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The Aberdeen Law Project has successfully cleared a wrongly attributed energy debt for a University of Aberdeen student. Prior to engaging ALP, the client had received several letters stating that she had not paid an energy bill. The matter was then escalated to a debt collection agency. Following v

The Cyber and Fraud Centre has added a new legal partner to its 'cadre' in response to growing cyber security threats in the sector. Scullion LAW, which was targeted in a ransomware attack, earlier this year, is the fourth legal firm to join Cyber and Fraud Centre’s Incident Response Cadre. &n

Kennedys, which has offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh, has appointed Meg Catalano as the firm’s global managing partner.  Ms Catalano is currently the regional managing partner for the US and a member of the firm’s five-strong executive group, which is responsible for setting and imp

A rapist who began sexually abusing young girls when he was just 12-years-old has been jailed.

Aberdeen solicitor Stuart Murray has had his practising certificate withdrawn by the Law Society as a probe into financial irregularities gets underway. The former Aberdeen Bar Association president and vice president of the Scottish Solicitors Bar Association is being investigated over his financia

Elon Musk is being sued by the production company behind Blade Runner 2049 for allegedly using the film to promote his new "Cybercab". Alcon Entertainment alleges that it turned down a formal request from an event organiser for the use of a still image from the 2017 film, but a virtually identical A

Former mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani must give his Manhattan penthouse, car and other valuables to election workers he defamed after the 2020 election. He has been ordered to hand over assets to mother and daughter pair Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, including a collection of rare watches, a court h

This year's Lord Rodger Memorial Lecture at the Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow will be delivered tomorrow by Deputy President of the Supreme Court, Lord Hodge. Lord Hodge's lecture is entitled 'The development of private and commercial law by the Supreme Court and the JCPC since 2009'.

A rapist who sexually abused three young children for more than a decade has been jailed for 18 years. Robert Foulkes, 65, pled guilty to three charges at the High Court in Edinburgh on 13 September 2024.

The parents of a toddler killed after a car driven by a 91-year-old woman mounted the kerb in Edinburgh have welcomed recommendations to toughen up rules on older drivers which could see more of them giving up their licences. A legal expert said suggested changes to the law after the death of Xander

The Scottish Law Commission has published a discussion paper reviewing the civil remedies available for domestic abuse in Scotland and seeks views on a proposed delict of domestic abuse. Sixty-one per cent of the incidents of domestic abuse recorded in 2022 to 2023 did not involve criminal conduct.

Govan Law Centre (GLC) has announced a partnership with Threehills Community Supermarket and Café in Greater Pollok, Glasgow.  GLC’s free money, debt and legal advice surgery will be based at Threehills Community Supermarket every Wednesday from 10am to 4pm, beginning on Wednesday

Three former directors of public prosecutions have backed proposals to introduce assisted dying in England and Wales ahead of a vote next month. Sir Max Hill, Dame Alison Saunders and Lord Macdonald of River Glaven have expressed support for the bill to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adu

More than eight in 10 of the top UK-headquartered law firms saw an increase in profit this year, a survey by PwC has found. Of the Top 100, 81 per cent reported increases in profit in the 2024 fiscal year compared to just 56 per cent last year, according to the Big Four firm's annual law firms' surv

For Women Scotland (FWS) has published its written case detailing the legal arguments to be presented in the appeal case For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers, which is to be heard by the Supreme Court next month. The case at the UK’s highest court is the latest development in a long-ru