Search: Scots syndicate 1901 bought land in Glasgow for £5000

Bloomsbury Professional, the Scots law and tax publisher, has produced a brand new online service for all Scots law students who are currently in lockdown with exams looming.

From the well-known like the Moorov doctrine and hamesucken to the obscure like stouthrief, Scots law is replete with distinctive phrases and expressions. And with the interest in the Scots language currently on the rise, we thought we would ask Scotland's lawyers to engage in a little lockdown levi

The WAG wars continue as Rebekah Vardy files an action for defamation in the High Court of England & Wales against Colleen Rooney, but how would her action fare in Scotland? Scott Clair tells all. Celebrity watchers took a sharp intake of breath last October in what has been described by some pu

The outbreak of war in 1914 prompted a business dispute that ultimately reached the House of Lords and influenced reform to English law. Kate Scarborough explains the details of the case. Cantiere San Rocco SA v Clyde Shipbuilding and Engineering Co Ltd [1923] SC (HL) 105 concerned a

New legislation which would incorporate the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into Scots law and allow children to take public authorities to court for breaches of their rights is to be considered by a Holyrood Committee. The Scottish Parliament’s Equalities and Huma

CLT Scotland has launched the next event in the Scots Law 2020 Conventions Series. Taking place online from 23rd-27th November, delegates will be able to choose from 10 individual conferences, each providing 3 hours of CPD.

Burness Paull's Chris Gotts, lead legal adviser on the Calnex IPO, discusses why more growing businesses in Scotland should follow suit.  Traditionally businesses in Scotland have sought to grow organically and through acquisition with private and/or debt funding, with their exit coming vi

Eighty-four per cent of people in Scotland are not confident about their rights during the redundancy process, a new poll for Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) has found. The research, carried by the Diffley Partnership, also reveals that 39 per cent of people in work or on furlough are worried about t

Keoghs associates Laura Baxendale and Daniel Tyler team up for this short podcast to discuss the first case in which the Limitation (Childhood Abuse) (Scotland) Act 2017 was considered substantively: "JXJ v The de la Salle Brothers".

The stage three debate on a bill to incorporate the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) directly into Scots law will take place today. If passed, the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill will mean public authorities will be bound by law to uphold the rights of children and young people

The Scottish Universities Law Institute (SULI) is hosting conference later this year entitled Reflections on Scots Law.

An eminent Scottish solicitor, who was instrumental in establishing the independence of Malawi, will be awarded honorary life membership of the Law Society of Scotland later today. Colin Cameron graduated in law from the University of Glasgow in 1957 and moved to what was then known as Nyasaland tha

Pictured: Michael Watson (left) and Euan McVicar Pinsent Masons has bolstered its climate change team with the appointment of two lawyers to senior positions.

In a landmark trial at the High Court this week, a judge gave judgment based on Scots law for the family of a man who died from asbestos cancer contracted while employed at the ICI factory in Ardeer, North Ayrshire in the 1970s.

More Scottish firms than ever are making the move to becoming owned by their staff, according to a lawyer at Lindsays. The firm has been involved in almost twice as many employee ownership deals across the country so far this year than in the whole of 2021.