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The Scottish Land Commission is continuing its calendar of online public meetings and the next will cover Orkney.  The commission is holding an informal public meeting online to give residents of Orkney the opportunity to find out more about land reform and the role of land in creating a succes

Plans for the construction of Scotland’s first spaceport have passed yet another legal hurdle after the Scottish Land Court ruled that crofters can still work on the land outside of rocket launch periods. The Land Court approved a change in land use to enable Highlands and Islands Enterprise (

The Scottish Land Court and the Lands Tribunal for Scotland are to be unified to form an expanded Land Court. It will create a “one-stop shop”, which will be a "more efficient arrangement than currently offered".

Plans to improve health and "reduce inequalities for women" in Scotland have been published today by the Scottish government. Scotland is the first country in the UK to have a women’s health plan, which outlines "ambitious improvement" and change in areas including menopause, heart health, men

The public sector should play a greater role in the housing land market, the Scottish Land Commission has said. In a new report it sets out five suggestions:

A law requiring dogs of banned breeds to be put down is “unfit for purpose”, according to the Scottish SPCA. The Dangerous Dogs Act, which came into force in 1991, bans the ownership of certain dogs in the UK.

The Scottish Law Agents’ Society has backed the preservation of the 'not proven' verdict, arguing that the case for its abolition has not been substantiated. Andrew Stevenson, secretary of SLAS, said the organisation's council supports retention of the verdict because it is "logical".

A new fund worth £6.7 million to support legal aid firms has opened for applications. The Legal Aid Business Support and Recovery Fund has been established following consultation with the legal profession and will be distributed to legal aid practices.

The Queen's lawyers lobbied Scottish ministers to amend a bill in order to exempt her private land from an initiative to cut carbon emissions, documents show. 

The Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) has signed a legal agreement with the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), committing it to improving its assessment and review of the impact of its policies on people with protected characteristics. The agreement, using powers under Section 23 of the Equa

Commercial property investment in Scotland showed signs of recovery and further growth is expected as Covid-19 restrictions ease, Colliers has revealed. A new analysis showed that more than £400 million was invested during the second quarter of 2021, up from the same period of 2020 and up from

The UK government will undermine devolution if they establish freeports in Scotland and Wales without reaching agreement with devolved governments, according to Scottish and Welsh ministers. The devolved governments said that while they were committed to working with the UK government, UK ministers

A Scottish care homeowner has been banned from serving as a company director for six years after his firm went into liquidation with no explanation for the hundreds of thousands of pounds that disappeared from company accounts. Laurie Gray, 50, from Hamilton, was director of Saltcoats company&n

The Scottish government has yet to achieve its objective of ensuring that people convicted of criminal offences increasingly receive community-based sentences instead of going to prison, according to a new report. The Community Justice (Scotland) Act was introduced in 2016 and established a new nati

Political parties in Scotland are calling for laws to enshrine a fair tipping code after claims a top chef allegedly took thousands in gratuities from staff. The calls follow accusations made by employees of the Kitchin Group that head chef Tom Kitchin and his wife took sums earned by work