Search: Scottish syndicate purchased land 1901 for £5000

David Kaye David Kaye, a partner at Harper Macleod, has become the first lawyer in Scotland to be awarded the Qualified Franchise Professional (QFP) accreditation by the British Franchise Association (bfa).

Professor Fergus McNeill Experts have warned of “mass supervision” by the justice system following news the number of Scottish offenders serving community sentences has increased sevenfold while the prison population remains stable, The Herald reports.

A ferry operator that sued the Scottish Government after it unsuccessfully bid for a contract to provide services between the Northern Isles and mainland Scotland has failed in a £12 million damages action. A judge in the Court of Session dismissed the claim by Shetland Line (1984) Limited because

Mark Harris Awarding-winning paralegal Mark Harris will be among the experts addressing next week’s Scottish Paralegal Association Conference.

Lady Dorrian A packed First Division courtroom witnessed Scottish legal history, with the installation of Lady Dorrian as Lord Justice Clerk. She is the first woman to hold either of the two senior judicial titles in Scotland.

A seafood company has called for Scottish smoked salmon to be awarded protected status. Associated Seafoods said foreign producers, including in the US and France, had “misappropriated” the label for smoked salmon and wants to see it granted protected geographical indication (PGI) status.

Brian Inkster Brian Inkster discusses the implications of Holyrood's new make-up for crofting law, asking whether it is time crofting had a dedicated voice in the Parliament.

Five members have been appointed to the Scottish Civil Justice Council and will take up three-year posts on 28 May. The new members are:

David Gourlay MacRoberts has won a tender to work with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) in respect of a procurement matter under the Central Government Legal Services Framework.

Ahead of next week's Brexit referendum, Scottish lawyers have voted overwhelmingly in favour of Britain remaining in the EU. Of the 528 respondents in a poll conducted by Scottish Legal News, the daily news service for Scotland's lawyers, 78 per cent voted in favour of Remain and only 22 per cent in

Maggie Moodie Morton Fraser has been appointed as sole external legal advisers under the Scottish Government Framework 2015, providing litigation services to various Scottish government directorates and agencies and to the Office of the Advocate General.

The International Bar Association’s access to justice and legal aid committee is seeking responses from Scottish practitioners involved in child and family law in respect of its international survey on access to justice for children. The committee is working with the Bingham Centre for the Rule of

David Smith The latest annual legal benchmarking review from Henderson Loggie, in conjunction with the firm’s UK accountancy association MHA, points to encouraging signs of growth for a second year, most notably through an upturn in the property and construction sector.

Michael E. Lamb A member of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry panel has resigned, claiming the Scottish government has “doomed” the inquiry before the first witness has been heard by repeatedly threatening its independence.

Paul Geoghegan Morton Fraser has been appointed as an approved legal adviser to member clubs of Scottish Gymnastics, the national governing body for the sport of gymnastics in Scotland.