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A Street Law lesson for Street Lawyers

29th October 2015 | education-training , law society of scotland
Laura Gulliver tells us more about the latest training for law students joining the Law Society’s Street Law scheme

Letter: inaccuracies in the register

13th October 2015 | commercial property , property (non-commercial)
Are Registers of Scotland staff making more mistakes on title sheets? How big is the problem?

Letter: when you can't say no?

13th October 2015 | professional regulation
Cases can arise that it is difficult ethically to turn down

Under the public gaze

13th October 2015 | law society of scotland
Time for a review of how to uphold the public interest in cases such as Hales/Thomson

“Discernible benefit” test inappropriate in contact decision

12th October 2015
Inner House puts weight on keeping father-daughter relationship

Conduct of farm business did not determine farm ownership

12th October 2015 | family-child law
Wife fails with property claim but wins periodical allowance

Mediation protection held not relevant to child abduction

12th October 2015 | dispute resolution , family-child law
Acquiescence established in children being brought to UK

Children “in transit” still habitually resident in Scotland

12th October 2015 | family-child law
Court retained jurisdiction to make s 11 order

Registers asks for views on Keeper-induced registration

12th October 2015 | commercial property , property (non-commercial)
12-week consultation on further aid to completing Land Register

Spectre of rent control in private residential sector

12th October 2015
Bill provision for ministers to limit increases in “hot spots”

LBTT rates under scrutiny at Holyrood

12th October 2015 | commercial property , property (non-commercial) , tax
Finance Committee considering effect on property market

No 2010 Act protection for corporate homeowner

12th October 2015 | civil litigation , property (non-commercial)
Sheriff rules additional requirements for repossession do not apply

Letting agents' statutory code of conduct revealed

12th October 2015 | Housing
Draft code on standards of practice out for views

Planning decisions: beware judicial review changes

12th October 2015 | civil litigation , planning/environment
Time limit and permission stage rules in force for new challenges

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