The Registers of Scotland The Registers of Scotland (ROS) is the Scottish Government Agency responsible for looking after a range of registers, most notably the register...
This Practice Note: • considers the position in Scotland. For guidance on: ◦ the equivalent in England and Wales, see: Introduction to enforcement—overview which, as well...
This Practice Note considers the position in Scotland. For guidance on: • the equivalent in England and Wales, see: Introduction to enforcement—overview which, as well as...
This Practice Note discusses the legal implications for Scotland of the UK exiting the EU. Specific implications arise, in particular, from the UK’s arrangements for the...
In property transactions the person buying, leasing or taking security over a property will check the title for the property before they proceed with the transaction....
Express creation of trusts A trust is constituted expressly where the owner of property (the truster) transfers property to trustees to hold for defined purposes on...
This Practice Note considers the position in Scotland. For guidance on: • the equivalent in England and Wales, see: Introduction to enforcement—overview which, as well as...
Assignation and subletting Assignation and subletting are two options which a tenant may use to introduce a new tenant into the lease arrangement. The tenant may choose...
This Practice Note considers the first stage of enforcement of standard security over heritable property in Scotland up to and including service of notices under Part II...
This Practice Note considers the second stage of enforcement of standard security over heritable property in Scotland. It deals with the steps creditors may take...
The rules regarding execution of documents governed by the laws of Scotland are contained in: • the Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995 (RW(S)A 1995), and • the...
Described once as a 'manifestation of the English genius for harnessing the most abstract conceptions to the service of commerce', floating charges are now not only...
This Practice Note considers the different stages in transactions for the sale of commercial property in England and Wales compared to those in Scotland, at pre-contract,...
This Practice Note considers the different stages in lease negotiations for commercial property in England and Wales compared to those in Scotland, at pre-contract,...
This Practice Note considers the position in Scotland. For guidance on: • the equivalent in England and Wales, see: Introduction to enforcement—overview which, as well as...
Searches are an essential part of the examination of any heritable title in Scotland and no conveyance can safely settle without them. The content of a search is usually...