Search: Scottish syndicate purchased land 1901 for £5000

Responding to the UK government’s announcement today that it plans to replace the Human Rights Act, five Scottish human rights organisations – Amnesty International Scotland, the Human Rights Consortium Scotland, Just Right Scotland, Making Rights Real, and the Scottish Human Rights Comm

New Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) board members Richard McMeeken, John Stevenson and Jean Grier have taken up office. Their appointments are for five years. They replace Kay Springham, Denise Loney, Sara Hesp and Sarah McLuckie who have reached the end of their terms with the SLCC.

The Scottish government has been accused of “legalising littering” after a mere 34 of 135,000 reported fly-tipping incidents were sent to prosecutors. Despite incidents being reported in 30 of Scotland's local areas, only eight councils passed cases on to the Crown Office.

The Scottish government's proposed regulatory reform of legal services would remove power from the Court of Session in an "unacceptable interference by the government and parliament with the judiciary", judges have said. In a response to the consultation on Legal Services Regulation Reform, the judi

The Scottish Law Commission has received a reference from the Scottish government on establishing compulsory owners’ associations in tenement properties. The project will consider changes to the law in order to establish compulsory owners’ associations for tenement properties.

Scottish Trans has been given permission to intervene in a case seeking to overturn guidance planned for the next Scottish census in March. The group argues that the change to the guidance would breach trans people’s human rights to dignity and privacy. The guidance is provided for those who n

Gender inequality and improving women’s experiences within the justice system will be addressed by a new Scottish government panel. Members will examine the experiences of women as both victims and offenders in a range of settings including policing, community justice, criminal and civil court

Scottish Conservative MSP Murdo Fraser has raised concerns about the Scottish government's proposed legal reforms, describing them as “out of touch” and “unwarranted”. Mr Fraser, a former solicitor himself, raised the matter at Holyrood during a justice and veterans portfolio

The Scottish Prison Service is to publish the results of a review of its transgender prisoner policy later this year. The review was launched last November in response to an increase in the number of trans people in women's prisons.

A 2021 Scottish government scheme providing for the funding of milk and healthy snacks for nursery-age children has been ruled unlawful after a petition for judicial review was brought against it. The School and Nursery Milk Alliance Ltd objected to the funding method of the scheme, asserting that i

The Scottish Parliament’s Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee has called on the Scottish government to start justifying its use of emergency regulation-making powers and detail why they are being used in each instance. The powers, known as the ‘made affirmative procedure’, al

A judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has held that Scottish ministers acted within their lawful powers by approving trans-inclusive guidance for the ‘sex question’ on the next Scottish Census. The guidance says that trans men and trans women can answer the sex question

The Scottish Law Commission is seeking views on a new discussion paper on damages for personal injury.  Damages for personal injury are a sensitive type of civil claim because they involve a delicate balance of interests. The principle of restitutio in integrum – putting a person in the p

The Scottish Law Commission’s Annual Report 2021 has been published. The report outlines progress on the commission’s law reform work during 2021. It explains the progress made on implementation of the commission’s recommendations, outlines the commission’s work to promote la

The Scottish government is still proposing a change in the devolved settlement as a possible route to bringing landmark children's rights legislation within its devolved competence despite a knock-back from the UK government. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (