Scottish Law Commission

The Scottish government's failure to take steps towards reforming trusts and other areas of law has been criticised by a judge. In his last report as chairman of the Scottish Law Commission, Lord Pentland said that "the position in respect of trust law is concerning".

A planned new piece of Scottish land law could be made more user-friendly, the Faculty of Advocates has suggested. The Scottish Law Commission (SLC) has produced a draft bill following a consultation last year on improving the much-criticised Section 53 of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003.