Search: Scottish syndicate purchased land 1901 for £5000

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

Denovo has been announced as the headline sponsor for the 2025 Scottish Legal Awards, Scotland’s premier celebration of excellence in the legal profession. As the largest independent awards programme in the sector, the event recognises the outstanding achievements of legal professionals, firms

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

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

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

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

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

The Inner House of the Court of Session has allowed an appeal by a woman who raised a personal injury claim against an ambulance technician and the Scottish Ambulance Service against a lord ordinary’s decision that her direct case of breach of duty against the second defender was irrelevant in

Glasgow Caledonian University has launched an academic prize in memory of a Scottish woman who was persecuted for witchcraft more than 300 years ago. Lilias Adie died in prison in 1704 before she could be burned for “confessing” to being a witch. Locals buried her under a large stone on

A man who was wrongly convicted of rape is entitled to claim compensation after judges dismissed an appeal by the Scottish Ministers against a ruling that their decision to refuse his application was “unlawful”. The Inner House of the Court of Session upheld a judgment of the Lord Ordinary, who

Digby Brown Solicitors were successful across four categories at last night’s Scott + Co Legal Awards 2015, winning the Community Contribution award, the Employer of the Year award, Litigation Team of the Year and, finally, Firm of the Year. The Firm of the Year award is a recognition of how all o

Developers whose plans for a six-turbine wind farm near Glen Affric were refused have launched a legal challenge in the Court of Session against the Scottish governmentplanning reporter's decision.

Michael Matheson All of Lord Bonomy’s recommendations on jury research made as part of his post-corroboration safeguards review will be taken forward by the Scottish government, Justice Secretary Michael Matheson has confirmed.

Brian Moore Maclay Murray & Spens LLP (MMS) jumped a place in the list of Scotland's top dealmakers, with work on two of the biggest acquisitions of 2016 helping to cement its position as the only Scottish-headquartered firm in the top five.

Professor Mark Elliott