Search: Scottish syndicate purchased land 1901 for £5000

Angela Constance The Scottish government is to consider enshrining a right to access to food in Scots law.

Thomas Ross The president of the Scottish Criminal Bar Association (SCBA) has announced his intention not to seek re-election at the group's AGM on 20th January 2017.

Scottish Legal News would like to thank work colleagues and friends who raised over £500 in cash and gifts for Syrian refugees in Dundee. SLN editor Graham Ogilvy said: “The Syrians were very grateful for the help and support of our staff and friends.

Nicola Sturgeon Calls for the devolution of immigration by a cross-party group of MPs has been welcomed by the Scottish government.

For some years, the Scottish Council of Law Reporting (SCLR) has been engaged in an exercise to digitise the historic corpus of law reports of Scottish cases and to make these as widely and freely available as possible. As well as a source of material for practicing lawyers they form a huge body of

John Scott QC The principles determining when police can use stop and search powers have been set out in a code of practice.

Roseanna Cunningham The risks of exiting the European single market go beyond the huge impact on our economy, Climate Change Secretary Roseanna Cunningham has warned as the Scottish government prepares to publish its draft Climate Change Plan.

The latest edition of the Scottish Civil Justice Council's newsletter is now available and includes an update on ongoing work and recent rules. The council approved the following appointments:

Entries for the Scottish Paralegal Association "paralegal of the year" award are still open. Applications will be accepted until 28 February, 2017.

Neil Stevenson The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has welcomed the Scottish government’s Draft Gender Equality on Public Boards (Scotland) Bill, but pointed to three issues that need further consideration.

Members of the Scottish Parliament will have a vote on the UK government’s bill to trigger Article 50 on Tuesday 7th February. The news comes as the UK government this week published a white paper on Brexit entitled The United Kingdom's Exit from and New Partnership with the European Union.

Simon Brown Scottish property consultant CKD Galbraith has reported that increased sales activity published by Registers of Scotland has been reflected in the firm’s network of branches across Scotland.

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has welcomed the Scottish government's announcement of an independent review of legal aid but pointed to an imbalance between the service which legally-aided clients receive in comparison to fee-paying clients. It said that where fees paid to solicitor

Margaret Mitchell The Scottish government is sitting on £1 million worth of empty courtrooms, while around one in six Police Scotland buildings are not in daily use,

Keith Campbell The Scottish government is consulting on the future of unconventional oil and gas development in Scotland, writes MacRoberts' Keith Campbell.