Search: Scottish syndicate purchased land 1901 for £5000

Police Scotland has claimed that four out of every five domestic abuse charges have led to a conviction, amid reports that convictions are being pursued to meet targets. Assistant chief constable Bernie Higgins told Holyrood’s Justice Committee that of the 34,000 charges brought in the past year,

Lord Neuberger The UK’s highest court should sit in Edinburgh as well as Cardiff and Belfast, the President of the Supreme Court has said as he announced his retirement.

Lord Bonomy Lord Bonomy has recommended a code of practice for the conduct of fox hunting as well as the consideration of vicarious liability for offences as his review on the operation of the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002 submits its findings to the Scottish government today.

R (on the application of Miller & Dos Santos) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union 5 – 8 December 2016

Roseanna Cunningham The Scottish government has not ruled out legislation to protect mountain hares but any changes in law must be evidence based, Land Reform Secretary Roseanna Cunningham MSP said.

David Hay

The Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland published its annual report for 2015-16 today. The report highlights the work of the commission over the past year to "protect and promote the human rights of people with mental illness, learning disabilities, dementia and related conditions."

Professor Tom McMillan Offenders taken in by police are to be checked for brain injuries over evidence relating head knocks to criminality.

Douglas Mill A fairly profound development crept under the radar screens of the profession recently.

In a significant milestone in Scotland’s land reform journey, five land commissioners and the Tenant Farming Commissioner have been selected for the first Scottish Land Commission. The appointments, which are subject to Parliamentary approval, are as follows:

Thomson Legal has published its annual Scotland Market Overview & Salary Survey 2016/ 2017. The legal recruitment specialist found that NQ lawyers in Scotland were seeing top-end salaries of up to £38,000 within the larger commercial law firms this year. Junior partners at Scottish firms can ac

Sir Declan Morgan Northern Ireland’s Lord Chief Justice Sir Declan Morgan received a warm welcome in Scotland last night when he delivered the biennial Jean Clark lecture at the University of Dundee and reflected on the role of the judiciary in a modern democracy.

Douglas Milne

Ahead of yesterday's Scottish Parliament debate on eradicating hate crime and prejudice, the Law Society of Scotland said that legislation on hate crime offences and offences aggravated by prejudice should be consolidated. Michael Clancy, director of law reform at the Law Society of Scotland, said:

The Faculty of Advocates has underscored its “enthusiastic support” for proposed legislation on third party rights in contract. Earlier this year, the Scottish Law Commission published a discussion paper on third party rights and the Faculty backed the proposals.