Solicitors have welcomed the re-opening of the Northern Ireland housing market from today. Emergency coronavirus laws have been amended by the Northern Ireland Executive to allow activities relating to house moves to take place from today.
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A man who bought one of the world's most expensive cars, a Ferrari 250 GTO, is entitled to have its original gearbox, located years after the sale in a US workshop, a judge has ruled.
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CMS has advised United Capital in its acquisition of Bellshill-headquartered central heating provider Saltire Facilities Management for an undisclosed sum. Saltire Facilities Management has more than 320 direct employees and is currently one of the UK’s largest central heating and electrical s
Solicitors have reported that some house buyers are choosing to submit an offer after viewing a property virtually.
Scottish conveyancers have greeted huge increases in loan-to-value deposits required by mortgage lenders with dismay. Britain's mortgage lenders have dramatically increased their loan-to-value deposits for house purchases with Halifax and Barclays among those seeking 40 per cent down-payme
A man who was beaten and raped by monks as a child has been given more than £300,000, The Times reports. Victim T was molested at St Ninian’s School in Falkland, Fife, about 40 years ago. He was the victim of Brother Farrell, who was jailed in 2016 and Brother Ryan, who is now dead.
Following on from the launch of the new First Home Fund, Harper Macleod held a special briefing for solicitors who regularly act for shared-equity scheme purchasers. The First Home Fund is a £150 million national pilot scheme to provide first-time buyers with up to £25,000 towards the pu
The Scottish government has opened a new fund to address prostitution "as a form of gender-based violence". Initiatives aimed at challenging men’s demand for prostitution will also be eligible to apply to the £100,000 fund.
Increased optimism from buyers has led to a pick-up in sales activity in the Scottish housing market, according to the January 2020 RICS Residential Market Survey. Whilst the picture regarding the number of homes being listed for sales was flat during January, the number of people looking to buy ros
Shirley McIntosh, tax partner at RSM, discusses the challenges facing the legal sector amid changes in property tax. The start of the new tax year on 6 April 2020 will see the latest in a long line of changes in the taxation of property introduced since April 2013, from new and abolished rules, to a
Harper Macleod has been appointed by the Scottish government to help administer all of its shared equity home-buying schemes – including the newly announced First Home Fund. The First Home Fund shared equity scheme is the latest in a series of initiatives to help first-time buyers purchase a p
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has received an additional £300,000 investment to help clear overdue post-mortem reports. The Crown relies upon experts employed by the University of Glasgow for a significant amount of the medical and scientific services it needs and
A replacement for Glasgow's Barlinnie Prison is expected by 2025, the Scottish Parliament’s justice committee has heard. Justice secretary Humza Yousaf and Colin McConnell, chief executive at the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), told the committee yesterday that a deal to buy the land is “
Academics are to investigate the impact of the alcohol minimum unit pricing law on homeless drinkers. The research is being led by experts from Glasgow Caledonian University’s substance use and misuse research group.
