Search: Scottish syndicate purchased land 1901 for £5000

John Scott QC A new code of practice for stop and search and the use of the practice when children are thought to be carrying alcohol is being looked at in two new consultations.

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John Swinney Legislation to give the Scottish Fiscal Commission a permanent basis in statute and ensure its independence has been passed by the Scottish Parliament today.

Michael Matheson The Scottish government has agreed to make legal aid available for the families involved in the 2014 Glasgow bin lorry tragedy.

The Law Society of Scotland has criticised the Scottish government’s widely ridiculed Lobbying (Scotland) Bill, pointing out it fails to even include emails in the list of communications between companies and politicians that would need to be declared in a proposed lobbying register. The proposals

Joe FitzPatrick The Scottish government has been lambasted over a change to lobbying legislation which would create a loophole allowing dozens of organisations to avoid reporting lobbying activity.

Neil Collar The Scottish government’s ongoing consultation on the future of planning in Scotland presents a “golden opportunity” for the private and public sectors to work in partnership to tackle the shortage of new homes, a housebuilding conference hosted by Brodies LLP heard.

The Scottish Civil Justice Council (SCJC) has published its second newsletter update. At its meeting last week the council agreed to consider draft rules by correspondence in thePostal Administration Rules (Scotland) 2016 with a view that they be submitted to the Court of Session for consideration b

John Swinney The Scottish government has recommended that the Scottish Parliament consents to the Scotland Bill.

A request from the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) for £4 million to fund facial recognition technology at stadiums has been rejected by the Scottish government. The SPFL had pursued the idea as a way of tackling sectarian singing and the use of smoke and flares.

Roseanna Cunningham The Scottish government has pledged to improve workplace maternity rights ahead of a report from theEquality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) later in the spring.

David Johnston QC Negative prescription establishes a time-limit within which a person who is aggrieved must raise his or her claim in court. If the time-limit is missed, the ability to pursue the claim is lost.

Dr Simone Lamont-Black Dr Simone Lamont-Black, founder of theEdinburgh Vis Moot Project and lecturer in international trade law at the University of Edinburgh, has welcomed the continued support and sponsorship from the Scottish Arbitration Centre for the law school’s Vis Pre-Moot, to be held on 2

Alex Neil The Scottish government will not enforce a law meant to prevent UK charities from speaking out about controversial policies.

The latest BDO FraudTrack report shows that the total value of reported fraud in Scotland during 2015 rose 80.9 per cent per cent to £18.164 million from £10.038m in 2014. Across the whole of the UK the latest FraudTrack report, which examines all cases of reported fraud cases over £50,000, found