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The Scottish Land Commission has proposed changes to the Land Reform Bill, currently being considered by Holyrood. The bill introduces some important new steps to increase transparency, widen ownership opportunities, and regulate large land holdings in the public interest, including:
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The legacy of the Post Office scandal shows the rules around legal professional privilege need urgent reform, a new report shows. Ethical standards and rules about corporate governance should be strengthened to prevent abuse of privilege, experts from the Universities of Oxford and Exeter have said.
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The Scottish Barony Register, based in Haddington and run by retired solicitor Alastair Shepherd, has issued its 2024 annual report. The register came into being some 20 years ago, when feudal law was largely abolished in Scotland on 28 November 2004, “the Appointed Day”. Mr Shephe
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