Search: Scottish syndicate purchased land 1901 for £5000

Members of the Faculty of Advocates and staff have raised £301 at a book sale in aid of the Scottish Book Trust. The sale was organised by Jane Condie, of the Advocates Library, as part of Book Week Scotland. Scores of paperbacks and hardbacks were donated, and found their way to new owners fo

DWF Scotland's head of general insurance Andrew Lothian has been appointed as the Scottish regional representative of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL), succeeding Elena Fry, partner at Brodies LLP. FOIL provides a forum for the exchange of information between lawyers acting for insurance c

A woman who emerged from the settlements of one of Africa’s largest cities to help in the fight to rewrite her country’s constitution has been named the first winner of the Scottish Bar International Human Rights Award. Salome Nduta, 47, from Nairobi, Kenya, “stood out from the cro

Harper Macleod has announced it is extending its support for Scottish EDGE, the funding competition for entrepreneurs which will hold its latest final this week, for another year. Harper Macleod has also become the first organisation outwith past EDGE winners to sign the EDGE Pledge – a commit

Scotland’s most senior lawyers were treated to an impressive display of future advocacy talent as pupils aged 15 to 18 competed in the Scottish heat of the National Mock Trials Competition, which took place Saturday 1st December at the High Court in Glasgow. This year’s event was won by

Judgment in the Scottish Brexit bill case will be handed down by the Supreme Court on Thursday 13 December 2018. On 17 April 2018, the UK government's law officers, the Attorney General and the Advocate General for Scotland, referred EU exit legislation passed in the Scottish Parliament (the UK

Two new members have been appointed to fill vacant positions on the Scottish Sentencing Council. Susan Fallone has been appointed as a judicial member, replacing Gillian Thomson. Ms Fallone has been a Justice of the Peace in Edinburgh since 2013. She currently works as a civil litigation solici

Lady Paton has been appointed as chair of the Scottish Law Commission, Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf has announced. The appointment will be for five years and will run from 1st January 2019 to 31st December 2023.

There needs to be a "fundamental change in approach to the funding of legal aid", solicitors in Glasgow have said in an open letter to the Scottish government.

The Scottish government has admitted it failed to follow the correct procedures in an investigation into Alex Salmond over allegations of sexual harassment and has had its findings struck down by Lord Pentland in the Court of Session. The former first minister crowdfunded £100,000 for his case

Scottish Legal News attracted 614 new readers last year, finishing 2018 with 12,212 subscribers. Twitter followers increased by around the same number to finish the year at 9,310. But the largest increase came in traffic to our new mobile-friendly website with monthly individual user figures up by a

Legislation to support the establishment and capitalisation of the Scottish National Investment Bank has been published by the Scottish Parliament. The bill grants the necessary powers to set up the bank which will provide financing for businesses through their whole life cycle and for important inf

A private healthcare provider which sued a Scottish health board claiming it was “contractually obliged” to pay for a mental health patient’s continuing care at a hospital in England has had its case dismissed. A judge in the Court of Session upheld an argument by Hi

The Commons' Scottish Affairs Committee has recommended that UK trade deals should be contingent on the close involvement of the Scottish government, to ensure that trade agreements work for the whole of the UK. In a new report, it outlines mechanisms for involving the devolved administrations in tr

Patent applications originating from Scotland continue to grow, according to the latest data released by the European Patent Office (EPO). New figures show that Scottish businesses and inventors filed 299 applications last year – representing a rise of almost seven per cent on the previous yea