Proposed new measures to tackle unsafe cladding in Scotland will have “significant consequences” for the country’s real estate industry when adopted, writes Graham Horsman. The Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill – expected to be passed by mid-2024 – is
Search: Scottish syndicate purchased land 1901 for £5000
There will be no criminal action taken over an alleged rape at Police Scotland's training campus. The single force launched an investigation last October after it was given a report of a serious sexual offence at the Scottish Police College at Tulliallan.
A family judge in the Court of Session has ruled that a Latvian mother and her two children aged two and four should not relocate from Aberdeen, where the mother held permanent employment, to Glasgow so that the children could be closer to their father. Both the pursuer, M, and the defender, A, held
L&M MediLaw's Elizabeth Rose has been named Lawyer of the Year at the Scottish Legal Awards.
Property listings for sale in Scotland have risen substantially across several cities, according to DJ Alexander. The most noteworthy increases from August 2022 to August 2023 were in Inverness with an 83 per cent rise, followed by Dundee at 81 per cent. Edinburgh saw a 45 per cent increase, Perth r
Neil Stevenson welcomes the Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill, but ignores or fails to notice that the Scottish government is proposing a legal services regulator to take control of the entire legal profession. That would include entry to it, standards of education, discipline within and
Kate Darracott looks at the proposed reforms by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to the UK's listing rules aimed at making UK stock markets more attractive to businesses seeking to raise capital, and how they may make the UK listing regime more competitive, particularly for early-stage, high-gr
An MSP has called for the Scottish Parliament to instruct an independent KC-led inquiry into some of the Scottish Housing Regulator’s interventions and approach to regulation in general. In a recent speech to the Scottish Parliament, Stirling constituency representative Evelyn Tweed said she f
A note of objection challenging the decision of the auditor not to allow an organisation involved in supplying milk to Scottish schools and nurseries to recover fees for an English firm of solicitors as judicial expenses has been allowed by a lord ordinary. The School and Nursery Milk Alliance Ltd,
Morton Fraser has been appointed to road safety charity Brake's National Road Victim Service in Scotland. Under the 12-month partnership, Morton Fraser will join the National Road Victim Service's Scottish legal panel, along with two other firms, in providing crucial legal support and advice to road
Victims and witnesses are set to use virtual reality headsets to familiarise themselves with giving evidence in court as part of a Scottish government initiative to allay fears or discomfort around the process. Ahead of giving evidence in court, the £500,000 virtual court project will allow pe
The Scottish Hotels & Leisure Team at CMS is celebrating after sharing the honours in the winning entry for the Deal of the Year category at this year’s Scottish Property Awards. Led by Roland Smyth, the head of the team, and Amy Norton, a partner in the firm’s Scottish real estate t
Scottish justice has become “contaminated” by the malicious prosecution scandal and should be scrutinised by a judge from another jurisdiction, an MSP has said. Russell Findlay's appeal followed reports by The Times that the Rangers-supporting sheriff, Lindsay Wood, who granted numerous
A lord ordinary hearing a judicial review petition by Scottish fishing groups challenging a variation of the economic link licence in relation to Scottish sea fishing has refused a motion for interim interdict seeking to prevent the Scottish Ministers from implementing the decision. The Scottish Fis
A complaint against a sheriff who held shares in Rangers FC and who granted more than 20 warrants as part of a failed police inquiry into the club's takeover has been withdrawn due to the complainer's lack of confidence in the judiciary's ability to deal with the complaint properly. David Grier, 61,
