Search: Scottish syndicate purchased land 1901 for £5000

A list of Scotland's 100 most powerful and influential figures sees a number of legal names make the cut. The Herald’s 2015 edition of Scotland’s Power 100 places solicitor-advocate John Scott QC at number 96; solicitor Aamer Anwar at 71; Professor Lorne Crerar, chairman of Harper Macleod at 67;

Aileen Campbell Final draft guidance to help local authorities and children’s services support children and families has been published.

Scott Blair Burger van operators in North Lanarkshire have defeated a council ban which stopped them from trading near schools.

Katie Russell (pictured right) and Caroline Shand (pictured below) have become partners atShepherd and Wedderburn, further strengthening its position in employment and in the real estate and infrastructure sector. Reflecting the firm’s continuous growth, the promotions take the firm’s number of

Richard Lochhead Legislation has been laid before the Scottish Parliament that would see dog microchips made compulsory in Scotland.

Alan Miller Human rights campaigners are calling for consistency in the interpretation of “solitary confinement” for prisons, detention centres and children's secure accommodation.

The Scottish government’s Land Reform Bill requires strengthening in key areas to deliver on its radical ambitions, according to a report by the Scottish Parliament’s Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment committee (RACCE). The committee highlighted a range of issues in its report on the

Council enforcement officers are due to fell a hedge which neighbours have been feuding over for three decades after the owner refused to cut it down herself. Residents in the village of Buchylvie, near Stirling, won their battle in June this year when government officials ordered that the excessive

Robin Mitchell Shoosmiths’ real estate team has advised long-standing client, global doughnut company, Krispy Kreme UK, on the opening of its largest UK store at Braehead, just outside Glasgow.

James Wolffe QC Advocates are to help young people to gain an insight into human rights, at an event by the Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution (SCCR).

Glen Gilson Gilson Gray LLP said it is delighted with today’s decision of the Election Court, which upheld the election of its client, Alistair Carmichael, as MP for the Orkney & Shetland constituency and opened up the prospect of significant changes to public access of high profile trials.

Alistair Carmichael Liberal Democrat Alistair Carmichael faces a legal bill of £150,000 following his victory in the Election Court which saw him defeat a bid to unseat him as MP for Orkney and Shetland.

People caught by police with small amounts of cannabis will be given warnings rather than be prosecuted, The Herald reports. The move is part of a change in how officers deal with petty crimes to free up police and prosecutors' time for more serious offending.

Drysdale Graham Aberdeen Harbour has appointed Pinsent Masons as legal adviser for its proposed Harbour Expansion Project.

Joanna Cherry QC MP Joanna Cherry QC MP reminds us that the UK has set standards for the world in safeguarding human rights and that ensuring those rights apply to everyone is not a mere inconvenience but is fundamentally necessary in a country that wishes to be governed by the rule of law.