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A farmer who had an enforcement notice served on him for breaches of planning control at his property in Carnoustie has had his appeal against the decision to let part of it stand refused by the Inner House of the Court of Session. Martin Gibb challenged the decision of a reporter for the Scottish M

Some 70,000 people in Scotland, including 30,000 children, would be lifted out of poverty by 2024 if UK government welfare reforms introduced since 2015 were reversed, according to the Scottish government. The cost of reversing changes, including the removal of the £20 per week Universal Credi

Anderson Strathern has advised Crown Estate Scotland on all 17 of the recently announced ScotWind off-shore wind leasing agreements, a £700 million programme and the first offshore wind leasing round in over a decade, and the first award of projects since the management of offshore wind rights

Pinsent Masons has significantly increased its rewards package for entry-level lawyers by boosting starting salaries by £16,000. Newly qualified (NQ) lawyers offered positions in the firm’s three Scottish offices will receive salaries of £61,000 – a 35.5 per cent increase on

The closing date for the Faculty of Advocates’ scholarship programmes for 2023 is the end of April, so anyone keen to access funding to support them while devilling must apply soon. In addition to providing financial assistance, the scholarships are also aimed at promoting and encouraging dive

It was Robert Burns who wrote: "Facts are chiels that winna ding, and downa be disputed." He was of course writing about royalty in his 1786 poem, A Dream. Burns was most certainly not thinking of future Scottish legal expenses when he penned these words! Yet as with much of the Bard's work, there i

Security holders exercising a standard security should be subject to a duty to conform to reasonable standards of commercial practice, says the Faculty of Advocates. The Faculty was responding to a Scottish Law Commission Discussion Paper on Heritable Securities: Default and Post Default, which soug

The Auditor General’s recent report on the construction of two CalMac ferries identifies various failures. One critical aspect is the breakdown of relationships between two of the main protagonists, CMAL, the Scottish government-owned ferry purchasers, and FMEL, the ferry builders, alongside f

Scottish Legal News is sad to report on the sudden death of popular and much respected advocate Niall McCluskey at the age of 53. Mr McCluskey obtained his LLB and diploma from the University of Aberdeen and called to the bar in 1995, having been in private practice as a solicitor and a procurator f

Families who lost loved ones to Covid are considering action “against those responsible for the preventable deaths”. The news follows a ruling of the High Court in London that the UK government’s failure to isolate people released from hospitals to care homes without testing early

New legislation to ensure that all youngsters have the opportunity to experience at least one week of residential outdoor education will move a step closer today as Liz Smith MSP launches the formal consultation period on her member’s bill. The Scottish Conservative MSP believes that outdoor e

Terra Firma Chambers' Robert Skinner is to retire after a career spanning five decades at the Scottish bar. Today marks his last official day in practice before retiring with effect from 1 May. 

Hamish Lean discusses how farmers in Scotland have been outbid by the forestry industry, as the value of hill land rises. Is productive agricultural land being lost to forestry in the race to meet net-zero? There has been concern within the agricultural industry for some time that this is the case.

Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has confirmed three senior promotions in Scotland as part of its UK-wide growth. Chris McLauchlan, Lisa Dromgoole and Emily Pike from the firm’s Edinburgh office have been appointed as partners.

An Edinburgh sheriff has refused a motion for the discharge of an arrest warrant issued for a man wanted in the US state of Georgia to face trial for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and launder money.  The requested person, Robert Barr, had his extradition request certified by the Scottish Mini