The Upper Tribunal for Scotland has refused an appeal by a homeowner who disputed that an award made in his favour by the First-tier Tribunal in relation to a breach of the Property Factors Code of Conduct should be credited to his account with the factor. Appellant Eric Hamilton, who submitted noti
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Police Scotland is gearing up to launch a specialist unit focused on hate crimes, ahead of new legislation set to take effect next year. The unit is specifically tasked with probing cases where there are violations of the new law, which broadens protection for certain groups under the novel offence
The latest provisional statistics from the UK HPI have recorded an average property price in Scotland of £192,000 for July 2023 – a 0.1 per cent increase from the previous year.
Ahead of a panel discussion event next week, Rachel Munro examines why, for housebuilders, planners and local authorities, heat networks promise to increasingly be a hot topic in the months and years to come. It need not be overstated that Scotland doesn’t have the best weather and despite hig
Measures to protect tenants through the cost of living crisis, including the three per cent rent increase cap and additional eviction protections, will be extended for a further period of up to six months following a vote by MSPs. The Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) Act was introduced in October
Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani is being sued by his own lawyers over an alleged unpaid legal bill of $1.36 million (around €1.3m or £1.1m). The disputed bill relates to services provided since 2019, including early representation in some of the notorious election rigging cases, NBC New
One of the foremost experts in the world on law and policy for linguistic minorities has been appointed to Bòrd na Gàidhlig. Robert Dunbar has been professor of Celtic at the University of Edinburgh since June 2013.
The Scottish government could be the subject of a fresh legal challenge over its short-term let licensing policy. The chairperson of the Association of Scotland’s Self-Caterers (ASSC), Adrienne Carmichael, has written to First Minister Humza Yousaf to warn its licensing regulations may be in b
Sheriff Philip Mann sitting in Aberdeen Sheriff Court has just handed down a landmark decision (Mrs Susan Gordon, Petitioner, [2023] SC ABE 26) which, if followed by other courts, will open a new door in commissary practice across Scotland, writes Justin Reid. The deceased, Mr Thomas Nicol Rae,
The police in Scotland recorded 292,702 crimes in the year ending June 2023. This was two per cent higher than the 285,974 crimes recorded in the year ending June 2022. The recording of crime for the year ending June 2023 remains at one of the lowest levels seen for a 12-month period since 1974.
A provider of payment protection insurance that had complaints against it accepted by the Financial Ombudsman Service on the basis that several shopping catalogue retailers had been acting as its agents in mis-selling the policies has lost an appeal against a refusal of a judicial review petition by
When he was named the Law Society of Scotland’s In-house Rising Star of 2023, Too Good To Go global legal counsel Christopher Knudsen said the achievement was down to the help he had received from others and that he would equally like to “help others in the legal profession in the same w
The owner of a surfing python has been fined after breaching the strict conditions of his animal permit. Higor Fiuza was filmed longboarding with three-year-old carpet python Shiva off Australia's Gold Coast in footage which went viral on social media this month, ABC reports.
The Scottish government’s new short-term let (STL) licensing policy could fall foul of human rights laws, according to operators.
