Search: Scottish syndicate purchased land 1901 for £5000

For someone who decided to become a lawyer partly because it’s what his parents wanted him to do, John Scott QC has carved out a long and illustrious career in the profession. He has been involved in some of Scotland’s most high-profile inquiries and cases since starting out as a trainee

Two prisoners who had their petition for review of a prison authority decision to prohibit them from making inter-prison phone calls to each other refused have been denied permission to make a further appeal against the decision to the UK Supreme Court.  Charles O’Neill and William Lauchl

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has offered a formal apology to people accused of witchcraft between the 16th and 18th centuries. She told MSPs at Holyrood that it could legislate to pardon those who were convicted and in many cases executed.

New offences including stirring up hatred against women and girls and public misogynistic harassment have been proposed in a report published today by Baroness Helena Kennedy QC's working group. Justice Secretary Keith Brown has welcomed publication of the report on Misogyny and Criminal Justic

The Scotsman has published an obituary of Geoff Clarke QC. Mr Clarke, who stepped down as chairman of Faculty Services Limited (FSL) in December last year, called to the bar in 1994 and took silk in 2008.

Businesses in Scotland are being urged to withdraw from trading with Russia, following its invasion of Ukraine. Finance and Economy Secretary Kate Forbes has asked companies to take economic action by reviewing operations for links and connections to Russia and severing them.

The Council of the Law Society of Scotland passed a resolution on Ukraine and international rule of law when it met today which condemned the ongoing illegal invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces. The Council of the Law Society of Scotland:

New legislation to amend the system through which transgender people can gain legal recognition has been published. The Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill will amend the Gender Recognition Act 2004 to introduce new criteria for applicants who wish to obtain a Gender Recognition Certificate (G

The Crown Office has been urged to consider a prosecution over the deaths of 11 people at a care home on Skye. Home Farm in Portree suffered a Covid outbreak early on in the pandemic. A number of residents died at the home, which was operated by HC One. It was later taken over by NHS Highland.

Sandra Cassels provides an overview of the approach to cladding in Scotland and addresses three discrete points: building Regulations, RICS Guidance and rights of recourse for owners/government assistance. The fatal Garnock Court tower block fire in 1999 contributed to the building standards sy

Seven Scottish solicitors have been introduced to court at a ceremony at Parliament House today. Their introduction to court means the new solicitor advocates will now have extended rights of audience to appear in the High Court and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

Strathclyde University's Calum Sanderson and Gabriel Kielty have won this year's Lord Jones Moot Competition. Held at the University of Dundee last month, the Strathclyde team beat the host university's Alex Anderson and Saul McGivney in the final.

Lord Hodge has been appointed Lord High Commissioner to the 2022 General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. The Supreme Court justice said he is "delighted and honoured" to have been chosen by Her Majesty The Queen as her personal representative at the annual event.

Burges Salmon’s corporate finance team has advised oncology drug discovery accelerator, Cumulus Oncology Limited, on a significant investment fundraise of c. £4.1 million. The investment fundraise follows Cumulus Oncology’s inaugural one of £1.7m, which Burges Salmon advised

Rising remand periods could fall foul of the European Convention on Human Rights, MSPs have heard. The prison population on remand in Scotland has gone from 16 per cent to 27 per cent – an increase described as “unfathomable” by Emma Jardine of Howard League Scotland.