Search: Scottish syndicate purchased land 1901 for £5000

Helen Moore Housing associations in Scotland could be subject to freedom of information (FOI) laws from April 2019, subject to a parliamentary vote, it has been announced.

Two names in the sheriff officer profession have joined forces in a new venture; Fraser Irvine Sheriff Officers. The firm is a collaboration between Alex Irvine (pictured right) and Andrew Fraser (pictured below).

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Stephen McGowan Stephen McGowan, partner and head of licensing (Scotland) at TLT, has received a specialist accreditation from the Law Society of Scotland in liquor licensing law in recognition of his extensive and wide-reaching skills and experience in this area.

Pictured: Ethel and former Law Society president Richard Henderson in 2009 when she was awarded honorary membership of the Law Society The Law Society of Scotland has paid tribute to Ethel Houston OBE, one of the first women to become a partner of a Scottish law firm, who died last week aged 93.

Pictured: Olivia Laird, Morgan Forbes, Roman Burke, Anique Burke, Zosia Kuczok and Finlay McConnachie

Pictured (L-R): Jo Nisbet, Martin Darroch (both Harper Macleod), Jim Duffy, Al Walker and Sharon Mars (all Moonshot).

New figures have shown that despite a record number of solicitors in the year 2016/17, there were only 23 more complaints against the legal profession, representing less than one per cent of solicitor transactions. The number of Scottish solicitors holding a practising certificate during 2016/17 was

Shona Smans Land and property search organisation Millar & Bryce has appointed a new business development manager.

The rules governing the reporting and investigation of sexual harassment complaints against MSPs are to be reviewed by Holyrood’s Standards Committee.Announcing the inquiry’s remit, new committee convener Clare Haughey said there needs to be confidence in Holyrood’s code of conduct and complai

Tim Taylor Tim Taylor, a second year trainee solicitor at Hastings Legal, explains why widening your network can benefit your career and why he set up Scottish Borders Young Professionals (SBYP).

Pictured (L-R): Susie Shaw, Shaun Brookes, Devon Slovensky and Scarlet Smith

Shoosmiths LLP is continuing to develop its presence in Scotland with a new lateral hire appointed to its Edinburgh office. Derek Couper joins Access Legal Solicitors, the private client arm of Shoosmiths LLP, as a solicitor. Previously a solicitor with Plexus Law in Edinburgh, Mr Couper has been ap

The much-anticipated judgment from the Supreme Court in Gordon's Tr's V CRBP was handed down yesterday, having been heard on 19 July 2017. Karen Cornwell analyses the case for SLN readers. By way of background, the appellants are trustees. The trust owns farmland which was acquired for development p

The Scotch Whisky Association’s appeal against the legality of Scotland’s minimum pricing regime has been unanimously dismissed by justices in the Supreme Court who found its enabling legislation does not breach EU law and that it is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim. T