Deputy First Minister John Swinney has announced the development of a land and property information service for Scotland. The Keeper of the Registers of Scotland (RoS), Sheenagh Adams, will lead a task force to develop an online system that will allow users to find out comprehensive information about any piece of land or property in […]
The Scottish Government has asked the Registers of Scotland to prepare to complete Scotland’s Land Register within 10 years and have committed to registering all public land within 5 years. 26 per cent of the land mass of Scotland is currently on the Land Register. This is an ambitious target but the benefits that it […]
When a property comes to be sold in Scotland, it is a legal requirement that the seller in all but a few cases must produce a Home Report and complete a Property Questionnaire. It might therefore be assumed that the foregoing question can be answered in the affirmative – and that you do know everything […]
“National Information Infrastructure will deliver better public services, new products, new jobs and a stronger economy” For information on a national Information Initiative see this post from Heather Savory, ODUG Chair
Conference Date: 10 March 2015, 830am-2pm Venue: National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh Outline of event Should Scotland be aspiring to create a world-leading digital hub that provides information about land and property across the country? Should we follow the lead of countries like Norway in moving to a one-stop database with all the necessary data and […]
Briefing note on The Law Society of Scotland Smartcard The Law Society of Scotland is in the process of rolling out a new Smartcard to each of its 11,000+ practising solicitor members. The Smartcard is a professional legal ID recognised across Europe and will allow solicitors to apply digital signatures to a range of legal […]
With new legislation, and new digital ways of working to contend with, how should Scotland’s conveyancers view the future? This was explored at a recent round table organised by the Journal and First Title. Read the full article here. © Greens Property Law Bulletin
Information of comparative project implemented in Norway by the Norwegian Land Information company, now called Ambita AS (www.ambita.no ): Background information on Ambita AS and the Ambita Infoland portal in Norway. https://www.ambita.com/en/about-us/
Professor Stewart Brymer WS, Brymer Legal Limited, Dundee and Edinburgh and the University of Dundee The Land Registration Etc. (Scotland) Act 2012 is a major piece of legislation that will impact greatly on the Scots law of property and the practice of conveyancing. It is the final piece of the jigsaw that began with the […]
The Society’s working party on the future of conveyancing was set up a year ago, and recently surveyed practitioners’ opinions on priorities for action. What has it achieved to date? The Journal questions the convener. PROPERTY ROSS MacKAY, Convener, Future of Conveyancing Working Party What stage has the working party reached? We have had quite a number of […]