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A tenant who challenged a sheriff’s decision that he was liable to pay his former landlord two months’ unpaid rent has had his appeal dismissed. The Sheriff Appeal Court upheld the sheriff’s ruling that the landlord’s breach of certain statutory obligations did not render the lease agreement

Kevin Stewart New legislation to simplify and improve the planning system has been set out by local government minister Kevin Stewart.

Ameeta Panesar The Scotland real estate team at DAC Beachcroft has advised Liberty Retirement Living (Chapelton) Limited on the acquisition of a site in Aberdeenshire, which closed at the beginning of September.

John Mulholland Falkirk solicitor John Mulholland has been confirmed as the Law Society of Scotland’s next vice president today.

MSPs on Holyrood’s Justice Committee have unanimously backed the proposed law which changes the costs for people bringing a civil claim to court in Scotland. The Civil Litigation Bill aims to improve access to civil justice through a range of measures. It includes regulating ‘no win, no fee’ a

Pictured (L-R): Vanessa Kennedy, Yvonne McAllan and Steven Jansch

Yann Robin Yann Robin looks at employee compensation for inventions of outstanding benefit to employers in the UK's patent regime.

The UK government has announced new measures to tackle the sale of "unsafe" laser pointers, including strengthening safeguards to stop high-powered lasers entering the country. In a response to a call for evidence launched last year following a recent increase in the number of incidents involving la

Andrew Foyle Andrew Foyle, partner and solicitor advocate at Shoosmiths, reflects on the simple procedure rules introduced over a year ago.

Alan McIntosh Alan McIntosh offers his thoughts on the BBC's controversial programme on bankruptcy.

Scottish Legal News welcomes today's editorial in The Herald, which we reproduce in full below. The alarm bells have been ringing in Scotland’s legal aid service for years now, but it looks like we may finally have reached breaking point.

Beverley Addison

Paul Chapman Intellectual property practice Marks & Clerk filed the highest number of Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications between January 2014 and December 2016 according to data published by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).

Macdonald Henderson has advised Old College Capital, University of Edinburgh’s investment arm, in its investment alongside Scottish Investment Bank, Equity Gap and high-net-worth individuals, in a £1.6 million funding round in Shot Scope Technologies, maker of a performance-tracking watch for gol

A former partner in a property letting department of a firm of chartered surveyors who was interdicted from soliciting business from any company clients with which he had dealings after he set up a rival agency has successfully appealed against a decision that he was in breach of the court’s order