Search: Scottish syndicate purchased land 1901 for £5000

Compass Chambers has welcomed Gavin Anderson KC back to practice after serving as a full-time advocate depute in the Crown Office since 2021. As a member of the principal Crown counsel team, Mr Anderson was lead Crown counsel for the Scottish Fatalities Investigation Unit and the Health and Safety I

Under-18s are no longer being detained in young offenders' institutions anywhere in Scotland. The remaining children previously detained in YOI Polmont have been moved into secure care settings, and no regulations which came into force last week provide for no new admissions of children under 18 to

A former Dundee solicitor has been ordered to pay a woman £4,000 in compensation after being struck off earlier this year. Alan Baillie, 66, was ordered to pay Lorraine Ludman in the wake of a case over a land ownership dispute in Argyll.

Dundee lawyer Alain Baillie, 66, has been struck from the roll after his second misconduct case in a decade. Mr Baillie had a conflict of interest while acting in a land ownership dispute in Argyll.

Terra Firma Chambers has announced that William Frain-Bell has been appointed King’s Counsel by His Majesty The King on the recommendation of First Minister John Swinney. Bill called to the bar in Scotland in 1999 before calling to the English bar in 2000. He has acted as counsel in a broad ra

Independent advisers will be able to launch investigations into alleged breaches of the Ministerial Code under new powers being given to them by First Minister John Swinney. Currently, investigations can only begin following a referral from the first minister. But the Scottish Ministerial Code will

Sarah Cooper outlines changes that landlords and tenants should expect in the Housing (Scotland) Bill. It has been a busy year on the housing front in Scotland. In early Spring, we saw the temporary measures protecting tenants from rent increases and evictions relating to the Cost-of-Living cri

A discussion on the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill featuring two academics will be held in Edinburgh later this month. The speakers at the SSC Society event will offer insights into core dilemmas in assisted suicide/euthanasia legislation, the challenges that are presented

Pictured (L-R): Govan Law Centre's Sophie McBride, Mike Dailly and Chloe Minto Aberlour Children’s Charity has joined with Govan Law Centre (GLC) to call upon MSPs to make changes to the way public debt is collected in Scotland.

A national campaign to help young people to safely navigate social media and prevent violence has been launched. ‘Quit Fighting For Likes’ aims to get young people to think about and discuss attitudes and behaviours around the filming and sharing of violent incidents.

Scottish Secretary Ian Murray welcomed Catherine Smith KC, the newly appointed advocate general for Scotland, to her post.

America's Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is looking for victims of the Lockerbie bombing ahead of the trial of a Libyan suspect in the US next year.

The Conveyancing Information Executive (CIE) has announced the membership of Millar & Bryce as an associate member. Richard Hepburn, managing director of Millar & Bryce, said: “Millar & Bryce has been a cornerstone of the Scottish property industry providing search and property rep

More than a million calls to Police Scotland’s 101 crime hotline have been ignored over the past two years, new figures show. The number is used as an alternative to 999 for the public to report crimes including antisocial behaviour, assaults and vandalism.