The prison population increased by six per cent in 2023-24 to 7,860 on the average day. The increase in the prison population ...

Wolves are set to have their protected status in the EU downgraded with effect from next March. A proposal to downgrade the ...

Payments to people in receipt of benefits will be protected from inflation after the Scottish Parliament passed the Social ...

A judge in the High Court of Justiciary has concluded after an examination of the facts that a man with significant learning difficulties had murdered a woman in West Calder and attempted to conceal ...

A man who attempted to rape a woman and attacked another as they walked home from a university library in Dundee has been jailed for more than 10 years. Derek Lewis previously appeared at the High ...

The Scottish Law Commission has recommended changes to the law on damages in Scotland. According to statistics presented by ...

A Michelin-starred chef has urged thieves who stole thousands of pies in a Christmas heist to donate them to charity. A ...

Burness Paull has strengthened its offering for clients in the energy and infrastructure sectors with the appointment of ...

Burness Paull has strengthened its offering for clients in the energy and infrastructure sectors with the appointment of Scott Duncan as a partner in the firm’s construction and projects team. Mr Dunc ...

The average selling price of property across Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders saw a 5.3 per cent boost during ...

Kirkcaldy solicitor William MacGregor has joined the board of directors of Raith Rovers. Mr MacGregor, a graduate of Aberdeen ...

A fully updated second edition of Roddy Macleod’s Contentious Executries: Commissary & Executry Litigation in Scotland is available to order now. First published by Sweet & Maxwell in 2022, the book c ...