Views are being sought on how to improve legal rights intended to help community groups take ownership of local land and assets. Discussions with those who have engaged with the community rights to buy have been taking place since last year to develop the proposals published for consultation today.
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The Criminal Justice Committee is seeking views on the Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill. The bill, introduced by Ash Regan MSP, targets those who buy sexual services by creating a new criminal offence of paying for a sexual act.
Advocate Paul Harvey and Lord Turnbull's new book, The Law of Sexual Offences in Scotland, is now available to buy. The book, published by Bloomsbury Professional, is the comprehensive guide to the law and practice of sexual offences in Scotland.
Passengers should not have to provide their gender identity in order to buy a train ticket, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled in a case concerning the French rail network. The case arose from a complaint made by a group called Mousse to the French data protection authority
A judge has blocked a bid by satirical news website The Onion to buy far-right media platform Infowars. Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was forced to give up the platform he founded in 1999 after declaring bankruptcy shortly after a court ordered him to pay $1.5 billion to the families of victim
A former company director has successfully appealed a sheriff’s preliminary dismissal of an action for payment against a man who agreed in principle to buy his shares in the company he directed and only paid him £1,000 of the intended purchase price. Pursuer and appellant Edward Leishman
A man linked to serious organised crime who discussed in encrypted mobile phone messages making enough money from drugs-trafficking to buy 100 flats has been jailed for seven years. John McDuff, 40, also agreed with a criminal associate’s claim that they were responsible for operating the most
Elon Musk's social media platform X, formerly Twitter, is breaching the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA) by allowing anyone to buy a "blue checkmark" previously reserved for notable figures, the European Commission has said. Following an in-depth investigation, the Commission has informed X of its pr
A review of Community Rights to Buy will begin this summer to look at how effective current powers are in allowing communities to acquire land or buildings. Community Right to Buy has now been in use for 20 years. During that time, there have been several additions and amendments to the original rig
Burges Salmon has advised Santander on a deal to support the Management Buy-Out (MBO) of Scottish pensions firm @sipp. Based in Glasgow, @sipp specialises in self-invested personal pensions, small self-administered schemes as well as commercial property. Supported by funding provided by Santander UK
Harper Macleod has advised on the vendor initiated management buy-in of Scotwood Interiors, an office fit-out and refurbishments business. Established in 1964 by Allan Scott, Scotwood Interiors specialises in the design and delivery of turnkey fit-outs and refurbishments for a range of commercial se
The Scottish property market is due to follow the same trajectory as England and Wales, experiencing a slowdown as housing supply remains steady but consumer ability to buy continues to be restricted, according to Landmark Information Group’s latest property trends report.
A Dundee sheriff has granted decree of absolvitor to the former partner of a man who sought a five-figure sum from her on the basis that he had given it to her to allow her grandmother to buy her council house, in which he had expected to eventually live with her. Pursuer Richard Gourlay claimed he
A dimwit has been arrested after attempting to shoplift during a "Shop with a Cop" event with dozens of police officers in attendance. Nearly 40 officers were taking part in the charity event where police officers buy gifts for children from marginalised backgrounds.
A double glazing manufacturer has succeeded in establishing that it had a binding contract with one of its customers under which they agreed to buy glass exclusively from it from 2016 to 2020. Supaseal Glass Ltd contended that Inverclyde Windows Manufacturing Ltd was in breach of contract for
