Scots Legal News

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  • Debt Recovery
    Debt recovery guide: diligence

    14 December 2011: Sometimes, even after a court has ordered that someone who owes you money should pay what you are due, that may not be the end of the matter. You may be lucky and receive payment, but this isn’t always the case.

  • Executries
    The importance of making a will for property owners

    9 December 2011: When someone dies without a will, their possessions - or ‘estate’ as it is legally known - falls into ‘intestacy’, which can have far reaching consequences for any family members left behind who were expecting to benefit from their relatives assets.

  • Property Matching
    Staying on the right side of your neighbours - and the law

    2 December 2011: Most of us have neighbours, be it across the close in a Glasgow tenement, over the garden wall in a suburban housing development, or perhaps even half a mile away across a field.

  • Property Transactions
    Part-exchange conveyancing increase

    25 November 2011: Part-exchange is an alternative to those who want to move but are struggling to sell, and is an increasingly popular choice in the housing market.

  • Family Law
    Consultation on same-sex marriage ends soon

    18 November 2011: The Scottish Government have put forward a number of proposals that would allow same-sex marriage and mixed-sex civil partnership to be introduced.

  • Breakdown of Cohabitating Relationships
    Supreme Court clarifies financial entitlement of cohabitants

    11 November 2011: An important Supreme Court ruling in an English case regarding cohabitant’s rights to property after separation highlights the difference in law on either side of the border.

  • Crofting Law
    Knowing your rights and responsibilities in the Scottish countryside

    9 November 2011: Since the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003, the subsequent Scottish Outdoor Access code has helped to clarify for many their rights when it comes to enjoying the Scottish countryside.

  • Laird's House
    Protecting land rights in rural areas

    4 November 2011: The recent highly publicised case of a crofter on the 13,000 acre Nevis Estate losing part of his croft to the landlord has caused debate around the issue of the rights of the crofter.

  • Crofting Law
    Sibling rivalry over rural holiday home

    31 October 2011: A case of sibling rivalry was clearly evident in a recent court action by a sister against her brother, set against the picturesque backdrop of the Crofting township of Kilmory in Acharacle.

  • Breakdown of Cohabitating Relationships
    Bid for financial settlement following cohabitation fails

    28 October 2011: Further clarification on the provision for separating cohabiting couples under section 28 of the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 has emerged in a recent case.

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