Search: Scottish syndicate purchased land 1901 for £5000

James Wolffe QC The Scottish government needs to think again about which categories of deaths should prompt a mandatory inquiry, the Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, James Wolffe QC, has suggested to MSPs.

A Member's Bill intended to deal with irresponsible parking will be introduced at Holyrood today. The law would create an offence for parking on footways and dropped kerbs and would ban double parking.

Lorna Jack, chief executive of the Law Society of Scotland A record number of solicitors across Scotland, England and Wales voted in this year's election to the Law Society of Scotland's principal decision-making body, the Council.

Community safety minister Paul Wheelhouse MSP The Scottish government is consulting on proposals to shorten the timeframe in which workers must disclose previous convictions to employers.

Justice secretary Michael Matheson MSP The Scottish government has called for submissions of written evidence on the policy and practice of stop and search by police officers in Scotland.

A patient at a psychiatric treatment facility who sought judicial review over the failure by the Scottish Government to draft and lay regulations to allow him to challenge the level of security of his detention has had his petition dismissed. The UK Supreme Court ruled in 2012 that the failure by th

Lord Davidson of Glen Clova A global cigarette and tobacco company is launching the largest corporate compensation case in history over plain packaging legislation.

Aspiring in-house lawyers, advocates and solicitor advocates will benefit from the latest events announced in a series organised by the Scottish Young Lawyers' Association. So you want to be an in-house lawyer and So you want to be an advocate/solicitor advocate will walk aspiring lawyers through th

Simone Young Davidson Chalmers has announced the appointment of Simone Young as its new head of construction.

Michael Matheson The Justice Secretary has called for a radical change in the way women are treated by the penal system in Scotland.

MSPs yesterday rejected the Assisted Suicide Scotland Bill by 82 to 36 votes after a debate in the Scottish Parliament. Had it passed, the bill would have allowed the terminally ill to seek the help of a doctor in ending their life.

Alistair Morris Following publication of the Scotland Bill today at Westminster, Alistair Morris, president of the Law Society of Scotland, said: “We welcome the introduction of the Scotland Bill into the House of Commons.

The Law Society of Scotland confirmed its plans to move to new Edinburgh offices at its annual general meeting last night. The move to Atria One on Morrison Street involves the complete sale of the Law Society’s current buildings on Drumsheugh Gardens.

A new bill to increase the transparency of MSPs’ financial interests has been introduced by Stewart Stevenson MSP, on behalf of the Scottish Parliament’s Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee. Published this week, the Interests of Members of the Scottish Parliament (Amendment)

Richard Keen QC The UK government has announced that Richard Keen QC has been appointed as the Advocate General for Scotland.