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An exhibition in Glasgow is exploring through artwork whether important Scottish legal cases could have had different outcomes if the judge adopted a feminist perspective. The Scottish Feminist Judgments Project (SFJP) commissioned eight artists to produce work in response to a specific case or piec

Property market activity in Edinburgh is at its highest level since the credit crunch and shows no sign of slowing down because of Brexit, according to Warners Solicitors & Estate Agents. Between January and March, Warners recorded over 250 property sales – an annual increase of over 40 pe

A house-builder has successfully appealed against a Scottish local authority’s decision to refuse planning permission for a new residential development. Persimmon Homes’ application for a 62-home development on a brownfield site in Dundee was refused by Dundee City Council, a d

A couple who challenged a Scottish local authority’s decision to refuse their application to redevelop a building for use as a hotel and guesthouse have had their appeal dismissed. The party litigants claimed that the council ought to have referred their application to the Scottish Ministers r

A consultation has been launched on modernising the law around judicial factors to bring clarity, accessibility and efficiency to an important but outmoded area of the law. A judicial factor is a person appointed by the court to hold, manage, administer and protect property in circumstances where it

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is being honoured by a Scottish football team who have put the late US jurist's name on their kit this season. The US Supreme Court justice, who passed away at the age of 87 earlier this week, was well-known for championing women's rights.

Reforming land rights and ownership will support Scotland's economic recovery after the Covid-19 pandemic, the Scottish Land Commission has said. Setting out its three-year strategic plan, the public body said reform of land rights and ownership could encourage a more diverse and productive pattern

Clear expectations on the management of common good land by local authorities will help make the most of this form of ownership for communities, according to the latest protocol from the Scottish Land Commission.

Charles Darwin stole his theory of evolution from a Scottish naturalist, a criminologist has said. Dr Mike Sutton says his research proves “overwhelming” similarities between On the Origin of Species and the work of Perthshire-raised Patrick Matthew.

The Scottish government has published an analysis of responses to its consultation on the definition of 'Gypsies and Travellers' for the specific purpose of planning legislation relating to local development plan evidence reports. The Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 requires planning authorities to see

Fife Council is set to make a formal approach to the Scottish Parliament and ask for a review of the High Hedges (Scotland) Act 2013, which sets out a process for resolving disputes over high hedges. Councillors are concerned that the £385 cost of making a complaint is a barrier to householders who

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has published draft technical guidance on how Scottish taxpayer status should be decided. The move comes as the Scottish Parliament prepares to set its own Scottish rate of income tax (SRIT) from April 2016, as enabled by the provisions of the Scotland Act 2012.

A Scottish lawyer who was ordered to pay compensation to clients after he was found to have provided an “inadequate professional service” in relation to the advice he gave following their purchase of a house has had an appeal against the complaints body’s finding refused. Judges in the Inner H

A gambler who lost more than £90,000 after placing an online bet on a Scottish football match has failed in a legal challenge over the bookmaker’s decision to refuse to pay out. A judge in the Court of Session refused permission for the application for judicial review to proceed after ruling that

A wave of claims from motorists fined for driving in bus lanes could soon flood Scottish courts according to one expert, The Herald reports. Paul Mackie, a consultant on CCTV, said a challenge by a Livingston couple to their £274 fine, on the basis it falls foul of data protection legislation, coul