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Kenny Crawford The volume of residential property sales rose 4.9 per cent in the first quarter of 2016-17 (April-June) compared to the same period last year, according to official statistics published today by Registers of Scotland (RoS). A total of 25,760 properties changed hands between April and

A defence lawyer has called on a sheriff whose brother is a Labour MSP to recuse himself in a case involving former shadow chancellor Ed Balls, suggesting a conflict of interest. But Sheriff Tony Kelly declined to recuse himself after John Flanagan made a motion on the basis of a conflict of interes

Alan McIntosh Alan McIntosh of Govan Law Centre writes about the different ways PPI claims and protected trust deeds are dealt with in court.

The article 3 and 5 rights of a Kyrgyz national detained in Russia for more than a year and threatened with extradition were violated, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. The applicant, Mr U.N., is a Kyrgyzstan national who was born in 1991 and lives in Vladivostok in Russia. The case conc

After more than four centuries, a book that once belonged to Scots poet Alexander Hume has returned home to the University of St Andrews. Dating from 1548, the rare legal manuscript described by scholars as “Scotland’s first great law book” was gifted to Hume by his maternal uncle, Alexander H

CLT Scotland’s advanced offer for the next event in the Scots Law 2016Exhibition/Conference Series ends on Monday.

Lynsey Walker HBJ Gateley has appointed two of its former trainees to senior positions within the firm.

The Scottish Ministers have successfully challenged a judge’s decision to reduce a planning consent granted for the development of a new wind farm near Fort Augustus. Appeal judges in the Inner House of the Court of Session overturned a decision of the Lord Ordinary, who allowed a petition for jud

The Scottish government has issued a consultation on raising fees in the Court of Session, the High Court of Justiciary, the Sheriff Appeal Court, the Sheriff Court, the Sheriff Personal Injury Court, and the Justice of the Peace Court. Court fees are a major source of income for the Scottish Courts

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Gillian Craig The SLN Spotlight falls on MacRoberts partner Gillian Craig this week. Gillian joined MacRoberts in 2002 and has a particular interest in property litigation including lease disputes, rectification, variation of title conditions and CPO compensation claims. Clients say she “impresses

The Communication from the Commission on aid to the banking sector is valid, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled. In particular, burden-sharing by shareholders and subordinated creditors as a prerequisite for the authorisation, by the Commission, of state aid to a bank with a

Mike Dailly Govan Law Centre (GLC) has successfully defended an ordinary cause action at Glasgow Sheriff Court for an alleged consumer credit debt of £7,500.

Macdonald Henderson has acted for a shareholder consortium of St Mirren Football Club in the sale of a controlling interest in the club to property developer Gordon Scott and the St Mirren fans. Mr Scott joined forces with the St Mirren Independent Supporters Association to buy out the consortium in

Lianne Lodge There has been a substantial increase in the number of powers of attorney registered in Scotland by those below the age of retirement, according to figures obtained from the Office of the Public Guardian by Gillespie Macandrew.