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Eilish McColgan has hailed her incredible support as Lindsays renewed its long-term sponsorship of the Scottish record-breaker. The new agreement – which extends to the end of 2024 and includes the Olympic Games in Paris – comes as the Dundonian distance runner aims to continue her incre

A father and son have been sentenced to 300 hours of unpaid work for animal welfare offences, illegal puppy farming and a consumer protection offence involving multiple identities to sell puppies on Gumtree. At Elgin Sheriff Court yesterday, Samuel Ronald Hessin and his son Samuel Arthur Hessin were

An­drew Walker, partner and head of corporate growth at Morton Fraser, discusses the role employee businesses could have in boosting the wider UK economy. The Scottish government’s Programme for Government included a goal to reach 500 employee-owned businesses (EOBs) by 2030. We currently

Lanarkshire law firm Ness Gallagher has announced the promotion of family lawyer Louise Gillies to director. Ms Gillies, who joined Ness Gallagher in 2006, has over 15 years’ legal experience and is a respected family lawyer. A member of the Family Law Association, she is also an Accredited Me

The Sheriff Appeal Court has set aside orders made by a sheriff under the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 in respect of a dispute between two divorced parents both seeking residence orders for their three daughters after finding that the sheriff had given inadequate reasoning for his decisions. The she

Eight new solicitor advocates granted extended rights of audience by the Law Society Council were introduced to court at a ceremony at Parliament House on Wednesday.

Aberdein Considine has taken on 10 new trainees.

UK house prices increased by 1.8 per cent in June, signalling the twelfth consecutive monthly rise, according to the latest Halifax House Price Index. This means house prices have now risen every month over the last year, and are up by 6.8 per cent or £18,849 in cash terms so far in 2022, push

Overnight QC Suella Braverman has thrown her hat into the Conservative leadership ring, overnight. Ms Braverman, who threatened to “take back control” from an interfering judiciary upon her appointment in February 2020, practised at the bar before becoming the MP for Fareham in

An investigation into suspected match-fixing is under way in Sierra Leone after two football games ended with scores of 95-0 and 91-1. The simultaneous matches, which have been annulled, saw Kahunla Rangers triumph over Lumbebu United and Gulf FC humiliate Koquima Lebanon in the biggest football win

The UK government’s is “committed to further considering” a Coroner Service Inspectorate, and will “continue to seek further funding” to improve the condition of the court and tribunal estate, it said in response to a report on court capacity published by West

A broad new offence of intimate image abuse should be introduced in England and Wales to criminalise acts such as "downblousing" and the creation of "deepfakes", the Law Commission of England and Wales has proposed. The law reform body has called for a clearer legal framework broadening the scope of

Lady Hale, the first woman justice of the UK Supreme Court and its first woman president, has been awarded an honorary degree by Queen's University Belfast (QUB). Her recognition by QUB comes days after the university also bestowed an honorary degree on the former Lord Chief Justice of Northern Irel

A diplomat who allegedly kept a woman as a slave will not enjoy diplomatic immunity from suit if the facts against him are proven, the Supreme Court has ruled. Lord Briggs and Lord Leggatt, with whom Lord Stephens agreed, gave the joint majority judgment. Lord Hamblen and Lady Rose gave a dissenting

Solicitor Fiona McPhail writes about the case of Abdelwahab-Kaba Dafaalla v City of Edinburgh Council, which concerned the issue of repeat or subsequent homeless applications where a local authority has already considered an application and acted upon the outcome of that application. In Mr Dafaalla&