Search: Scottish syndicate purchased land 1901 for £5000

Applications are now being invited for scholarships offered through the Faculty of Advocates which can help ease financial tensions during the training period for the bar. Those hoping to begin devilling in 2024 should submit their applications by no later than 28 April this year. 

Leanne Gordon has rejoined Lindsays' rural services department as farmers, crofters and landowners respond to a string of major changes and challenges. Mrs Gordon previously spent six years at Lindsays – rising from solicitor to senior associate – until June last year. She has since had

Westwater Advocates' Greg Sanders' new book has been published. A Practical Guide To The Right to Roam in Scotland comes after he "identified a gap in the market for a comprehensive, practical guide looking at the competing interests of landowners and ramblers".

The Sheriff Court backlog worsened by the pandemic is likely to last for another five years, prosecutors have warned. Minutes from a Crown Office meeting indicate that officials believe that it will be a "challenging area of business for the next five years or so".

Pictured: GCU honorary graduate Blythe Duff with Taggart co-star John Michie in 2018 Glasgow Caledonian University has launched a hunt for a PhD student to investigate an archive of Taggart scripts and memorabilia donated by Blythe Duff.

A former security guard’s communications with neo-Nazi extremists were uncovered after an online chat group was infiltrated by an undercover counter-terrorism officer. Within days of joining the group, James Farrell shared a video with detailed instructions on how to construct a 3D-printed, ho

The British & Irish Lions has appointed Gillian Treasurer as director of legal and governance, following a process to replace James Stebbing who recently announced his decision to step down as general counsel. Ms Treasurer will join The British & Irish Lions from Scottish Rugby where she has

Katy Nisbet has been promoted to head of legal policy at Clan Childlaw. She said: “I am delighted to be promoted to head of legal policy for Clan Childlaw. I am looking forward to developing our influencing strategy to ensure that the laws of Scotland fully protect and respect the rights of ch

The Law Society of Scotland is stepping up its support for mental health and wellbeing in the legal sector, with small firms in particular to benefit from a new free mental health first aid training course. Mental health specialists Macdonald & MacMillan Training will run the two-day course in A

Advocate John Halley, 59, has been arrested over alleged sexual offences. Mr Halley was arrested last month and is due to appear in Livingston Sheriff Court at a later date.

The University of Glasgow has been awarded funding to establish a law clinic designed to increase access to justice in Scotland for complainers in sexual offences cases, through the provision of free independent legal advice and representation by solicitors. The first of its kind in the UK, the Emma

In this case commentary, Terra Firma's Fred Mackintosh KC considers the effect of the recently published decisions of the High Court of Justiciary in Barr v HM Advocate [2022] HCJAC 9 and BS v HM Advocate [2023] HCJAC 5. The High Court has now published two decisions made on the summer of 2022 in re

A Lord Ordinary has allowed a proof in an action raised by a legal practitioner against a sheriff and the Crown based on an alleged series of assaults said to have been committed against her by the sheriff in 2018, and found that the Lord Advocate was the correct person to be sued for the purposes o

The Council of the Law Society of Scotland has renewed its condemnation of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, passing a resolution on the ongoing conflict and the international rule of law when it met today, Friday, 3 March 2023. The Council had previously condemned the invasion in a resolu

TLT has appointed corporate lawyer Douglas Roberts as a partner. Previously a corporate partner at Lindsays, his portfolio includes over 20 years of M&A, equity investments and corporate advisory work across a broad spectrum of clients, including SMEs, family businesses and start-ups.