Search: Scottish syndicate purchased land 1901 for £5000

Zaynab Al Nasser has joined Gibson Kerr as a senior associate, bringing with her more than 10 years of industry experience. Ms Al Nasser gained her law degree and diploma at Glasgow University. An expert in trauma-informed practice, she has had a long-term involvement with Scottish Women in Business

At our times of greatest need – whether personally or in our communities – it’s very often charities who are there for us. We place our faith in them. In doing so, it’s so important that we trust those to whom we turn, writes Helen Kidd. Trust in our charities is, of course,

The majority of social landlords in Scotland have not put in place adequate policies to support survivors of domestic abuse facing homelessness, a new report by Scottish Women’s Aid (SWA) and CIH Scotland has found. In 2018/19, 73 of the 173 social landlords in Scotland (42 per cent) sign

British political parties must promise to better protect victims of forced migration and sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in their general election manifestos, a coalition has said. The group has sent letters to the Conservatives, Labour, the Liberal Democrats, the Greens, the Scottish Nation

The International Council for Commercial Arbitration is to return to Edinburgh to launch its Congress book in September, a year on from ICCA Edinburgh. The 21st edition of the ICCA Congress Series will be launched during the inaugural Edinburgh International Arbitration Festival, which will take pla

TLT has promoted 10 lawyers to partner, including Ayla Skene in the firm’s Glasgow office. Scotland location head John Paul Sheridan said: “I’m pleased that we can celebrate the success of our talented colleagues across the firm. I’m particularly pleased to note the gender sp

Scottish government plans to check up on the performance of the proposed juryless rape trials violate the separation of powers and are an attack on the independence of the judiciary, a former judge has said. Writing in Scottish Legal News today, Lord Uist, a retired senator of the College of Justice

An­drew Steven­son considers the price we will pay by adopting virtual courts. Support within the UK for the principles of maintaining a system where justice is administered locally or in public was evaporating even before Covid-19; in the decade to 2020, more than half the Magistrates Court

CMS has announced the promotion of Siobhan Kahmann to partner level. The Brussels-based competition and regulatory law specialist, who works across the Scottish marketplace, is among several new global partner promotions announced by the firm this year.

The introduction of the 2018 Domestic Abuse Act has been an important step but more action is needed in implementing it and tackling domestic abuse, the Criminal Justice Committee has said. As part of post-legislative scrutiny, the committee has been reviewing the impact of the Act and how effective

Dear Editor, Douglas Cusine writes that there is “no evidence” that jurors subscribe to rape myths. He states that the “only way one could get ‘evidence’ would be to sit in during a jury’s deliberations, or interview jurors afterwards” and rightly points out

Lawyers in Glasgow and Edinburgh have voted to boycott the proposed juryless trials pilot in rape cases. Members of the Edinburgh Bar Association voted overwhelmingly to boycott the measure contained in the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill should they come to fruition.

Dhana McIver has been appointed by Balfour and Manson as its first disability officer. Ms McIver, who is profoundly deaf and wears hearing aids in both ears, is a trainee solicitor who has had a wide-ranging career in the law, having worked for six years as an executry paralegal and 11 years with th

Women in Law Scotland is looking for views on its future ahead of a relaunch. The group, established in 2015, is a network aimed at Scots solicitors, advocates, paralegals and others, to promote gender equality in Scottish legal profession.

Shonagh Brown and Pamela Gilmour discuss the Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Bill, recently passed by the Scottish Parliament, and how it aims to modernise and simplify the law of moveable transactions. Scots law has not traditionally been recognised for its dynamic or innovative nature, but newly-