Search: Scottish syndicate purchased land 1901 for £5000

Graham Ogilvy, managing editor of Scottish Legal News, is to give an illustrated talk in Edinburgh on the treatment of an estimated 15,000 Scots who had the misfortune to fall into the hands of the Japanese Imperial Army during World War Two.

Hundreds of Scottish construction professionals will converge on Glasgow tomorrow to call for action to address the crisis facing the industry.

Scots lawyers have called for the international law against genocide to be enforced in Gaza in an open letter to the Scottish and UK governments. Rachel Moon, partner at Govan Law Centre, explained what motivated her to draft the open letter with legal colleagues.

The UK’s new Failure to Prevent Fraud (FTP) offence came into force yesterday but many Scottish businesses remain underprepared to comply with their legal obligations, according to Dentons. Discussions with industry and informal research conducted by the firm from February through to June 2025

The Faculty of Advocates will again support the Scottish Legal Walks as a national sponsor alongside the Law Society of Scotland.

Scullion LAW’s commitment to supporting local families has been officially recognised by the Scottish Parliament, following the firm’s latest volunteering day at the Home‑Start Glasgow North and North Lanarkshire (GNNL) hub in Maryhill.

Prison reform campaigners have called for a cap on the number of prisoners in Scotland as jails grow dangerously overcrowded and under-resourced. The country’s prison population reached an average of almost 8,000 last year, an eight per cent increase since 2023.

The Inner House of the Court of Session has affirmed a decision of a commercial judge that the Scottish courts have jurisdiction to hear an action arising from an alleged breach of contract between a joint venture involved in a Scottish Water pipeline project to supply drinking water to Edinburgh an

Gilly Grant has been appointed secretary of the Scottish Council of Law Reporting, succeeding Anthony Kinahan who retires after 22 years in the role. Christine McLintock retired as chair of the council having served since 2023. She first joined the council as a trustee/director in 2017.

A fraudster who earned more than £500,000 by deceiving luxury hotels and stores into buying ‘unique’ Scottish-grown tea that was actually imported has been imprisoned for three-and-a-half years. Thomas Robinson, 55, of Dunkeld, Perthshire, also defrauded a group of genuine Scottish

More than 80 per cent of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Scotland believe the viability of their business is at risk over the next 12 months, according to new research from Aberdein Considine. The survey, carried out by Censuswide on behalf of the law firm, highlights the mounting econo

Burges Salmon has advised Blackfinch Energy on its acquisition of Muirhall Wind Farm Extension.  The site is surrounded by several other turbines and stands out for its impressive scale and production capacity.

Public inquiries are imposing an "escalating and unsustainable burden" on Police Scotland, the Scottish Police Federation (SPF) has claimed, citing a growing financial and operational crisis exacerbated by six major inquiries currently under way. In evidence submitted to Holyrood’s Finance and

The Law Society of Scotland and the Scottish Association of Law Centres have jointly written to a parliamentary committee examining civil legal aid provision in Scotland to emphasise the urgent need for an increase in legal aid fees. Both legal bodies had previously provided written and verbal evide

SPI Piling, one of Scotland’s most dynamic and innovative specialist civil engineering companies, is the headline sponsor of the Scottish Construction Summit, the inaugural event hosted by SLN's sister publication Scottish Construction Now in Glasgow on September 17. A well-respected firm with