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The first judgement issued by the Upper Tribunal for Scotland, which clarifies the definition of "homeowner" has been published. A new structure for tribunals in Scotland came into effect on 1 December 2016 with the launch of the Housing and Property Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland a

Sheriff Principal Mhairi Stephen QC The Sheriff Appeal Court is to sit in Glasgow for the first time on Tuesday 15 and Wednesday 16 August 2017.

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Catriona Reid As part of the UK government’s international commitment to improving transparency over who actually owns and controls UK companies, from 24 July 2017 this requirement has extended to eligible Scottish partnerships under the Scottish Partnerships (Register of People with Significant C

Gillian Craig looks at the risk attaching to ownership in an imperfect registration system. It’s not often that the Daily Mail reports on boundary issues in Edinburgh but the plight of homeowners, some of whom are on limited incomes, being landed with a £600,000 bill (or £6,000 eac

Appellant bulk importers have had their interlocutory appeal in a criminal case unanimously dismissed by justices in the Supreme Court who have ruled grey market goods are caught by the criminal offence in s.92(1) Trade Marks Act 1994. This is an interlocutory appeal in a criminal case in which the

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Robert Holland A ruling that people providing team foster care are classed as council employees is "a significant decision reflecting the valuable service that foster carers deliver", according to a Scots lawyer involved in the case.

Lord Cullen An oil industry resource aiming to pull together decades of knowledge in an attempt to avoid another Piper Alpha disaster has been welcomed by Lord Cullen, the judge who conducted the inquiry into the tragedy.

Law Society of Scotland charity the Lawscot Foundation is to provide support for eight young people from less advantaged backgrounds who are starting Scots law degrees this autumn. The eight school pupils, who have all had offers to study law at university, are the first to be offered financial and

Hefty fines are a small price to pay for data protection that will benefit business and consumers, writes Graham Millar. Businesses that do not deal in data are a rare and dying breed.

Nicola Irvine Tackling the poor legal aid rates is a priority for the new Dean of the Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow.

Hamish Lean Hamish Lean details a case in which it was held that the Scottish ministers' rule formalism regarding a subsidy scheme was unjustified.

Twice as many barristers were disbarred last year compared to the previous year, the bar’s regulator has reported.In 2016-17, 19 barristers were sent packing, compared to seven in the year before, the Bar Standards Board’s (BSB) annual report states. However, the number of suspensions declined f