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Ryan Macready, senior solicitor at Macdonald Henderson, discusses the intricacies of buying and selling accountancy practices. The majority of Scottish accountancy firms are owner-managed independent general practices, with a local client base. When approaching retirement age, these owner-managers w

The Justice Committee has called on the government to do more to tackle the lengthy backlog facing the court system. In a report published today, the committee warns that while innovations in the court system are welcome it will require strategic planning and long-term resourcing to address the numb

The Scottish government is currently working on new laws aimed at preventing homelessness. They aim to strengthen housing rights and prevent homelessness through earlier interventions. While Clan Childlaw welcomes the intention to prevent homelessness, we are concerned that the proposals – if

Security holders exercising a standard security should be subject to a duty to conform to reasonable standards of commercial practice, says the Faculty of Advocates. The Faculty was responding to a Scottish Law Commission Discussion Paper on Heritable Securities: Default and Post Default, which soug

A Glasgow flat owner who claimed the factor for her building had failed to obtain the best possible insurance rate has succeeded in appeal before the Upper Tribunal for Scotland. Corrine Sinclair argued that the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland had erred in finding the respondent, Speirs Gumley Prop

A couple whose "golf-course-view" home was repeatedly struck by golf balls has won nearly £4 million after a court ruled the neighbouring country club should have done more to protect them. As many as 651 golf balls struck the property of Erik and Athina Tenczar, who live next to the 15th hole

David J Black reminds the powers that be of the separation of powers. It goes without saying that all those who are in the business of dealing with the intricacies of legal process enjoy harvesting the ripened fruits of historic precedent. These can go back a long way, but not often as far as the 5

Thompsons Solicitors will be at the Supreme Court on Thursday to make a case for stronger consumer protection laws. Decisions by English courts over the years, including the Court of Appeal, have created a loophole that allows companies to create and sell dangerous products with impunity.

A man has died after self-immolating in front of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) building in what is believed to have been a protest against climate change. Wynn Bruce, a 50-year-old photojournalist and a Shambhala Buddhist, died in hospital on Saturday, a day after he set himself on

Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has advised Build to Rent (BTR) developer PLATFORM_ on development and funding arrangements for its 464-home residential project in Edinburgh for SEK 1.5 billion (£124.4 million) by European real estate firm Heimstaden Bostad AB. Situated in the Bonnington regenerat

Gordon Jackson QC has been found guilty of professional misconduct for discussing a case on a train in 2020. Mr Jackson was caught on video making remarks about the complainers in the Alex Salmond trial,

Two pensioners are to stand trial over allegations they were involved in the assault and abduction of Sheriff Robert McDonald on June 29 2021 in a Banff car park. At the High Court in Glasgow, William Curtis, 69, pleaded not guilty while Philip Mitchell, 60, declined to enter a plea.

Five new members will join the Law Society Council following the nomination process, which closed on Thursday 21 April 2022. Amna Ashraf, Beatrice Nicholas and Jean-Paul Kasasula will join returning Council members Austin Lafferty and David Mair for Glasgow and Strathkelvin.

It was Robert Burns who wrote: "Facts are chiels that winna ding, and downa be disputed." He was of course writing about royalty in his 1786 poem, A Dream. Burns was most certainly not thinking of future Scottish legal expenses when he penned these words! Yet as with much of the Bard's work, there i

A Perth sheriff has dismissed an action by a man seeking legal rights in relation to his late father’s estate after he was not nominated as a beneficiary under his testamentary writings. Ian Harley raised the action against the executrix nominate of the late James Harley’s estate, his wi