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In Earl of Seafield v Tracey Leith [2026] SLC 10, the Land Court held that, in principle, a statutory notice could validly be addressed to a party, using not his personal name, but a trading name which he had used in communications with the party giving notice. On the death of the tenant of a farm i

A five-year "route-map" to modernise Scotland’s land and property tax administration has been published by the Scottish Land Commission. The route-map sets out steps to improve land data, valuation and the systems used to manage land and property taxes – helping Scotland make better use

The Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has found that the Scottish government is "failing to meet its human rights obligations" to provide the people of Scotland with an adequate standard of living. In a new assessment of poverty as a human rights issue, the SHRC calls on the Scottish governmen

Aberdein Considine LLP has strengthened its debt recovery and banking litigation department with two key appointments for England and Wales. Accomplished costs and debt recovery lawyer Victoria-Louise Maugham joins the firm’s lender services practice group (LSPG) as head of unsecured recoverie

Irish police have reassured the public that the sinister-looking Cat in the Hat figures appearing in images of residential areas are AI-generated hoaxes. The images, which circulated on Facebook, appeared to show the Dr Seuss character lurking in streets and driveways in locations including Limerick

A series of measures to "modernise and simplify" the compulsory purchase system in Scotland are set to move forward. Following a consultation on compulsory purchase orders (CPOs) which found widespread support for change, the Scottish government plans to bring forward legislation to ensure they can

Hero Media & Entertainment Ltd (HM&E), the Scotland-based digital news media and events company, today announced the appointment of Donald Martin as consulting managing editor. Mr Martin brings a distinguished editorial career spanning some of Scotland’s most respected newspaper titles

Harper Macleod has been named as a supplier on Government Commercial Agency’s RM6374 – Legal Panel for Public Sector framework. The firm has been appointed to four of the eight available lots:

Our weekly round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Chinese artist jailed over satirical Mao sculptures, say rights groups

The Law Society of Scotland is hosting two online events in September to inform and seek input from legal aid solicitors on new legislation to reform the legal aid system. In July, the Scottish government announced consultation on long-awaited new legislation to reform legal aid, with the society to

Police in India recovered jewellery worth around ₹400,000 (£3,087) after CCTV footage showed that the suspected thief was a stray dog. Lata Bai, a woman from Kayampur, in the state of Madhya Pradesh, reported that a bag containing gold and silver jewellery, around ₹2,000 in cash and food h

Meta will restrict how children use Instagram and Facebook during school hours and at night as part of an $18bn (£13.2bn) settlement over claims that it deliberately made its apps addictive for teenagers.

The family of Scottish solicitor and Law Society of Scotland Council member Lauren Fowler has donated £3,000 to the Lawscot Foundation in her honour after she passed away in May 2025. The donation will fund one of the Foundation’s scholars for a year of their legal studies, providing the

Regulatory judge Lord Ericht visited the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) to meet its independent advisory panel and hear about its plans for implementing the Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2025 as well as the work which it will be doing to engage with consumer interests. The

Double silk Aidan O’Neill KC has been named Lawyer of the Year at the Scottish Legal Awards 2026, sponsored by the Law Society of Scotland, recognising an outstanding legal career spanning almost four decades in some of the most complex areas of public and constitutional law. Of particular not