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Police investigate collapsed firm McClure Solicitors over …
Feb 14, 2024 · Police investigate collapsed firm McClure Solicitors over allegations of fraud. Police Scotland is investigating potential fraud at a failed law firm. McClure Solicitors, which was founded in Greenock in 1853, went into administration about three years ago. The work of the firm, which also operated in the north of England, was taken on by Jones ...
Gary McGovern: Proposed infrastructure levy could burden …
Oct 4, 2024 · The development sector has legitimate concerns about the proposed Infrastructure Levy for Scotland (ILS), the purpose of which is to capture an element of the uplift in land value caused by development and put that towards contributing to infrastructure, writes Gary McGovern. Presently planning agre
Personal Injury Court issues guidance on motions for sanction for ...
Jan 10, 2020 · The All-Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court has issued a judgment to give some guidance on motions for certification of skilled persons and sanction for the employment of counsel made under new court rules introduced in 2019.. Sheriff Kenneth McGowan said the terms of motions should reflect “as closely as possible” the wording of the rule or law under which the application is being made ...
Scottish Land Court: Personal bar is only a shield and not a sword
Apr 19, 2024 · The Land Court agreed with the tenant’s account of the facts. However, it held that “where the applicant’s reliance on personal bar breaks down is that the doctrine operates as a shield and not a sword. It does not create rights; it merely modifies the rights another person might have. In this case it would operate to prevent the ...
Former fiscal granted full hearing in £1.3m ... - Scottish Legal News
Aug 28, 2018 · The pursuer, a former senior procurator fiscal depute who worked for the COPFS for 20 years, suffered an “episode of stress at work” in 2001, following which she was transferred to the District Court, where she “enjoyed working” working for the defender, was continuously being assessed as being “effective, efficient and exceeding requirements in the roles she was given”, and found ...
Bill giving tenants right to keep pets and decorate published
Mar 27, 2024 · The bill will outline proposals for a New Deal for Tenants, a key part of the Bute House Agreement between the Scottish government and the Scottish Green Party. Proposals include long term rent controls for private tenancies, new rights to keep pets, decorate rented homes and stronger protection against eviction.
Liam Kerr: Scottish government avoids legislative scrutiny with ...
May 7, 2024 · Amid continuing concern over the poor quality of legislative draftsmanship in the UK, Liam Kerr, shadow cabinet secretary for education and skills, raises the issue of how Scotland's own Henry VIII clauses, framework bills, are used at Holyrood to circumvent legislative scrutiny. What does an incumb
Human rights ignored by public bodies during pandemic
May 26, 2021 · Naomi McAuliffe. New research from Amnesty International UK and the Human Rights Consortium Scotland (HRCS) found evidence that the human rights of people in Scotland were frequently overlooked as major public service redesigns took place during the ‘first wave’ of Covid-19 in 2020. The findings further strengthen the case for the ...
Lord Malcom to reflect on life in law at Dundee lecture
Feb 13, 2024 · Lord Malcolm is to deliver the 2024 Dundee Law School Alumni Lecture. Lord Malcolm graduated with an LLB in Scots Law from the University of Dundee in 1975. He became an advocate in 1977 and was appointed as a Queen’s Counsel in 1990. In 2001 he was elected dean of the Faculty of Advocates, an