Search: Scottish syndicate purchased land 1901 for £5000

Calum Steele Police Scotland is using the sale of cars and extra property to help fund its activities after its capital budget was slashed.

The Law Society of Scotland is calling for solicitors and trainees from all areas of practice to become mentors as part of its expanding mentoring scheme. The legal careers mentoring scheme aims to match mentors and mentees, helping them share knowledge and expertise, give advice and gain fresh pers

Lord Carloway A Korean man found guilty of rape who claimed that he did not receive a fair trial because the interpreter at the trial “impeded” his ability to understand the proceedings has failed in an appeal against his conviction.

Petar Cvetkovic DX, an independent parcels, mail and logistics operator, has announced the acquisition of the trade and assets of Legal Post and First Post from First Scottish. The deal is worth £3.25 million, with completion expected at the end of May.

Derek Stroud Brodies LLP has expanded its corporate & commercial team with the appointment of new partner Derek Stroud, who has 25 years’ experience in corporate advisory work, M&A transactions and private equity deals. His appointment coincides with the promotion of two lawyers to partner

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Brian Inkster It was revealed last week that the Crofting Commission had removed from office the clerk to and the five members of the Mangersta Common Grazings Committee in Lewis.

Jayne Crawford, Hannah Bennett and Laura Connor, who have all trained and worked with Thompsons Solicitors for around 11 years, say they want their promotions to show young female lawyers that the glass ceiling can certainly be broken. Their promotion comes as a report by the Leadership Foundation f

Dr Nick McKerrell A law lecturer has said it was “chilling” to discover he was named on an employment blacklist, the Sunday Heraldreports.

Richard Lloyd A company that made over 2.5 million nuisance calls has been handed a £50,000 fine.

Sir Tom Hunter The Hunter Foundation has teamed up with some of the UK’s leading European scholars to produce a free ebook to answer voters’ questions before the EU referendum on 23 June.

A man detained in the state hospital after killing his wife, who subsequently raised an action for reparation against a health board over a doctor’s alleged failure to admit him to a psychiatric unit the day before he stabbed his spouse to death, has failed in a bid to recover documents he claimed

Brian Inkster Crofting Law expert, Brian Inkster, has commented on the publicity from last week surrounding a Common Grazings Committee being summarily removed from office by the Crofting Commission.

Prosecutors have failed in an appeal against a judge’s decision to order the disclosure of recordings of interviews of two complainers in a sex abuse case after appeal judges ruled that such label productions are subject to the control of the court, not the Crown. The Criminal Appeal Court held it

Mike Dailly Solicitor advocate Mike Dailly has slammed the UK government's proposed increase of more than 500 per cent in asylum and immigration tribunal fees, saying that "Securing a fair and just outcome should never depend upon your bank balance."