Search: Scottish syndicate purchased land 1901 for £5000

The Law Society of Scotland has paid tribute to past president, Michael Scanlan, who passed away yesterday. Mr Scanlan served as president of the Law Society between 1999 and 2000 and chaired many of the Society’s committees, including the remuneration, insurance and education & training commi

Neil Stevenson The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission(SLCC) has been invited to give evidence to the Northern Ireland Assembly’s Committee for Finance and Personnel today.

DWF has trained 50 colleagues in the Edinburgh and Glasgow offices to administer CPR to support "Save a Life for Scotland" and to help raise awareness of the importance of bystander CPR.

David Hossack Morton Fraser has been shortlisted for "Immigration Provider of the Year" in the 2015 Expatriate Management and Mobility Awards (EMMAs) in the EMEA region.

Holyrood's Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee has issued a call for written evidence as it prepares to scrutinise the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Bill. The objective of the bill is to replace the Short Assured Tenancy and Assured Tenancy by introducing a new single tenancy fo

The Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland Legislation that would tackle the rise of so-called "revenge porn" and modernise the law around domestic abuse has been published by the Scottish government.

John Scott QC, chair of the Advisory Group on Stop and Search A lawyer who chaired a government-appointed group tasked with drawing up reforms for stop and search has said it could take years for officers to become familiar with the new rules.

Lawyers acting for potential US presidential candidate Donald Trump's billion-dollar business conglomerate are bringing a legal challenge against Scottish government ministers to the Supreme Court today. Mr Trump is opposed to a two-year old decision to grant planning permission to an 11-turbine off

The number of people being searched by Police Scotland officers has fallen by more than three-quarters compared to last year, new figures have shown. According to the latest figures, a total of 20,916 people were searched in June-July 2015, down from 84,144 over the same period in 2014.

Neil Stevenson The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission(SLCC) has welcomed the results of a case which saw Lord Drummond Young support the SLCC's view that there must be a "realistic prospect of success" and that prompt resolution of a matter is relevant.

Laura Irvine Laura Irvine writes on the importance of complying with the Data Protection Act 1998.

Leigh Kirkpatrick, a solicitor at the Royal Bank of Scotland in Edinburgh, has won this year’s “Law Society of Scotland In-House Lawyers’ Group Rising Star Award”. The award was presented at the Law Society’s Law in Scotland Conferencereception, along with a presentation to the Scottish La

The Scottish Legal Action Group (SCOLAG) has endorsed the Scottish government’s planned removal of the three year limitation period in respect of actions for damages for personal injuries for in-care survivors of historical child abuse but believes that it should not be limited to “in-care survi

Angela Haig, leader of Henderson Loggie’s professional practices sector group The latest annual legal practices benchmarking review conducted by Scottish accountants Henderson Loggie, in conjunction with the other seven members of the MHA association of independent accountancy firms around the UK,