Search: Scottish syndicate purchased land 1901 for £5000

Lord Gill Today the Scottish Civil Justice Council (SCJC) published its Annual Report for 2014/15 and Annual Programme for 2015/16.

Professor Alan Miller The Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has achieved the top grade of accreditation, for the second time, from the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions.

The Scottish Government has published plans to make people in Scotland "safer, secure and cyber aware". A Cyber Resilience Strategy for Scotland: Safe, Secure and Prosperous Online sets out the government's approach to online security and seeks to gather views on "what we can all do to become more i

Deputy first minister John Swinney MSP The Scottish Government has thrown its weight behind calls for more powers to be included in the new devolution legislation working its way through Parliament.

Scottish Water has reappointed CMS Cameron McKenna and DLA Piper to their commercial legal team following a public procurement exercise. The publicly-owned water company has also appointed BLM and Anderson Strathern for litigation advice, and Lindsays and Anderson Strathern for conveyancing.

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Some of the Scottish Law Commission's proposed reforms to succession have been introduced to the Parliament in a Scottish government bill. The Succession (Scotland) Bill would see a spouse or civil partner who is named as beneficiary or appointed executor in a will treated as having predeceased the

Kath Murray Police stop and search figures are dropping in Scotland but the practice remains far more common than it is south of the border, research shows.

Scottish landowners will have to accept "the public responsibilities that come with that ownership" following the introduction of new land reform legislation. Land reform minister Aileen McLeod (pictured) pledged to end "the stop start nature of historic land reform" as she published new draft legis

Social Justice Secretary Alex Neil The UK government should call a halt in its attempts to repeal the Human Rights Act and introduce a British Bill of Rights and Responsibilities, Social Justice Secretary Alex Neil has "demanded".

Justice Secretary Michael Matheson MSP The Scottish government is set to open a formal consultation on plans to extend an existing presumption against jail sentences of less than three months.

A website for the Scottish Sentencing Council (SSC) has been launched, providing background information on the new body ahead of its establishment in October. Visitors will be able to keep up to date with plans for the SSC's creation through its dedicated website, www.scottishsentencingcouncil.org.u

Richard Lochhead The Scottish government is to consult on the use of electric shock dog collars which could result in stricter controls or an “outright ban”.