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Registers of Scotland is proud to be celebrating its 400 year anniversary this month. For four centuries we have been the guardians of Scotland’s Land Register and have played a unique role in relation to property transactions in Scotland. We are proud of our rich history and the part we have play

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A Chinese asylum seeker whose application was refused has successfully challenged the Home Secretary’s decision to refuse to treat further submissions in a human rights claim as a “fresh claim” after a judge ruled that the wrong legal test had been applied. The further submissions were based u

Lord Carloway The Scottish Civil Justice Council (SCJC) has now published its fourth Annual Report outlining its achievements, accounts and a summary of the rules prepared during the year.

An easy-to-use, written application procedure should be considered for Protective Expenses Orders (PEOs), the Faculty of Advocates believes. New rules on PEOs have been drafted by the Scottish Civil Justice Council, and in a response to a consultation on those rules, the Faculty said that it endorse

Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh Hamilton Burns WS Ltd, the collapsed Glasgow law firm which included recently deposed SNP MP Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh as a partner, went bust owing creditors more than £600,000, including £210,000 to the taxman, administrators FRP Advisors have now said.

Professor Leo Martin Levy and McRae consultant Professor Leo Martin has been awarded an MBE for services to healthcare and education in the the Queen’s birthday honours.

Angela Constance Legislation to increase the number of women on public boards has been published.

Making available and managing an online platform for sharing copyright-protected works, such as ‘The Pirate Bay’, may constitute an infringement of copyright because the operators of that platform play an essential role in making those works available, the Court of Justice of the European Union

A man found guilty of brandishing a knife at two men who came after him with nunchuks and a baton has failed in an appeal against his conviction after claiming the non-availability of CCTV evidence resulted in an “unfair” trial. The Criminal Appeal Court ruled that there was no “miscarriage of

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Pictured: Arun Smith and Matthew McIlree winners of the Dewar Debate 2016/17 (centre) pictured with presiding officer Ken MacIntosh MSP, Andrew Stevenson, Glasgow Bar Association and Graham Matthews, president of the Law Society Scotland

A man already imprisoned for murder was sentenced via video link at Perth Sheriff Court for the first time ever in Scotland, yesterday. Adam Gallagher, 30, deemed “too dangerous” to appear in court, was convicted via video link from HMP Perth.

Prime Minister Theresa May’s decision to shake up the ministerial team at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is an opportunity to reset the UK’s priorities abroad, a human rights group has said. Reprieve said the appointment of Mark Field as FO minister and Rory Stewart and Alistair Burt