Search: Scottish syndicate purchased land 1901 for £5000

The Faculty of Advocates is hosting a conference to explore the most significant structural reforms of the Scottish court system in more than 150 years. The Edinburgh event, Court Reform: The New Law, marks implementation of key provisions of the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014.

Cat McLean An English court judgement could pave the way for Scottish companies to win more compensation from banks who mis-sold interest rate hedging products(IRHPs), law firm MBM Commercial has said.

Emma Carr A number of Scottish local authorities have been criticised by a campaign group for their "shockingly lax attitudes to protecting confidential information".

The Crown Office has re-issued charges against the MP accused of kicking a woman at a polling station on the day of the Scottish independence referendum. Papers to re-raise the case have been lodged at Glasgow Sheriff Court, where an initial hearing is expecting to take place on Thursday.

Alison McInnes, Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Police Scotland does not typically record the number of roadside breath tests it carries out, it has emerged.

Andrew Mackenzie, chief executive of the Scottish Arbitration Centre Andrew Mackenzie, chief executive of the Scottish Arbitration Centre, has been appointed as the non-executive member of the newly formed RICS Dispute Resolution Appointments Board in Scotland.

Former First Minister Alex Salmond MP will deliver the inaugural Thomas Muir lecture tonight as part of a series of events to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the pioneering Scottish advocate who was transported to Australia for the advocacy of democratic rights. The Thomas Muir Memorial Lecture

Brian Docherty, chairman of the Scottish Police Federation The chairman of the Scottish Police Federation has said the first major survey of Police Scotland staff will reveal a police force at "breaking point".

Former First Minister Alex Salmond MP has called for a posthumous pardon to be granted to persecuted Scottish reformer Thomas Muir of Huntershill. Making the inaugural Thomas Muir lecture at St Mary's Cathedral in Edinburgh last night, on the 250th anniversary of the eponymous radical's birth, Mr Sa

An animal rights group has written to the Scottish Government demanding a member of a group examining wild fisheries law be removed because of his alleged association with recent wildlife crime. Animal Concern has said George Pullar, director of The Scottish Wild Salmon Company, should no longer sit

Professor Lorne Crerar Harper Macleod has attracted five new partners among ten recruits from fellow Scottish firm McClure Naismith LLP, which entered administration on Friday.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced an end to employment tribunal fees as she revealed the Scottish government's legislative programme yesterday. She promised to draw on new powers delivered by the Scotland Bill to scrap charges for bringing cases to an employment tribunal, winning praise from

A challenge to legislation which will see a “named person” assigned to every child in Scotland has been refused by appeal judges in the Inner House of the Court of Session. Four charities and three individuals contended that provisions in the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 passed

Thomas Leonard Ross President of the Scottish Criminal Bar Association, Thomas Leonard Ross has responded to the Society of Solicitor Advocates concerns, published in yesterday'sScottish Legal News that the High Court has criticised the independence, integrity and professionalism of criminal defence

Gordon Dalyell Personal injury lawyers have called on Scottish ministers to allow potentially thousands of historical child abuse cases previously rejected to be brought again if they lift a time bar on damages claims.