Property law
Retail reform
The Scottish Law Commission is asking whether the Tenancy of Shops (Scotland) Act 1949 has outlived its usefulness and, if so, what rights a tenant should have?
Scottish Law Commission seeks comments on tenement law reform
The Scottish Law Commission has published its Discussion Paper consulting on reform of the law of the tenement.
ARCHIVE: Sustainability is key
Scottish ministers proposed to introduce a new presumption in planning in favour of "development that contributes to sustainable development" – did they?
Harvesting natural capital benefits from land
In recent years considerable attention has been paid to the potential for land in Scotland to generate benefits by utilising and enhancing, rather than diminishing, our natural capital.
Animals, bankruptcy, financial ombudsman, housing and tax
Public Policy Highlights February 2024
ARCHIVE | Conveyancing... not much change?
We’ll be revisiting popular Journal articles, updating, and adding contemporary commentary. This time we go back to 2004 and then take a look at the recent developments impacting conveyancing and the conveyancing committee.