Search: Scots syndicate 1901 bought land in Glasgow for £5000

Michael Matheson The interests of Scotland’s unique justice system must be protected as part of the UK’s negotiations with the EU, according to Justice Secretary Michael Matheson.

Glen Gilson Gilson Gray has secured the “Best M&A Law Firm – Scotland” at the Acquisitions International M & A awards 2016.

Gordon MacRae Humanist Society Scotland (HSS) has called on the Scottish government to show “moral leadership” by repealing Scotland’s blasphemy law. The call comes in response to a new international report on discrimination and persecution against the non-religious by the International Humani

Tickets for a superb evening of food and dance in aid of charities fighting slavery and trafficking are going fast – the deadline for booking your place at the Tumbling Lassie Ball is this Sunday, 15 January! The Ball, preceded by a free seminar, will return for its second year on Saturday 28 Janu

Fiona Hyslop The Scottish government has no plans to introduce statutory measures – equivalent to section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 – to incentivise members of the press in Scotland to sign up to a state approved regulator, Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop has confirmed.

Annabelle Ewing A bill to reform contract law on third party rights has been introduced to Parliament.

A divorced wife who took almost all of the available cash when her marriage ended 15 years ago has won an order mandating that her husband must support her for life because she has spent all the money. Maria Mills, 51, won £230,000 in addition to £1,100 in monthly maintenance payments after she sp

Gillian Craig Contractual third party rights, one of Scotland’s most antiquated and inflexible laws is about to get the 21st century treatment as a new bill was introduced last week in the Scottish Parliament, writes Gillian Craig.

Shepherd & Wedderburn’s commercial litigation team has secured a favourable ruling for their clients in The Trustees of the Johnston Press Pension Plan and others v. Sedgwick Noble Lowndes Limited and Mercer CSOH 21, a decision that confirms the common-sense approach applied by the Scottish co

The widow of a scuba diving enthusiast who was killed in an accident will not be able to pursue her claim for damages against the owners and operators of a vessel from which her late husband fell and drowned, but appeal judges ruled that she will be able to sue as guardian to their young child. The

Andrew Mackenzie Andrew Mackenzie, chief executive of the Scottish Arbitration Centre (pictured), has been appointed co-vice chair for the International Bar Association Access to Justice and Legal Aid Committee.

James Kelly An attempt to have controversial laws meant to curb sectarian behaviour at football matches repealed will go ahead at the Scottish Parliament before the end of the season, the MSP leading the campaign has pledged.

Cat Maclean In this year's SLN Annual Review, MBM Commercial’s Cat Maclean (pictured), who secured victory for her client, Mr Carlyle, at the Supreme Court in a bank dispute case in 2015, looks at the state of third party litigation funding in Scotland – without which her client could not have h

Pictured (left to right, top to bottom): Emma Carmichael, Leigh Herd, Patricia Hawthorn, Yvonne Brady and Gillian Carty Women are leading the way at UK firm Shepherd and Wedderburn, the firm said ahead of International Women's Day tomorrow.

A 40-year-old case on the effect of arrestment of a company’s property following the appointment of a receiver was “wrongly decided”, a five-judge bench has ruled. The Inner House of the Court of Session held that the court in the 1977 case Lord Advocate v Royal Bank of Scotland, which ruled t