Blogs & opinions

Intention at purchase key to matrimonial property dispute
Wife shows how to use s 9 principles to win capital sum

Sheriff wrong to decide case when proof part heard
Having ordered a proof and heard some evidence, it had to conclude

Pension subject to Dutch law left out of account
Contingent interest in share scheme counted once value known

Bar for permanence applications not quite so high
Sheriff held to have placed too great an onus on council

Permanence order decisions failed to take holistic approach
Inner House allows council appeal in interests of child's welfare

Letter: protest at letting agent regime
An objection to the information being required of already regulated solicitors under the new mandatory scheme

Letter: difference in principle
Yes, Scots law differs from English in being based on principle

Put to the test
The Society's position as regulator will come under renewed scrutiny following the Roberton report, but the report itself should equally be subjected to proper scrutiny