed to be the first-ever enforcement of a Scottish court order for child aliment in the United Arab Emirates, a result now confirmed as final after the opposing party's appeal to the UAE's highest available court was formally refused. The case concerned a Scottis

Amey, in partnership with the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), has expanded its Unlocking Future Connections programme to Scotland’s largest prison, HMP Barlinnie, to "help reduce reoffending by supporting people leaving custody into employment". The initiative forms part of a nationwide program

Delegates were welcomed to the Judicial Institute in Parliament House for the Joint UK Lands Tribunals Conference. The two-day programme included sessions on compensation matters, infrastructure rights, telecoms valuation, land registration, valuation case studies, easements and servitudes, an

Legal reforms designed to curb the abusive use of SLAPPs are insufficient to stop the rich and powerful trying to block freedom of speech, a new study warns. Measures in the USA, UK and the EU to stop 'strategic lawsuits against public participation' do not address the deep-seated inadequacies in th