Search: Scottish syndicate purchased land 1901 for £5000

Thorntons has appointed Chris Phillips as a partner and a member of the employment law team in Edinburgh. Mr Phillips first became partner at Mackay Simon in 2000 and has more than 23 years’ experience in the law.

Alan McIntosh warns against the reintroduction of a "a Dickensian-style system of debt recovery". There have been calls of late for the Scottish government to reintroduce warrant sale-style procedures; these seem now to have found a sympathetic ear. The Accountant in Bankruptcy (AIB), a governm

A housing association tenant whose application to purchase her home under “right to buy” legislation was refused has had her appeal against the decision dismissed. The Inner House of the Court of Session upheld a ruling of the Lands Tribunal for Scotland to the effect that the application was �

Heather Tierney To protect the public, it should be taboo for dog owners not to have third party liability insurance, writes Heather Tierney.

Mike Dailly Solicitor advocate Mike Dailly calls on lawyers to stop acting for SLPs that ignore transparency rules.

The Eurodevils with Charles Mullin of the ELA (back row left), and Ximena Vengoechea (back row right).

Michael Stoneham Michael Stoneham details his hopes for Scotland's new national investment bank.

Gill Grassie IP experts Robert Buchan and Gill Grassie (pictured) of Brodies LLP look at how Brexit has led to uncertainty about UK lawyers' future in the planned Unified Patent Court in this year's Scottish Legal News Annual Review.

Holyrood’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee has unanimously backed the general principles of the Historical Sexual Offences (Pardons and Disregards) Bill. The bill pardons men convicted of same-sex sexual activity that no longer constitutes a crime, and offers to ‘disregard’ their crimina

Mary Barbour

Judith Robertson The Scottish Human Rights Commission has welcomed the Scottish government’s response to today’s report by the Independent Advisory Group on the Use of Biometric Data.

John Scott