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The annual Balfour and Manson family law conference is under starter’s orders as the event returns to Perth Racecourse next week. Almost 150 family lawyers will attend the fully booked event, widely regarded as one of the most important and influential conferences of its kind.

New legislation that aims to create the tools to tackle waste and increase reuse and recycling rates has been published. The Circular Economy Bill will give ministers powers to:

A former lawyer at Gowling WLG has been struck off the roll for engaging in a "fantasised" sexual relationship with an 18-year-old female colleague whilst in a senior role. It is believed to be the first instance of a solicitor being struck off for non-criminal sexual misconduct at work, The Law Soc

A man convicted in the High Court in Glasgow of two rapes, one of which was committed while he was on bail relating to the first offence, has lost a challenge to a cumulo sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment. Dorel Simion argued that the cumulo sentence was excessive despite the serious nature o

A lawyer who admitted to having an affair with a colleague under questioning from a stand-up comedian has gone viral on TikTok. Over 129,000 people have viewed the clip uploaded by comedian Jessica Kirson, which begins with her asking questions of a couple in the front row of her show.

The Lord Advocate, Dorothy Bain KC, has pledged to continue the robust prosecution of hate crime, after new figures showed a small fall in charges reported. The annual report on Hate Crime in Scotland, published today, shows a decrease of two per cent in the total number of charges reported to COPFS

Lord Turnbull has been appointed as chair of the coming statutory inquiry into the 1998 Omagh bombing. The UK government announced in February that it would launch an inquiry into the preventability of the bombing, which was orchestrated by the Real IRA and led to the deaths of 29 people and two unb

A woman who took abortion pills beyond the 24-week statutory limit has been jailed for 14 months, sparking fresh calls for the decriminalisation of abortion in England and Wales. Carla Foster, a 44-year-old mother-of-three, pleaded guilty to the offence of administering poison with intent to procure

Gilson Gray is expanding its litigation service and celebrating a record number of promotions following a series of successes. The litigation division – which specialises in commercial litigation and public law – posted a 32 per cent year-on-year increase in revenue, buoyed by its two re

Weightmans has welcomed two new arrivals to its employment, immigration and pensions (EPI) team in Glasgow. Paman Singh and Ben Brown join the firm as principal associate and solicitor respectively. Both join Weightmans from WorkNest.

Former Edinburgh solicitor Paul Cannavan left behind his career in the courts to start a new hospitality venture, The Dell at Glenlivet, in the scenic region of Speyside.

John McArthur of Gillespie Macandrew will discuss how to avoid getting the tax position of an executry wrong at CLT Scotland’s Private Client Conference which will take place online on Monday 19 June and will be sponsored by Title Research. The complexities of CGT 60 day reporting, its interac

There will be more support for unaccompanied asylum seeking and trafficked children arriving in Scotland, following the introduction of a new statutory guardianship service. The Scottish government has provided £1 million for the Guardianship Scotland service in 2022-23, and a further £1

The Scottish government has published new rules to ensure that all new buildings in Scotland are fitted with climate-friendly heating systems. Scotland’s Heat in Buildings Strategy sets out the Scottish government’s intention to develop regulations to ensure that new buildings, applying

A bill which would see most 16 and 17-year-olds in Scotland referred to the Children’s Hearing System, rather than the adult justice system, could help address underlying issues and stop young people from reoffending, according to a Holyrood committee. This is one of the findings from a report