Search: Scottish syndicate purchased land 1901 for £5000

A student with dual citizenship of the UK and South Africa who was charged the higher rate of fees by a Scottish university after it realised that he had paid the wrong rate for his first two years of study has lost a judicial review challenge based on discrimination on the basis that he had fled fr

Mark Farmer, the leading UK construction industry expert, has been announced as the keynote speaker of this year’s Scottish Construction Summit, the inaugural event from SLN's sister publication Scottish Construction Now to be held in Glasgow on September 17. Mr Farmer has over 30 years of exp

More than 2,000 blades, alongside guns, ammunition and other weapons, were confiscated at Scottish court buildings over the past year, newly released figures show. Data obtained by the Daily Record through a freedom of information request reveals that security staff intercepted thousands of weapons

Last week, Sheelagh Cooley, real estate partner and head of the Edinburgh office at Shoosmiths, delivered the keynote speech at the Scotland Investor and Developer Breakfast as part of the UK Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF, Leeds, 20-22 May). She shared her market insights

An inquiry has been launched by Holyrood's Criminal Justice Committee into tackling harms caused by substance misuse in Scottish prisons. The inquiry is split into three parts and will consider the impact of substances, including drugs and alcohol, in Scotland’s prisons. The first part will lo

Shared Parenting Scotland has published a revised and updated version of its guide – Representing Yourself in Scottish Family Court – intended for party litigants in child contact and residence cases. This is the third edition of the guide, first published in 2012. It has been prais

Drummond Miller has succeeded in a claim alleging negligence against the Scottish Ambulance Service. In June 2020 Brian O’Neill had an unwitnessed fall at an off-grid rural hutting community with limited connections to local services. He sustained a wound to his head and tragically passed away

Disabling Barriers Scotland (DBS) is hosting an event entitled 'Creating a Culture of Belonging in the Scottish Legal Profession' featuring speakers Gillian Carty (partner and chair, Shepherd and Wedderburn), Lindsay Jack (head of diversity, careers and outreach, Law Society of Scotland) and Fraser

The UK government has seen off a legal challenge to the introduction of a new protected geographical indication (PGI) for "Scottish salmon". The salmon industry warmly welcomed the Conservative government's decision in April 2024 to support their bid to replace the existing PGI for "Scottish farmed

An inquiry into the malicious prosecution scandal should not be led by a judge from outside of Scotland, unless "somebody is accusing the judicial system of some kind of corruption", outgoing Lord President, Lord Carloway, has said. Speaking to STV News, the judge said that an inquiry, which was was

The number of police officers quitting to follow other careers should be a wake-up call for the Scottish government, Scottish Labour has warned.  Scottish Labour's Pauline McNeill urged the SNP to reverse this trend as soon as possible before burn out creates a "snowball effect". 

The average house price in Scotland reached £198,000 in September 2024, a 5.7 per cent increase compared to September 2023, according to provisional figures from Registers of Scotland.

A new guide has been launched to help Scottish solicitors navigate the growing range of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) products while avoiding potential risks posed to their businesses and clients. The Law Society of Scotland has developed the Guide to Generative AI in association with AI l

MBM Commercial has been named Law Firm of the Year at the 2024 Scottish Legal Awards, held in Glasgow on September 19. The accolade is a testament to the hard work and dedication of the MBM Commercial team.

Last night saw Samantha (Sammi) Mackie, a senior associate in the employment team at Shoosmiths in Scotland, named Rising Star of the Year at the Scottish Legal Awards in Glasgow. Based in the Edinburgh office, she is a specialist in employment and discrimination law with maintained experience in im