25 November 2019 might later be judged a significant date for supporting victims of crime in Scotland. Nobody would dispute that victims of crime should receive support, but opinion may be divided on the fairest way to fund that. Scottish judges and sheriffs will soon have no option but to impose an
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Over the past three months, average selling prices across Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders rose by 2.5 per cent to £253,552. In Edinburgh, the average selling price is now £274,690 which is a 2.5 per cent increase compared to last year. Within the capital, the greatest house
It’s becoming part of the Festive tradition, and this year every effort is again being made by the Faculty of Advocates to “bring Christmas to life” for families in need. The family support charity, Home-Start Glenrothes, will receive all donations to the appeal, and they know the
A student law society is holding a conference aimed at those interested in a career in litigation. Aberdeen University Mooting Society has received the support of the Lord President, Lord Carloway, who will be keynote speaker at the conference and networking event next week in the Granite City.
The average price of a property in Scotland in July 2019 was £153,968 – an increase of 1.4 per cent on July in the previous year – the latest provisional statistics from the UK House Price Index (HPI) show. Comparing with the previous month, house prices in Scotland rose by 0.7 per
Figures released by HMRC last week revealed a reduction in the number of property transactions in the UK this summer amidst uncertainty surrounding Brexit.
Scotland’s property market has soared to an 11-year high ahead of Brexit, according to new research. Aberdein Considine’s quarterly Property Monitor recorded transactions worth more than £8 billion between January and June this year – the best since 2008 thanks to a bumper se
The European Commission has announced the opening of a formal antitrust investigation into Amazon over its use of sensitive data from independent retailers who sell on its marketplace. The investigation will consider whether Amazon collects competitively-sensitive information about marketplace selle
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has fined telecoms company EE Limited £100,000 for sending over 2.5 million direct marketing messages to its customers, without consent. The messages, sent in early 2018, encouraged customers to access and use the ‘My EE’ app to manage th
Concerned parliamentarians are taking the first steps in a legal action against the Metropolitan Police over alleged electoral offences committed during the June 2016 EU referendum. Ben Bradshaw MP, Tom Brake MP, Baroness Jenny Jones of Moulsecoomb, Caroline Lucas MP and Fiona Mactaggart MP have con
An Australian firm taken to court by St Andrews University over gowns it offers at a discount is trying to have the case heard south of the border, The Times reports. Churchill Gowns sells a red “University of St Andrews” ceremonial gown from as little as £89. The official ones are
The Scottish Law Commission has today published a discussion paper seeking views on proposals for the reform of securities granted over land and buildings in Scotland. Standard securities are big business: 127,306 transactions were registered in Scotland in 2017/2018.
Since the announcement last week that a fatal accident inquiry is to be held into the Super Puma helicopter crash off Shetland in August 2013, there has been a vociferous response criticising the delay of almost six years, writes Lisa Gregory. While perhaps in the minority, there will be some who wi
A man found guilty of an armed robbery committed while wearing a Mexican wrestling mask who claimed he suffered a “miscarriage of justice” as a result of the advocate depute’s speech to the jury on the forensic evidence has had his appeal against conviction rejected. Scott Fowler&n
The latest quarterly house price statistics from the Registers of Scotland (ROS), covering the period from 1st January to 31st March 2019, revealed the average selling price in Scotland was £174,317, a 0.3 per cent decrease on the same period last year. Sales volume was up 3.7 per cent year-on
