Search: Scottish syndicate purchased land 1901 for £5000

Souter Investments has sold search company First Scottish to US firm Eli Global for an undisclosed sum, it announced yesterday. First Scottish produces searches and reports for solicitors, local authorities, financial institutions and others.

It is ironic that as the Scottish government make plans to introduce a new benefit to alleviate funeral poverty, one of its agencies, the Accountant in Bankruptcy (AIB), has been cashing in on life insurance policies of people that have passed away, writes Alan McIntosh. This has led to bereaved fam

The latest edition of the Scottish Civil Justice Council’s newsletter is now available. Issue 17 includes information on the council's ongoing work, committee activity, and research on the Simple Procedure.

Four Scottish law schools have ranked in the top 10 in this year's Times Good University Guide. This year saw Cambridge University take pole position, followed by Oxford and London's UCL and LSE in third and fourth respectively.

After demonstrating their experience and understanding of professional regulation, three solicitors in Scotland have been accredited with the Regulation of Professional Conduct Law specialism. The award which was developed and launched in early 2018, highlights the specialist knowledge involved in t

The number of tenancy deposit cases now being heard by the Scottish First-tier Tribunal indicate a similar specialist court in England would have to deal with up to 1,200 deposit protection cases each year, according to the chair of the Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS). Last month the UK Government laun

A Scottish local authority which entered into missives for the sale of land to a property developer and subsequently granted planning permission for the redevelopment of the site was not entitled to rescind the contract on the basis that the appropriate fee had not been paid when the planning applic

The Scottish government had no intention to reverse cuts to the legal aid budget made in 2011, contrary to claims made by the Edinburgh Bar Association (EBA) that these savings were meant to be temporary, Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf stated as he announced an impending consultation with the profes

Four Scottish law schools have made the top 10 in this year's Complete University Guide. Glasgow University fell a place to third this year, trailing Cambridge and University College London, and was followed by Oxford in fourth.

Three Scottish law firms have become record-breaking fundraisers for an annual will-writing campaign. McClure Solicitors, which has branches in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverclyde; Rollos Law in Fife and Miller Hendry in Dundee, Perth and Crieff, raised a total of £47,634 between them

A senior Scottish police officer has called for an overhaul of the UK's drugs regime. Steve Johnson, an assistant chief constable, said the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 was a relic “ripe for reform” as he backed the use of safe injecting rooms, The Times reports.

The Scottish government has said legal aid is functioning well and that "any suggestion to the contrary is untrue" amid a warning that the tide of lawyers leaving the profession makes its collapse imminent. Robert More, of More and Co, said responsibility for the collapse of the system will fal

The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission has again referred the case of the late Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi to the High Court of Justiciary for determination on the basis, among other things, that Mr Megrahi may have been denied a fair trial given the Crown’s failure to disclos

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, UKELA Scotland had begun preparing for its annual conference. At present it is still hoped that the conference will be able to proceed, and topics and speakers have been identified. The proposed date for the conference is Thursday 24th September 2020.

A new piece of legislation opens up a range of new funding options to clients looking to raise (or defend) actions in Scotland in the form of the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018. Over the course of the last decade, the law has been updated to provide parties wit