The Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Bill received Royal Assent on 5 June, formally passing into statute.

The Scottish Land Commission (SLC) is currently running a call for evidence on experiences of concentrated landownership in Scotland. The deadline for submissions is 30 June 2018.

Last week the Scottish Government reported on the Fatal Accident Inquiries (FAIs) concluded in the financial year 2017 – 2018.

Since my blog last September, there has continued to be lots of activity in the battery energy storage systems (BESS) sector in Scotland.

I mentioned in my previous blog that Marine Scotland Science were due to issue their Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind.

This was a principle considered in the recent Court of Appeal case of Adam Architecture Ltd v Halsbury Homes Ltd [2017] EWCA Civ 1735...

It has been hard to escape the divorce metaphors in recent months as our Prime Minister, Theresa May and the European Commission President, Jean-Claude Juncker have embarked ...

The early wind farms in the UK came into operation in the mid/late 1990s.

January is the month often referred to as the month when more separations occur than any other. Certainly there appears to be a spike in numbers with newly separated individuals consulting divorce lawyers then.

In Scotland, grandparents have no automatic legal rights in relation to their grandchildren

You may have seen the ITV Tonight programme – Elderly Theft: Robbing the Relatives last week. The programme focused on a number of examples of relatives effectively stealing from elderly people ...

Aretha Franklin died on 16 August and shortly after her death was announced, her family revealed that she did not have a will.

I will be attending the annual meeting of the International Academy of Family Lawyers in Reykjavik this week, where I will be meeting and learning from leading family lawyers throughout the world.

Last week, the FCA announced that firms and funds will continue to benefit from passporting between the UK and EEA during a transition period, following Brexit.

It has been great to attend the SFHA Finance Conference this week.

In November last year, we issued this update regarding the progress of the Limitation (Childhood Abuse) (Scotland) Bill through the legislative process.

Several of the Land and Rural Business Team attended Agriscot at Ingliston on 16 November, and we were delighted to be involved as one of the sponsors of the seminar programme.

The new private residential tenancy regime introduced by the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 will come into force on 1 December 2017.

It's International Women's day! The colour to celebrate today is purple.

Inheritance tax (IHT) is most commonly encountered on a person's death, although it extends beyond death to lifetime gifts and some other situations. Conceptually it is a tax on the transfer of wealth.