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Judicial factors have been around for hundreds of years – but the most recent act was passed in 1889. Now over 130 years later, the Scottish Parliament will consider a bill aimed at bringing this area of law up to date, modernising and clarifying how it works.
A bill to reform and modernise the law relating to judicial factors has been published. Judicial factors are appointed by courts to look after property belonging to someone else. For example, judicial factors can be appointed over a solicitors' firm where there has been a breach of the Law Society o