Skip to content
Law Society of Scotland
Search
Find a Solicitor
Contact us
About us
Sign in
Search
Find a Solicitor
Contact us
About us
Sign in
  • For members

    • For members

    • CPD & Training

    • Membership and fees

    • Rules and guidance

    • Regulation and compliance

    • Journal

    • Business support

    • Career growth

    • Member benefits

    • Professional support

    • Lawscot Wellbeing

    • Lawscot Sustainability

  • News and events

    • News and events

    • Law Society news

    • Blogs & opinions

    • CPD & Training

    • Events

  • Qualifying and education

    • Qualifying and education

    • Qualifying as a Scottish solicitor

    • Career support and advice

    • Our work with schools

    • Lawscot Foundation

    • Funding your education

    • Social mobility

  • Research and policy

    • Research and policy

    • Research

    • Influencing the law and policy

    • Equality and diversity

    • Our international work

    • Legal Services Review

    • Meet the Policy team

  • For the public

    • For the public

    • What solicitors can do for you

    • Making a complaint

    • Client protection

    • Find a Solicitor

    • Frequently asked questions

    • Your Scottish solicitor

  • About us

    • About us

    • Contact us

    • Who we are

    • Our strategy, reports and plans

    • Help and advice

    • Our standards

    • Work with us

    • Our logo and branding

    • Equality and diversity

  1. Home
  2. News and events
  3. Blogs & opinions

Blogs & opinions

You are currently filtering for: property-non-commercial
Clear filter

Letter: "Home report failed us"

12th December 2016 | property (non-commercial)
Buyers seek support for action

Indemnity covered land transfer outwith option exercise

21st July 2016 | commercial property , property (non-commercial)
Developer to compensate for transfer under s 75 agreement

Letter: minimalism in the law

14th June 2016 | professional regulation , property (non-commercial)
Is it still expected that a solicitor actually deals with legal problems?

LBTT 3% supplement: the house movers' hurdle

9th April 2016 | property (non-commercial) , tax
Beware the effect where a purchase completes ahead of a sale

Sasine Register closed to standard securities

9th April 2016 | commercial property , property (non-commercial)
Borrowers gain advantage from voluntary registration

Community rights to buy extend across country

9th April 2016 | commercial property , property (non-commercial)
Potential for compulsory sales also in the pipeline

PSG moves into residential documents

9th April 2016 | property (non-commercial)
Range of dispositions now available in style form

Succession Act brings in the divorce effect

9th April 2016 | family-child law , property (non-commercial)
[Provisions for spouses to be revoked on divorce or annulment]

On firm ground?

8th March 2016 | property (non-commercial)
Reflections from attending the Journal's Property Law Round Table

Letter: when the Keeper pays

12th January 2016 | property (non-commercial)
The Keeper will indeed sometimes pay for errors in the registration process

Letter: mistakes without penalty

11th December 2015 | property (non-commercial)
Registers of Scotland, who face no sanction for their mistakes, should be more understanding when solicitors fall short

Letter: information deficit

11th December 2015 | commercial property , property (non-commercial)
Is disclosure of beneficial ownership no longer being pursued?

Letter: inaccuracies in the register

13th October 2015 | commercial property , property (non-commercial)
Are Registers of Scotland staff making more mistakes on title sheets? How big is the problem?

Registers asks for views on Keeper-induced registration

12th October 2015 | commercial property , property (non-commercial)
12-week consultation on further aid to completing Land Register

LBTT rates under scrutiny at Holyrood

12th October 2015 | commercial property , property (non-commercial) , tax
Finance Committee considering effect on property market

No 2010 Act protection for corporate homeowner

12th October 2015 | civil litigation , property (non-commercial)
Sheriff rules additional requirements for repossession do not apply

Letter: not so easy on the eye

7th July 2015 | commercial property , property (non-commercial)
Can land certificates not be made more readable, rather than just a mass of unformatted text?

Letter: unpacking the toolkit

14th May 2015 | property (non-commercial)
Registers of Scotland respond to the lead article for April

Land Register: steps towards completion

9th April 2015 | commercial property , property (non-commercial)
Keeper's key proposals in response to consultation

More property law reforms on the way

9th April 2015 | commercial property , property (non-commercial)
Scottish Law Commission programme has further agenda

Unenforceable burdens

9th April 2015 | commercial property , property (non-commercial)
Many feudal burdens remain on titles but can no longer be enforced

End of the Park, Petitioners problem

9th April 2015 | commercial property , property (non-commercial)
What the Legal Writings Act will mean in practice for delivery

Letter: Are the professors right?

13th January 2015 | property (non-commercial)
Advance notices should be used in more situations than have been recommended

Letter: Conveyancing: how to fix the system?

12th November 2014 | property (non-commercial)
A deposit system might address the problem of people failing to commit to a transaction
  • «
  • 1
  • 2 (current)
  • 3
  • 4
  • »

Additional

Categories

  • Equality and diversity
  • opinion
  • practice management
  • law society of scotland
  • executries
  • tax
  • mental health-adult incapacity
  • trusts-asset management
  • employment
  • europe
  • civil litigation
  • professional regulation
  • family-child law
  • criminal law
  • information technology
  • careers
  • reparation
  • human rights
  • property (non-commercial)
  • consumer
  • licensing
  • commercial property
  • planning/environment
  • insolvency
  • immigration
  • government-administration
  • welfare/benefits
  • client relations
  • education-training
  • interview
  • dispute resolution
  • corporate
  • agriculture-crofting
  • reviews
  • banking-financial services
  • intellectual property
  • New lawyers
  • Business support
  • Law Society news
  • Non-regulatory committees
  • Regulatory Committee
  • Career growth
  • International
  • Schools
  • Wellbeing
  • Member benefits
  • Professional support
  • Research and policy
  • In-house lawyers
  • Regulation
  • For the public
  • Legal aid
  • obituary
  • Public Policy Committee
  • Sustainability
  • Professional support
  • Wellbeing

News Archive

  • 2025
  • 2024
  • 2023
  • 2022
  • 2021
  • 2020
  • 2019
  • 2018
  • 2017
  • 2016
  • 2015
  • 2014
  • 2013
  • 2012
  • 2011
  • 2010
  • 2009
  • 2008
Law Society of Scotland
Atria One, 144 Morrison Street
Edinburgh
EH3 8EX
If you’re looking for a solicitor, visit FindaSolicitor.scot
T: +44(0) 131 226 7411
E: lawscot@lawscot.org.uk
About us
  • Contact us
  • Who we are
  • Strategy reports plans
  • Help and advice
  • Our standards
  • Work with us
Useful links
  • Find a Solicitor
  • Sign in
  • CPD & Training
  • Rules and guidance
  • Website terms and conditions
Law Society of Scotland | © 2025
Made by Gecko Agency Limited