Search: Scottish syndicate purchased land 1901 for £5000

A campaign has been launched that aims to gain official recognition for the Scots language. Oor Vyce brings together political campaigners, academics and others to pass a law similar to the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005.

Arnot Manderson Advocates has welcomed Kenny Cloggie, Andrew Crosbie and Charles Oliver to the stable. Mr Cloggie calls to the bar having previously qualified as a solicitor-advocate. He holds qualifications in forensic medicine and advanced advocacy (National Institute for Trial Advocacy). He was a

Jon Kiddie has joined Terra Firma Chambers, having being admitted to the bar on Friday. Prior to calling, Mr Kiddie spent almost two decades in private practice, latterly as a solicitor advocate. He was head of civil litigation at Legal Services Agency in Glasgow, and principal solicitor a

Against a backdrop of challenges for criminal law practitioners, Sophie Russell of MTM Defence Lawyers considers the skills set that young lawyers need to develop as firms adapt to the changing nature of criminal law. Many of you may recall the careers fair at university, where a number of larger le

Gilson Gray has announced seven new promotions, including one legal director, four associates, and two senior solicitors.

HMP Barlinnie is “no longer fit for purpose”, according to prison inspectors. HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland found that the prison's holding cells, “first condemned 25 years ago”, are still in use and that they may fall foul of human rights law.

The Housing and Property Chamber has extended its postponement of case management discussions (CMDs) and scheduled hearings until July 9 at the earliest. A date of May 28 was originally set back in March as part of the measures required to manage the COVID-19 outbreak.

Two tenants of properties in a housing development in Motherwell have failed to establish that a civil engineering firm breached a duty of care owed to them in respect of injuries they sustained whilst living on the site. Angela and Robert McManus alleged that they had suffered personal injury

High Court jury trials are to restart in July, the Lord Justice Clerk, Lady Dorrian has announced. Lady Dorrian is leading a working group with representatives from across the justice sector on recommencing jury trials during the lockdown.

Though he studied law at university, Patrick McGuire never really wanted to be a lawyer. Politics was his first love and, while he had enjoyed the intellectual rigour of his studies, he had imagined himself entering the political rather than the legal sphere. Joining personal injury specialist Thomp

The head of the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service has told Holyrood's Justice Committee that judge-only trials were “not completely off the table”. The Scottish government's original proposals along these lines were met with a furious backlash. Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf thereaft

An oilfield tool manufacturing company has succeeded in its petition to restore its former licensees to the register of companies so that they could be the defendants in an action before the federal court of Texas in which they were the plaintiff. MCR Oil Tools LLC alleged that members of the&n

If anything positive can be taken from the coronavirus pandemic it is that, almost overnight, accommodation was found for large numbers of Scotland’s street-homeless population. As soon as the lockdown was announced charities and local authorities mobilised, hotel rooms were acquired and rough

Capturing the zeitgeist, FLAGS (Family Law Arbitration Group Scotland) has arranged training by Zoom tomorrow on conducting arbitration remotely. This will coincide with the FLAGS AGM, at which five new FLAGS-trained arbitrators will be welcomed. The training will be led by three arbitrators from En

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has been successful in defending a ‘leave to appeal’ case in the Inner House of the Court of Session. The complainer sought leave to appeal against the SLCC’s decision that his complaint was time-barred and ineligible for investigatio