Search: Scottish syndicate purchased land 1901 for £5000

Anderson Strathern has paid tribute to Investors in People (IIP), the former government-owned body now run as a not-for-profit, as the firm marks twenty years as an Investors in People-accredited organisation. The firm was the first in the Scottish legal sector to gain Gold for both IIP (2011) and Y

Edinburgh Law School's Professor Drew Scott has been awarded the UACES Lifetime Achievement Award. The University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES) presented its 2018 Lifetime Achievement award to Professor Scott earlier this month, commending "the quality and versatility of [his

A memorial service will be held on Saturday 13 October 2018, at 11am, in the Canongate Kirk, 153 Canongate, Edinburgh, to honour the life and work of Professor Joe Thomson, who passed away earlier this year. All are welcome to attend. Professor Thomson, formerly a Scottish law commissioner, Regius P

A question about whether the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union (EU) can be revoked should be answered by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the Inner House of the Court of Session has ruled. A judicial review raised by members of the Scot

A system aimed at rehabilitating domestic abusers is to be introduced in Dundee and Perth and Kinross, The Courier reports. The Caledonian System is a specialist court-mandated programme working with male perpetrators, which also aims to improve the lives of the women and children affected by domest

Colin Hamilton, a partner at Gillespie Macandrew, has become a solicitor advocate able to represent both individuals and companies in the higher courts. He joins partner John Stirling in giving the firm’s clients access to solicitor advocate services.

Via Jack Kerr, a senior solicitor at Morton Fraser: Together with seven intrepid colleagues and an excitable cockapoo, I (just about) made it through the Edinburgh Kiltwalk yesterday, trudging 24 miles to raise funds for the amazing work done by SAMH [Scottish Association for Mental Health]. If any

The UK government has said claims that its Agriculture Bill is an attempt at a 'power grab' are "false and misleading" and that agriculture will "remain devolved" to Scotland. The government is not seeking consent from the Scottish Parliament on the bill because it is not legislating in areas of dev

After a busy summer, the SYLA is back with a series “So you want to be...” events as well as an interprofessional networking evening in September. You can check out SYLA’s full calendar of events here. So you want to be a judge? - Wednesday 19 September 2018, Atria One, Edinbu

Dentons has announced that it is one of the first law firms to partner with Women Returners Scotland, which aims to help qualified lawyers to re-enter the legal profession after an extended period away.  Women Returners Scotland is supported by the Scottish government with funding from the

The Scotsman has published a full obituary of sports lawyer Alan Grosset. "[He]... was a highly regarded and successful ­Edinburgh solicitor who ­combined a lifelong love of sport with the application of his professional acumen to become an acknowledged leader in the field of sports law.

The Scottish Law Commission recently welcomed its new legal assistants, Katie, Alison, Maryia, and Paul.

Last year, the Faculty of Advocates wowed Edinburgh with an outstanding inaugural conference on arbitration, and now a Glasgow audience is to be given a full update on this increasingly popular form of dispute resolution. The Arbitration in Scotland Conference 2018 will be held in the Hilton Glasgow

On 25th August, Clan Childlaw co-founder Alison Reid along with colleagues Lucy Frazer, Jill Sutherland and Rachel Farrier, took part in the Great Scottish Swim in Loch Lomond, each swimming a mile in choppy waters. The team were cheered on by family and friends, including Clan Childlaw co-founder,

Lawyers exasperated with much-vaunted legislation's inability to resolve gaps in the Land Register and its rules on rejections have established a new group to address the issue as "no one seems to be listening" – amid a warning that completion of the cadastral map will "never happen" as the la