Registers of Scotland will be hosting three full day conferences this autumn, all of which are FREE to attend. The full-day ‘A Future Focus’ events taking place in Inverness, Aberdeen and Glasgow will give members of the legal profession the opportunity to meet RoS experts and learn the
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Police Scotland has spent more than £8 million on establishing a contingency plan for Brexit, new figures reveal. According to a report due to go before the Scottish Police Authority board tomorrow, the force has spent £8,053,218 up to September 9 on planning for Brexit.
Scotland has taken twice as many Syrian refugees as the UK average, according to new statistics. Under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme, 18,676 people have resettled in the UK and Scotland has taken in 3,180 of them, 17 per cent of the total.
Jacqueline Cook explains the details of 'build to rent'. There may be no place like it but what, exactly, makes a home? Developers and planners seek to answer this question in an increasingly sophisticated residential sector, one which continues to diversify to meet evolving occupier needs. As a res
A third portrait of a woman, Lady Dorrian, the Lord Justice Clerk, is to take its place among the legal luminaries adorning the walls of Parliament Hall. The announcement of the new artwork was made at the Faculty’s event to celebrate the Centenary of Women in Law.
Balfour and Manson has promoted two lawyers to associate: Scott Clair, a solicitor within the litigation team in Edinburgh, and Sophie Hamilton Pike, a family law team solicitor in Aberdeen. Mr Clair, who joined the firm as a trainee in 2015, specialises in resolving civil disputes for both pur
A member of the Faculty of Advocates is to be contributing editor for a portfolio of titles for The Laws of Scotland: Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia. Jacqueline Fordyce has been appointed to work on the volumes for criminal law, public international law and human rights.
Victims of the Nazis who fled Austria during the Third Reich have been given citizenship by the country's parliament. The children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of hundreds of thousands of Jewish people persecuted by the Nazis will be able to apply for Austrian nationality.
The Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee is to consider new proposals on managing disputes over children when families break down. The committee is today launching a call for views to inform its scrutiny of the plans which are contained in the Scottish government’s new Children Bill.
The Scottish government's proposed new law on information sharing on named persons will not proceed. In a statement to the Scottish Parliament, Deputy First Minister John Swinney also announced that the mandatory named person scheme for every child – enshrined in the Children And Young People
Robert Gordon University graduate Jamie McGill and University of Glasgow graduate Corinne Skelton have commenced their two-year traineeships with Road Traffic Accident Law (Scotland) LLP. They will be assisting the team of solicitors and represent road users – motorcyclists, cyclists and
US President Donald Trump has said the cost of running Guantanamo Bay is "crazy", following a New York Times report that estimated the bill for the prison camp at $13 million per detainee per year. Trump told reporters: "I think it's crazy. It costs a fortune to operate." He added that his administr
Sean White of Allan McDougall Solicitors comments on the issue of sanction for counsel in an opposed motion hearing before Sheriff Liddle. Carlo Capuano -v- William Gannon (PN1959-18)9 th September 2019 Opposed Motion Hearing before Sheriff LiddleRobin Cleland, Adv on instruction by Allan McDougall
A BBC article published at the end of last month highlighted a recommendation made by lobbyist group Greenpeace to introduce a national agency to enforce building standards in Scotland. The organisation believes that a centralised compliance system is required to ensure building standards are met by
BTO Solicitors LLP has announced its sponsorship of the Edinburgh Art Fair (EAF) for the third consecutive year. The EAF will return this November to the Edinburgh Corn Exchange to celebrate its 15th anniversary with 65 exhibiting galleries from around the UK and abroad and over 500 artists from acr
