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Thompsons Solicitors Scotland has welcomed its latest intake of trainee solicitors. Starting in early June, 20 recent law graduates will begin their legal careers with the firm. Sixteen will be based at the new office in Glasgow, with the remaining four joining the team in its Edinburgh office.

W. James Smith is running the London Marathon this month in aid of the British Heart Foundation. He said: "I have wanted to run the London Marathon for years but have never been successful in the ballot.

Two men have been sentenced for breaches of Russian linked financial sanctions for the first time ever in the UK. Dmitrii Ovsyannikov, 48, and Alexei Ovsyannikov (AO), 47, have been found guilty of eight counts of breaching financial sanctions and two counts of money laundering and sentenced to at S

A Scots lawyer who specialises in dealing with serious organised crime has been revealed to be a drug dealer. Amanda Lothian, 65, was convicted of selling nearly £87,000 of ketamine from her own house in an Aberdeen suburb.

Weightmans has appointed its first diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) manager. Liliana Corrieri joins the firm after two years as a senior inclusion and diversity consultant at a London-based training and consultancy firm. Prior to that, she worked in healthcare regulation where she looked a

The University of Glasgow’s GO Justice Centre is a key partner in a new research centre led by the University of Liverpool. The Centre for People’s Justice (CPJ) is a coalition of 45 organisations from community, business, philanthropic, cultural, artistic, charitable, legal, government

Scullion LAW has won the Corporate Volunteer Award for the Home-Start UK Volunteer Awards 2025. This award highlights the support and dedication of the Family Law Team to Home-Start Glasgow North and North Lanarkshire (HSGNNL).

New research has uncovered legal gaps for tackling child sexual abuse material (CSAM) created by generative artificial intelligence (gen-AI) across the Five Eyes nations. The research has prompted calls for lawmakers to strengthen legislation to ensure children are protected as gen-AI evolves rapidl

The Royal Faculty of Procurators, with its rich heritage and commitment to legal education, proudly presents the Sheriff Principal's Mooting Competition, which is returning this April and May following the success of last year's inaugural moot. In the first semi-final teams from the City of Glasgow

More than 500 registered sex offenders in Scotland have changed their name in the last two years, new figures show. Police Scotland records reveal they were notified of 506 instances of sex criminals changing their names within a 23-month period between April 2023 and March 2025.

A pet shop owner has condemned a couple caught on CCTV stealing birds by shoving them down their trousers. The couple entered Paradise Pets in Swindon last week and allegedly stole four canary birds.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear and expedite an appeal from the UK government concerning the compatibility of Northern Ireland legacy legislation with human rights and post-Brexit rules. Although the Labour government which came into office last July has promised to "repeal and replace" the pre

The CMS Scottish IP team has won two trophies at the Managing IP Awards 2025 ceremony, which took place yesterday in London. The Managing IP Awards programme recognises remarkable intellectual property achievements and developments in the last year. Now in their 20th year, the awards cover a range o

The prosecution of a man for burning a Quran "evokes the notion of blasphemy", a barrister has said. Akua Reindorf KC has said the charge against Hamit Coskun, who in February burnt a Quran outside the Turkish Consulate in London, is "plainly defective".

The judgment in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers will be handed down in the Supreme Court next Wednesday. In this appeal, the appellant challenges the lawfulness of statutory guidance issued by the respondent, which has the effect that a GRC recognising that a person’s gender is