Search: Scottish syndicate purchased land 1901 for £5000

A barrister and construction expert has been recognised by Scottish electrotechnical industry body SELECT with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Professor Rudi Klein is a barrister by profession, a former academic, visiting professor of construction law at the University of Northumbria and chief executi

Calls has been made for a Scottish government review after police and prosecutors were found by the High Court in London to have “abused state powers” to carry out an illegal raid while investigating the allegedly fraudulent takeover of Rangers football club. The seizure of company files linked

A motorist who was given a community payback order and banned from the road after he admitted falling asleep at the wheel and crashing into an oncoming vehicle has successfully appealed against his sentence, in the first reported Scottish decision to consider the offence of causing injury by dangero

David Morgan (left) and Graham Mitchell

The Law Society of Scotland will be hosting the first of a series of Brexit-themed seminars on Thursday 3 November with an expert panel from the Scottish legal profession and academic community. Thursday’s sold out event will combine keynote speeches and roundtable discussions on broad constitutio

“Limbs in the loch” killer William Beggs has successfully challenged a decision by prison governors to refuse his requests to have a personal computer in jail. The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) will now have to reconsider his request after a Court of Session judge ruled that "inadequate reasons�

Glasgow’s High Court will be bristling with young legal prodigies this weekend, as 12 schools compete for the title of Scottish mock trial champions. The event is part of a UK competition organised by the Citizenship Foundation, and is supported north of the border by the Faculty of Advocates.

University students with an eye on a career in advocacy are being invited to visit the Faculty of Advocates to learn about the Scottish bar, its members and their work. Places are limited on the Advocacy and Presentational Skills Training Workshop and will be offered to those who demonstrate a keen

We are celebrating St Andrew's Day with a Scottish Legal News Quiz. Five lucky winners will each receive a £25 voucher from Marks and Spencer and a copy of Willie McIntyre’s latest book Present Tense. So, to curl up with a fine glass of Chateau M&S and follow the adventures of Robbie Munro �

Kenny MacAskill Some Scottish care homes should be converted into specialist prisons for elderly inmates, according to a former Justice Secretary.

Judith Robertson A Scottish human rights body has produced a series of case studies profiling how communities in Scotland are using human rights to tackle poor housing, challenge poverty and improve health.

Cat MacLean A joint venture company, MBM Veritas, has been set up to fight for hundreds of Scottish firms who were victims of RBS’s notorious Global Restructuring Group between 2008 and 2013.

New information in papers relating to Thomas Muir have been uncovered in the Advocates Library in Edinburgh, shedding light on the life of the Scottish radical. Regarded as the father of Scottish democracy, the Glasgow-born Muir was convicted of sedition in 1793 and was sent to Australia.

Carol Crowther Stronachs LLP in Aberdeen has achieved specialist accreditation for its private client team, becoming one of only five Scottish practices to be recognised as an “employer partner” by STEP.

Laura Tainsh Laura Tainsh, a partner and waste management specialist at Davidson Chalmers LLP has become the first Scottish solicitor to achieve full membership of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM). As the national body for the waste and resource management industry, the CIWM sup