Blogs & opinions
Ministers proposing to leave legal rights alone
No action on SLC plan to extend rights over whole estate
OPG updates: bonds of caution; revised PoAs
New improved bond facility through arrangement with Marsh
Updates to IHT 400s on gifts and jewellery
HMRC asks about agent's authority; raises value threshold
Letter: Society backing Scots law
A reply to Graeme McCormick
Seeking the positive
A bit of flexibility and imagination can achieve things this year, whether for a business in the face of Brexit or for employees to improve their work-life balance, and wellbeing
Letter: an annual plan for Scots law?
The Society's annual plan should include projects to enhance Scots law and its relevance to Scotland's people
A turbulent Christmas
Depressing divisions and a lack of clear thinking dominate the Brexit scene. But (stop press) there is something positive in the official reaction to the legal aid review
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
