Jan 10, 2025 · As we enter a new year, there has been a key update in the implementation of the Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act 2023 (MT(S)A). Scottish ministers have passed regulations which will bring the remaining provisions of the MT(S)A into force on 1 April 2025, writes Samir Younes. The MT(S)A will sig

Jan 9, 2025 · Lord Pentland will succeed Lord Carloway when he retires as the head of Scotland’s judiciary on 3 February. Lord Pentland has been one of Scotland’s Supreme Courts judges since 2008. He has presided over a number of high-profile criminal trials as well as significant civil cases, has been an ...

Jan 8, 2025 · The Scottish Barony Register, based in Haddington and run by retired solicitor Alastair Shepherd, has issued its 2024 annual report. The register came into being some 20 years ago, when feudal law was largely abolished in Scotland on 28 November 2004, “the Appointed Day”. Mr Shephe

Jan 8, 2025 · The 6th edition of the Scottish Standard Clauses has been released by the Scottish Conveyancers Forum. The Scottish Standard Clauses are a set of standard missive conditions which are used in the vast majority of residential sales and purchases in Scotland.

Jan 8, 2025 · When Brandon Malone dropped dead five years ago, it was a defibrillator machine – and quick-thinking hotel staff – that saved his life. Luckily an automatic-external defibrillator had been at hand and, though his heart had stopped for a full 20 minutes, the people using it …

4 days ago · A woman who was assaulted by her husband was unable to secure civil legal aid for her divorce, despite contacting more than 116 law firms. The mother-of-two from the Highlands qualified for legal aid due to being on universal credit but said no …

Nov 21, 2024 · Ahmed Khogali gives an overview of Daly v HM Advocate. Criminal appeals to the UK Supreme Court are rare due to the High Court of Justiciary’s status as the final court of appeal in Scots criminal law. Under the Scotland Act 1998, such appeals are only permitted to the Supreme Court where devo

Jan 7, 2025 · Edinburgh Law School's Professor James Harrison is to deliver his inaugural lecture on a fundamental question of environmental legal scholarship: how much environmental protection can we expect environmental law to deliver?  Whilst protection of the environment is undoubtedly the underlying obj

Jan 6, 2025 · MJC LAW has announced the appointment of Emma Downey as its new operations manager. She spent the last 14 years working as an estate agent at Cochran Dickie Estate Agents, where she built a strong reputation for exceptional client service and operational efficiency. Prior to that, she honed he

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