Search: Scottish syndicate purchased land 1901 for £5000

David Wilson The requirements of a valid payment notice issued under a construction contract were considered in a previous update: “A Payment Notice? Be Clear?” with reference to the case of Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust v Logan Construction (South East) Ltd (“Surrey and Sussex”) a

Shepherd & Wedderburn’s commercial litigation team has secured a favourable ruling for their clients in The Trustees of the Johnston Press Pension Plan and others v. Sedgwick Noble Lowndes Limited and Mercer CSOH 21, a decision that confirms the common-sense approach applied by the Scottish co

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Border by Kapka Kassabova This is a magical book and one of the very, very few to open up the wild and forgotten lands of ancient Thrace that straddle that corner of Europe where Turkey meets Bulgaria and Greece.

Colin Clelland discusses two important points regarding NEC 3 contracts following a recent Court of Session case. In recent years, the NEC 3 form of engineering and construction contract has increasingly been used to procure major engineering and infrastructure projects. It is, however, a contract t

Hamish Lean Hamish Lean explains the compensation regime for improvements made during an agricultural tenancy.

James I of Scotland Archaeologists have launched a bid to find the last resting place of James I of Scotland – 580 years to the day after his brutal assassination.

Glen Gilson Gilson Gray has doubled the capacity of its centrally located Edinburgh office after rapid growth in its first three years.

Alan Kelly MacRoberts took home the top prize last night at the Scottish Business Insider’s SME awards ceremony. The awards are given to companies in Insider's SME300 listing, with an additional honour for the number one firm from Insider's Spring 100 rankings.

Lord Carloway The Times has today picked up SLN’s Annual Review interview with the Lord President, Lord Carloway: Scots legal system is centuries out of date, its highest judge complains.

Andy Wightman A £750,000 defamation claim against Green MSP Andy Wightman has been condemned by freedom of speech campaigners.

A call for evidence from all interested individuals and organisations has been issued on the Contract (Third Party Rights) (Scotland) Bill. Provision for third party rights is currently made in common law. Scots law currently allows parties to a contract to create an enforceable right in favour of a

James Kelly An attempt to have controversial laws meant to curb sectarian behaviour at football matches repealed will go ahead at the Scottish Parliament before the end of the season, the MSP leading the campaign has pledged.

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The UK Supreme Court will sit in Edinburgh later this year, the first time that the UK’s highest court has sat outside London. Several appeals will be heard over up to four days in June, with at least five of the Supreme Court justices sitting over the course of the visit. The list of cases to be