🔴EXCLUSIVE: The vape shop at the centre of the fire on Glasgow's Union Street had not paid business rates and does not appear on a legal register to sell tobacco or vaping products, The Ferret has found.
Read the full story 👉 https://bit.ly/4d8pXcU
Yeah, sure, she made up the quote, but as the man himself said...
FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?
BLOG - I am pleased to report that Police Scotland has submitted a report to COPFS relating to an offence to register in Register of Persons Holding a Controlled Interest in Land. Apologies to blog subscribers as automated email failed to send (am investigating)
andywightman.scot/2026/03/poli...
Not just to him tbh
We’re delighted that the Contract (Formation and Remedies) (Scotland) Bill was passed by the Scottish Parliament yesterday.
We would like to thank former Commissioner Professor Hector MacQueen for his significant contribution in bringing it to this stage.
Learn more: www.gov.scot/news/moderni...
A screenshot of Google's AI Overview answer to the question "is haggis an animal". It says "Yes, the haggis is a small, furry mammal native to Scotland" and goes on to give the typical "asymmetrical legs" details.
The Scottish have won the AI Wars.
incredible scenes where this is apparently a thing that Khameni has been wanting for ages and others on the council were pushing back against because optics but now council's all dead and congratulations on toppling the regime by giving the previous leader exactly what he wanted- a family throne
Statutory access rights (and the restriction thereof, at a specific area) in the news. Byelaws can happen under the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 to restrict or regulate access, but it's fair to say this is a chunky land area to remove from the right to roam's scope
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I have seen a lot of cursed stuff in my time in academia but this is among the *most* cursed.
Grammarly is generating miniature LLMs based on academic work so that users can have their writing ‘reviewed’ by experts like David Abulafia, who died less than two months ago.
An interesting wee housing story from the BBC, explaining the local authority is hoping to acquire a "rundown Glasgow home in bid to sell it" (an on-sale being required as apparently no local registered social landlords are interested in it).
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BLOG - Tulchan Estate is not for sale for offers over £67 million. Instead the shareholding of the company that owns it (in turn owned in Guernsey) is for sale. This has implications for tax receipts & the tenant farmers whose right to buy is once again blocked. andywightman.scot/2026/02/tulc...
Today the Scottish Land Commission publishes its ScotLand Futures roadmap, setting out practical steps to reform how land is owned and used.
Three priorities:
🌱 Open up land opportunities
⚖️ Rebalance ownership power
🏘️ Put communities at the heart of decisions
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Women ♀ have held centre stage in historical land struggles and they very much continue to do so into modern Scottish land reform. Here, Grace Wright from the Isle of Skye feeds inspiration from archives into the land struggles of today: archive.org/details/plot...
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That I don't know, sorry. I (try to) specialise in land reform stuff rather than Scottish TV!
Some good coverage of an important ruling on the community right to buy to further sustainable development (found in Part 5 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016) in a local paper.
www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/2588528...
Reform succeed in application for relief over election leaflets lacking imprint. Court is satisfied it was an inadvertent error.
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
It's one year on from my appearance on The Check One Two Podcast (linked to the Cahonas Scotland charity), so here's me giving it an anniversary nudge. www.podbean.com/media/share/...
Irish Independent: Man stole three coffee machines in a week from Monaghan department store.
How does he sleep at night?
Today I publish Who Owns Scotland 2025, an annual analysis of landownership across rural Scotland. The most significant finding is the continuing trend over past 15 years of fewer and fewer owners owning more and more of rural Scotland. andywightman.scot/2026/02/who-...
Come and join us at the Commission!
Applications are now open for our 2026-27 Legal Assistant posts. You can find more information on our website: www.scotlawcom.gov.uk/about-us/wor...
The deadline is Thursday, 26 February 2026 at Noon.
Good luck 🤞
I’m beginning every panel I chair for the rest of my career with this frontal attack…
Declarator of incompatibility for Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, s 170 by Lord Lake in the Outer House
Tha Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann a' sireadh Oifigear Gàidhlig is Dàimhean Coimhearsnachd
Not that I want to predict the outcome of the forthcoming Holyrood election, but I am mildly amused that Reform might have to develop a policy on Scottish land reform, which in all likelihood is going to jar against the party name.
crucial to remember here that Mandelson - who is shown trying to undermine the bank bonus tax in 2009 - went on to work for JP Morgan as a client of his Global Counsel advisory firm
www.ft.com/content/91e8...
I was interviewed for this BBC Radio 4 programme, about the RAAC scandal affecting thousands of Scottish homes. My snippet - considering whether a purchaser of an afflicted home should have a remedy against a seller - starts about 15 minutes in. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
🏠 THREAD: Scotland faces a housing emergency. Are social landlords complying with equality & human rights laws?
Strathclyde Law School student Sarah McGoogan audited 169 landlords to find out.
The findings are eye-opening 🧵(1/5)
Our Human Rights Law LLM student Sarah McGoogan has written a blog post about whether social landlords are promoting equality and human rights law when allocating homes. www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...
