Search: Scottish syndicate purchased land 1901 for £5000

Ian Maxwell Families Need Fathers (FNF) Scotland has welcomed a report by Holyrood’s Justice Committeewhich makes a strong case for a broad review of Scots family law.

Michael Matheson The Justice Secretary Michael Matheson has written to the Home Office outlining potential ways to strengthen the proceeds of crime legislation to make it tougher for criminals to avoid paying up.

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Frank Mulholland QC The Lord Advocate, Frank Mulholland QC, has confirmed that he will step down following May’s election.

Legislation to modernise the governance and scrutiny of burials and cremations has been passed by the Scottish Parliament. The Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Bill will modernise and update 100 year-old legislation – introducing a definition of ashes, standardising forms and record-keeping across

David Harvie has been appointed to the role of crown agent, head of Scotland's prosecution service, taking over from Catherine Dyer who leaves at the start of April. Mr Harvie is a solicitor advocate and is currently procurator fiscal for the West of Scotland.

Angela Constance Sexual abuse survivors left a meeting in tears after a minister failed to disclose how a support scheme would help them.

A senior judge has gone on record to applaud a free Faculty of Advocates scheme which helps claimants at hearings of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT). Mr Justice Langstaff, president of the EAT, said that pro bono representation had operated successfully for some years in its London office, and

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The Law Society of Scotland has urged legal complaints handling body, the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC), to focus on its statutory core functions following publication of its draft four-year strategy along with its budget and annual plan for 2016/17. The SLCC’s budget was laid before

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Community Contribution Award (L-R): Dougie Vipond; Fiona Sargent; representative from award sponsors, Frasia Wright Associates; Catriona Shearer, Alasdair Cummings

(L-R): Dougie Vipond of BBC Scotland, Donald Walker, assistant editor, The Scotsman, Mark Harris of Pagan Osborne, Catriona Shearer, BBC Scotland

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