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LAND GRABBING The Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Bill was introduced to Parliament on 1 December with no publicity by the Scottish Government for its fifth piece of legislation of the current session (see previous post). As it stands, it is
Continue readingOVERVIEW On 1 December 2011, the Scottish Government published the Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Bill. It provides a refreshed statutory basis for the process of land registration in Scotland – a process initiated by the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979
Continue readingIt is long past time that I revisited the topic of the Crown Estate. (see previous posts for further background) since much has been happening over the past few months. First of all, a bit of background. The Crown Estate
Continue readingI will be giving a public lecture in Dundee on Tuesday 24 January 2012. All welcome. Download LARGE poster here 5.93Mb)
Continue readingMy good friend Maxwell MacLeod wrote to me earlier this year lamenting the lack of local control over the natural resources of the Highlands and Islands. ——————————————————————————————————— GUEST POST by Maxwell MacLeod I was born in 1952 and during my
Continue readingThe Whin Park controversy (see previous post) is merely the latest of a number of controversies brewing across Scotland in relation to common good land. In Perth, the Council is proposing to demolish the Perth City Hall. Amidst all the
Continue readingHighland Council are proposing to build a new road – the West Link [broken link Oct 2024]- to provide a southern bypass for Inverness and allow traffic travelling from the A82 to the A9 and vice-versa to avoid the town
Continue readingOne hundred years ago, the Small Landholders (Scotland) Act 1911 was passed by the Liberal Government of Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith. It was a bold and radical reform designed to allow families to obtain landholdings
Continue readingA dramatic fire has been raging all afternoon at the Gusset building at 120-130 Morrison Street, Glasgow. The property has lain derelict since it was bought for £4,200,000 by Straben Developments Limited of Belfast, Northern Ireland in September 2007. (title
Continue readingLink to a post I wrote for Bellacaledonia on whether independence will make any difference to the land question in Scotland. Available as a pdf here
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