Search: Scottish syndicate purchased land 1901 for £5000

This year the legal community has reflected on the entry of women into the profession and the struggle for equality that has ensued. The Law Society of Scotland recounts the names of the women pioneers who have succeeded in law.

The Scotsman has published an obituary of William Denys Cathcart Andrews CBE, WS, solicitor and past president of the Law Society of Scotland, who passed away on 1 July 2019 at the age of 88. "Denys Andrews was one of the foremost Scottish solicitors of his generation. A past president of the Law So

The new Inverness Justice Centre has reached a key milestone as court officials confirmed the building is now wind and watertight.

A long-term prisoner who claimed that the prison authorities acted “unlawfully” in failing to progress his application for home detention curfew has had his legal challenge dismissed. Niall Dinsmore, then a prisoner at HMP Castle Huntly serving a five-year sentence for a firearms offence

On 15 July, the Lord Chancellor announced that the discount rate for England and Wales would be increased from -0.75 per cent to -0.25 per cent. This is a lower increase than had been predicted and a disappointment for the insurance industry, who do not believe it will allow for an appropriate asses

Pictured (clockwise from top left): Jenny Broatch, Alasdair Docwra, Lydia Papandrianou, Lucy Metcalf and Clare Macpherson Thorntons has appointed Lucy Metcalf as a director in its family law team in the capital.

Prisoners serving sentences of 12 months or less will be allowed to vote for the first time in the forthcoming Shetland by-election. The Scottish Government has said it will take steps this week to align the franchise for the by-election with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

The former President of the Pensions Appeal Tribunal for Scotland has had his claim for a pension from the Scottish government rejected by an employment tribunal. Colin McEachran QC, who sat on the Tribunal between 1995 and 2013, used the Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatme

Gilson Gray has been appointed to the Scottish Government Legal Services Framework. The firm has achieved a listing on lot 6 of the framework for the provision of legal services, also known as the ‘one stop shop’.

Brodies LLP has today unveiled its new brand, inspired by the firm’s history and its ambition. Enlightened Thinking is a culmination of the firm’s story, people, values, ideas and origins that date back to 1739 in Edinburgh, when many of Scotland’s leading minds helped sh

The fight against Serco’s lock change evictions in Glasgow continues with fifty evictions now blocked by Glasgow Sheriff Court. The scale of intervention from the court raises serious questions about multinational firm Serco’s evictions policy.

A Scots lawyer is to appear on a new BBC series in which designers will compete for a commercial contract for a London hotel, The Courier reports. Terian Tilston, a solicitor at the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) and owner of Terian Tilston Interior Design, will be one of 10 people competin

Last Friday a gathering was held in the Advocates' Library to thank some of the core supporters of the Tumbling Lassie appeal for their help over the years since 2015 when the appeal began.

Planning lawyer Fraser Mitchell has been appointed to Shoosmiths as a partner in its Edinburgh-based real estate team. Mr Mitchell, who graduated in law from the University of Edinburgh has moved from Shepherd & Wedderburn in Edinburgh where he was previously senior associate in its planning and

A short-term prisoner who was refused early release under Home Detention Curfew (HDC) under the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993 has had his petition against the decision rejected. John Paton brought judicial review proceedings against the Scottish Government aft