A business owner who conned dozens of customers out of more than £100,000 by breaking promises to build garden sheds and summerhouses has been jailed for three years and four months. Alistair Baxter, ...

House prices in Scotland rose over the past three months at the slowest rate seen since early 2024, according to the latest ...

Shakespeare Martineau has announced 16 promotions, including one in Scotland. Dual-qualified legal director Nicky Grant, who ...

Calls for the establishment of a civil legal assistance office and a university law clinic in the Forth Valley will not be ...

A woman who was compared to Darth Vader at work has won nearly £30,000 from an employment tribunal. The NHS blood donation ...

A High Court judge has referred solicitors and a barrister to their professional regulators after discovering that five ...

Rebekah Vardy has been ordered to pay over £1.4 million in legal costs following her defeat in the "Wagatha Christie" court ...

A new University of Stirling academic journal dedicated to sharing research on human rights aims to influence policy and ...

A prisoner convicted on indictment of possession of offensive weapons at Perth Sheriff Court following a trial at which he was unrepresented has lost an appeal against his conviction. Appellant Richar ...

The EU’s sweeping reform of product liability law contrasts sharply with the UK’s more tentative approach, write Paola Sproul ...

Criminals who refuse to appear in court for their sentencing hearings could face up to two additional years in prison and stricter conditions behind bars, under new powers to be granted to judges ...

Lord Penrose, a former senator of the College of Justice, has passed away after a long illness. There will be a celebration of his life at a service at Cramond Kirk on Tuesday 13 May at 2:30pm, to ...