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

Gordon Lindhurst Could closing the gender pay gap boost the Scottish economy? This will be a key question for the Scottish Parliament’s Economy, Fair Work and Jobs Committee as it launches its inquiry into the impact of equal pay.

Douglas Ross Half of Scotland’s sheriff courts are taking longer to process cases than they were a year ago, new figures have revealed.

Legislation aimed at addressing the frustration caused by overgrown hedges will be examined by the Scottish Parliament’s Local Government and Communities Committee.The High Hedges (Scotland) Act came into force in 2013 with the aim of resolving issues with overgrown hedges that interfere with the

An invited audience and specialist speakers will analyse the Scottish government’s Brexit strategy at a special Faculty of Advocates conference.European experts from home and abroad are being brought together for a day of discussion and debate about issues raised by the paper, Scotland’s Place i

Proposals to outlaw psychological domestic abuse are to be considered by MSPs on the Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee. The Scottish government’s Domestic Abuse Bill creates a new offence aimed at strengthening existing laws against people who abuse their partners, including new measures t

The family of a man who drowned after his vehicle collided with a “defective parapet” on a bridge and fell into the sea have successfully sued the local authority. Plumber David Bowes, 46, drowned after his pick-up truck collided with the parapet on the Kyle of Tongue Bridge in Sutherland and fe

Thousands of pounds have been recovered from drivers who failed to pay fines across Scotland after 29 non-payers had their vehicles clamped in less than a month. Enforcement teams targeted persistent non-payers during March in a number of areas including Glasgow, the Lothians, Dunbartonshire and Lan

One of the UK’s top academic experts on EU law has confirmed she will be speaking in Edinburgh on what Brexit will mean for EU nationals in Scotland. Professor Eleanor Spaventa, from Durham University European Law Institute (pictured right) will be taking part in a major conference on ‘Brexit an

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A Chinese asylum seeker whose application was refused has successfully challenged the Home Secretary’s decision to refuse to treat further submissions in a human rights claim as a “fresh claim” after a judge ruled that the wrong legal test had been applied. The further submissions were based u

Michael Matheson Legislation combating unauthorised sharing of intimate images comes into force today.

Holyrood’s Justice Committee is seeking the public’s views on proposals to repeal the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications Act 2012 following the introduction of a members bill by James Kelly MSP.The bill would fully repeal the 2012 Act, as Mr Kelly believes that the cu

Police shot two people dressed as characters from Batman as they engaged in a sex act at a special nightclub event. Dale Ewins, 35, who came as the Joker, was seriously injured after being shot in the stomach after officers mistook his replica gun for the real thing.

This week the Inner House of the Court of Session ruled on a case concerning Relevant Person status in the Children’s Hearings System. Clan Childlaw represented a 14-year-old girl who had initiated proceedings by requesting a pre-hearing panel to remove Relevant Person status from both her materna

Equalities secretary Angela Constance Public bodies in Scotland will become the first in the UK to be legally required to put reducing poverty and inequality at the heart of their decision making, under new proposals outlined by ministers.