Search: Scottish syndicate purchased land 1901 for £5000

Global accountancy body ACCA has called on the Scottish government to increase the threshold at which charities have to complete an audit in order to relieve time and cost pressure on them. ACCA highlighted some of the problems facing charities requiring an audit, with smaller ones paying proportion

A joint investigation by BBC Scotland’s Disclosure and Radio 4’s File on 4 programmes will reveal allegations that workers from around the world may have been trafficked to work for a trawler fishing business based on Scotland’s south coast. Disclosure: Slavery at Sea and File on 4

Four lawyers from Clyde & Co’s Scottish offices have praised the firm’s global exchange initiative, after spending a week at its international offices in Boston, Doha, Melbourne and Sydney. Out of 50 lawyers to successfully secure spaces on the 2024 programme – open to associat

Professor Angela O'Hagan has taken up appointment as chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission. She was previously professor of equality and public policy at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU), where she created the current MSc in human rights and previously led the MSc in citizenship and human

A Lord Ordinary has allowed a proof in an £800,000 personal injury action raised against a former ambulance technician and the Scottish Ambulance Service under chapter 43 of the Rules of the Court of Session based on alleged abuse committed by the technician against a patient. Pursuer NM raise

A rise in steroid drugs found in Scottish prisons has been uncovered in a study led by the University of Dundee. Researchers at the University’s Leverhulme Research Centre of Forensic Science (LRCFS), part of the School of Science and Engineering, made the discovery while working in collaborat

Morton Fraser MacRoberts (MFMac) has become the official legal partner of Scottish Women’s Football (SWF) for the next three years.

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

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.

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

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.

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". 

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 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

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