Remembering our colleagues and friends in June 2025
JOHN RANDAL BAIN, Dunfermline
On 16th May 2025 John Randal Bain, formerly partner of the firm Macbeth Currie, and latterly consultant of the firm Morgans, both Dunfermline.
AGE: 75 ADMITTED: 1978
IAIN HENDERSON, (retired solicitor), Machrihanish
On 16th March 2025 Iain Henderson, formerly employed with Procurator Fiscal Service, Campbeltown.
AGE: 85 ADMITTED: 1972
Weekly roundup of Scots Law in the headlines including rape sentencing report — Monday November 3
A review of all the latest headlines from the world of Scots Law including rape sentencing guidelines, as well as Trump's constitutional chaos, and Steve Coogan's legal hot water over Richard III film.
An important correction and apology to Journal readers about 'Vanishing law firms' feature
"Both journalists and lawyers take information from clients and contributors in good faith and whilst we can be rigorous in our oversight, more rigour may now be demanded of all of us in the face of rapidly evolving technology."
What is a 'cottar'? MacLachlan v Lamont & MacDonald sheds light on little-discussed property law
The recently published judgment of the Land Court in the case of MacLachlan v Lamont & MacDonald sheds light on a little-discussed but potentially consequential area of the Scots law of property, writes Ross Simpson.
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