Search: Scots syndicate 1901 bought land in Glasgow for £5000

A Dundee woman who sold jewellery and ornaments online made from illegally traded ivory taken from the tusks of elephants has been fined £1,400. Joyce Bell, 67, made money from selling the carved ivory items to customers, many in China, between 2016 to 2022.

84% of Scottish solicitors calling LawCare in 2014 have reported stress according to the latest figures from the helpline. LawCare, is a free and confidential support service for members of the legal profession.

A property development company which claimed that its lawyers were in “breach of contract” has been awarded more than £2.7 million. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that the legal firm was “negligent” in its failure to ensure that the company complied with the terms of two revolving cr

A client of a Scottish legal firm who failed to pay the purchase prices for three houses but claimed that solicitors “acted without his authority” in concluding the missives for the properties is suing the lawyers for nearly £200,000 after he settled an action brought against him by the develop

Yesterday's general election saw Scots lawyers perform well overall with two holding onto their seats and another two newly elected as MPs. Advocate Joanna Cherry QC MP (pictured) took Edinburgh South West for the SNP, beating advocate and Conservative candidate Gordon Lindhorst.

Charles Counsell Around 90,000 employers across Scotland should already be preparing to take up new pension duties before new laws take effect in January, according toThe Pensions Regulator.

Steve Eckersley The Information Commissioner's Office has imposed a £200,000 fine on a Scottish firm authorised to make green energy assessments by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).

Ian Maxwell Speaking at the organisation's 2015 annual general meeting the national manager of FNF Scotland, Ian Maxwell, issued a call for a cultural change in both Scottish family law and the way that Scottish family courts operate.

BAILII have now completed their work of loading a large number of historic Scottish case reports provided to them by the Scottish Council of Law Reporting (SCLR) on to the BAILII database for open access. The database includes: Decisions of the Court of Session:

Helena Brown Tough changes being brought in by the EU to combat breaches of personal privacy could have serious knock-on effects for Scottish firms in all areas of the economy, according to a data protection lawyers.

Professor Jane Mair

A wholesale review of how family law in Scotland operates may be required, says a report published today by Holyrood’s Justice Committee. Following concerns raised about the effectiveness of some aspects of the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006, the committee took evidence from academics, legal pract

Usman Tariq The first Eid lunch for Scots lawyers was held in Glasgow on Saturday 6 August. The event, which was hosted by advocate Usman Tariq and co-sponsored by the Law Society of Scotland and Faculty of Advocates, was attended by many ethnic minority lawyers and law students.

Martin Darroch Harper Macleod is the only Scottish practice shortlisted in the “Regional Firm of the Year” category at the The Lawyer Awards 2017.

A woman facing an action for payment of more than £170,000 following a “gratuitous alienation” who claimed that the statutory defences available to a challenge to such a transfer breached her human rights has had her defence dismissed. The case raised the issue of whether the terms of section 3