Search: Scottish syndicate purchased land 1901 for £5000

John Scott QC Five new senators have been appointed to the College of Justice.

International law firm Addleshaw Goddard has launched its search for the best high-growth tech businesses to join its fifth AG Elevate programme – an accelerator for those looking to become the next tech unicorn. AG Elevate is a fast-track 10-month programme designed to advance tech businesses

Gilson Gray has appointed Martin Cryans as its new business development director. Mr Cryans joins Gilson Gray following more than 20 years in leadership and director roles for organisations including law firm Turcan Connell, and communications agencies Firefly, Beattie and Grayling respectively

A consultation on "improving victims’ experiences of the justice system", with a particular focus on sexual offences, has opened. It takes forward the work of the Victims Taskforce and Programme for government commitments to: establish a Victims’ Commissioner, introduce a statutory right

Legislation proposing the permanent adoption or temporary extension of some measures enacted during the pandemic to support Scotland’s recovery from Covid has passed its first stage. MSPs voted to support the general principles of the Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill, which pr

A prisoner serving a life sentence for murder has lost an appeal against a decision to refuse him legal aid to pursue a challenge against a freedom of information request refusal in the UK Supreme Court. William Beggs argued that his case engaged the rights afforded to him by article 6 of the ECHR.

Registers of Scotland (RoS) has a backlog of more than 100,000 cases, it has revealed. RoS has 105,638 land registrations that have not yet been processed – some that date from January 2017. Keeper of the Registers, Jennifer Henderson, had apologised for delays when she took over in 2018 and h

Last week was not a good week for the Faculty of Advocates. The findings of an internal disciplinary hearing provoked Rape Crisis Scotland to allege that there existed "a culture of misogyny amongst some members of the Faculty of Advocates and lay bare an environment where entitled, arrogant attitud

The development of Covid-19 status, check-in and vaccine apps saw us generate more health data than ever before, but this was accompanied by concern over privacy and potential misuse of data. These experiences with Covid show just how important transparency and clarity on how information is used are

Inksters has won the UK Self-Employed / Sole Trader of the Year Award at the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Awards held in Glasgow on Thursday and hosted by TV personalities Clare Balding and JJ Chalmers. Having won the Scottish regional heat for this award in March Inksters were up against th

Lindsays is helping to promote a showcase of young artists in support of a mental health charity as part of the acclaimed Van Gogh Alive exhibition in Edinburgh.

Thorntons has strengthened its specialist property teams with the promotion of three new partners. Nicola McCafferty in Dundee and Aimee Gibbons in Glasgow have been appointed as commercial real estate partners while Hannah Fraser in Edinburgh has been elevated to residential property partner.

Colin McEachran QC MBE passed away on Saturday at the age of 82. The retired advocate was president of the Pensions Appeal Tribunal for Scotland (PATS) from 1995 until 2013.

The world-famous ‘Paisley snail’ will take centre stage at an international conference marking the 90th anniversary of the groundbreaking legal case which founded modern consumer rights law in countries around the globe. The Law Society of Scotland is hosting the virtual event to commemo

Dear Editor Over the years I was, both as solicitor and solicitor advocate, on the other side from Colin in many personal injury litigations.