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Inksters Solicitors has received the award for the Best Legal Email message campaign at the Internet Advertising Competition (IAC) 2025. The IAC is an international competition dedicated to recognising excellence in online advertising across various industries and formats. Entries are evaluated base

Funding for new police vans and training for officers and dog wardens has been agreed following a Responsible Dog Ownership Summit hosted by the Scottish government. Police Scotland has received £166,000 to train officers to identify banned breeds and buy specially-equipped vans to transport d

A former drama teacher who grossly abused his position of trust by sexually abusing three pupils has been jailed. Craig Smith previously pleaded guilty to three charges at Glasgow Sheriff Court on 21 March 2025.

A prominent British businessman identified as the subject of allegations of sexual harassment and bullying by a member of the House of Lords, who used parliamentary privilege to circumvent a court injunction, did not suffer a violation of his privacy rights, the European Court of Human Rights has ru

Sheelagh Cooley, a real estate partner at Shoosmiths in Scotland has been appointed head of its Edinburgh office.  Part of a planned rotation of the head of office position, she has stepped into the role during a period of sustained growth for Shoosmiths in Scotland.

A Belgian royal with an allowance of nearly €400,000 per year has failed in a legal bid to be recognised as a self-employed worker entitled to social security. Prince Laurent, brother of the Belgian king, asked the Brussels Labour Court to recognise him as self-employed and his princely endowme

Scotland's largest prison is in a “wretchedly poor state”, according to a review. HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland (HMIPS) found that the prison's infrastructure “represents a barrier to safety and acceptable living standards”.

As a result of the retirement of Lord Hodge at the end of December 2025, the process to appoint a new deputy president and justice to sit in the Supreme Court has begun. The UK Supreme Court and Judicial Committee of the Privy Council hear a wide range of very complex and high-profile legal cases, w

Global executions reached their highest figure since 2015, as over 1,500 people were executed across 15 countries in 2024, a new report has found. According to Amnesty International's Death Sentences and Executions 2024, 1,518 executions were recorded in 2024 – the highest number since 2015 (a

A South Lanarkshire woman has been sentenced after pleading guilty to threatening and abusive behaviour toward an elected official. Elspeth Wood, of Hamilton, was given a community payback order with three years supervision and ordered to attend counselling.

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has been asked whether ex-Catholics have a right under the GDPR to have their baptismal record erased upon request. A request for preliminary ruling was submitted in January by the Brussels Court of Appeal, which is hearing an appeal in a case brough

Lindsays and its clients have raised more than £11,000 for a leading mental health charity. Lindsays encouraged donations to SAMH (Scottish Action for Mental Health) instead of charging fees for wills drafted as part of its Make a Will Month fundraiser.

The cost-effectiveness of public inquiries in Scotland is to be the subject of a new parliamentary investigation. It will be the first time a Holyrood committee has examined the matter in depth.

A judge has rebuked a man who tried to present his case through an AI-generated character. Jerome Dewald, 74, was granted permission to show a video to an appeals courts in New York where he was appealing a ruling in an employment dispute.

Murray Beith Murray has announced that three senior solicitors have been promoted to associate. Anna MacLeod, Sally Scott Lintott and Adam Swayne took up their new roles on April 1. Ms MacLeod joined the firm in 2017 and specialises in rural property and agricultural affairs; Ms Scott joined the fir