Search: Scottish syndicate purchased land 1901 for £5000

Brent Haywood

Thomson Reuters has expanded its legal know-how and legislative resources for the Scottish legal system. The new resources include the Scots Law resource centre on Practical Law and the addition of Scottish bills on Westlaw UK. The Scots Law resource centre introduces a growing suite of up-to-date l

A man who claimed he was struck by a car when he was a primary school boy more than 50 years ago in an accident which he could not remember and of which there was almost no evidence has had has claim for £650,000 in damages against a Scottish local authority dismissed. A judge in the Court of Sessi

Graham Boyack looks at how mediation is faring in Scotland.

A new competition has been launched to tap in to the expertise of the Scottish legal community and improve risk management across the profession. The Law Society of Scotland's Innovation Cup encourages innovation amongst Scottish solicitors, trainees, cash-room staff, paralegals and students invitin

Mike Dailly

This week saw the publication of an evidence review, commissioned by the Scottish government, into methods of conveying information to jurors. Professor James Chalmers and Professor Fiona Leverick, who undertook the review, outline the details of its findings here. Why was this review needed? The an

In the second of our new occasional series, Connor Beaton looks at John Maclean's famous speech from the dock. A hundred years ago this week, Scottish socialist John Maclean delivered a famous polemic against capitalism and war from the dock of the High Court in Edinburgh.

All Scottish prisoners should have the right to vote, the Scottish Parliament's equalities and human rights committee has said. The commitee began considering the issue last September after receiving a letter on the issue from Scottish Green MSP Patrick Harvie.

Amanda Masson, partner in the family law team at Harper Macleod, writes on a first-of-its-kind Scottish court case on legal parenthood. A recent decision at Edinburgh Sheriff Court considered interesting issues about legal parenthood which it is anticipated will become more common as alternative fam

An ever-increasing focus on anti-money laundering (AML) controls within the legal profession has seen the introduction of new AML requirements for both the Law Society of Scotland and the Scottish solicitors. As part of the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on

The new chair of the independent body for complaints about the Scottish legal profession has called for radical reform of the regulatory and complaints landscape in Scotland. Speaking at an event held at Queen Margaret University’s Consumer Dispute Resolution Centre, attended by complaints exp

CMS’s Scottish-based Women in Business network group has teamed up Buchanan Galleries Shopping Centre to raise more than £2,000 to support people living with terminal illness. With all the donations now accounted for from last month’s Fashion & Fizz event, held at CMS’s G

Land and property search firm Millar & Bryce is set to hit the road in June with a series of Scottish roadshows, marking the launch of their fourth conveyancing manual. Each event will be led by Millar & Bryce’s principal consultant John King, who brings over 30 years' legal, policy an

Writing for Scottish Legal News, Scottish Conservative MSP Liam Kerr responds to colleague Gordon Lindhurust MSP's article in the SLN Annual Review on the proposed removal of the reasonable chastisement defence. Recently my friend and colleague Gordon Lindhurst MSP expressed his surprise in an artic