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  2. Napier Commission - Wikipedia

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    The terms crofter, cottar and Highlands and Islands all lacked clear definition, and the Commission was left to use its own judgement as when, where and from whom to take evidence. Napier was reluctant to include Caithness , which he regarded as '"not inhabited by the Celtic race".

  3. Jacobite Army (1745) - Wikipedia

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    The Jacobite Army, sometimes referred to as the Highland Army, [1] was the military force assembled by Charles Edward Stuart and his Jacobite supporters during the 1745 Rising that attempted to restore the House of Stuart to the British throne.

  4. Royal Highland Centre - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Highland Centre (RHC), also called the Royal Highland Agricultural Exhibition Hall, originally the Royal Highland Showground or the Ingliston Showground,is an exhibition centre and showground located at Ingliston in the western outskirts of Edinburgh, Scotland, adjacent to Edinburgh Airport and the A8. The RHC now welcomes over 1 ...

  5. Highland Towers collapse - Wikipedia

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    The Highland Towers complex was built in phases between 1974 and 1982. It was constructed at the western base of a steeply sloped hill, terraced extensively in the early 1980s. Block 1 was the southernmost building, Block 2 was built north-northwest of Block 1, and Block 3 was built west of Block 2.

  6. List of judgements of the Judicial Committee of the Privy ...

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    Gulf View Medical Centre Ltd v Tesheira (The Executrix of the Estate of Russell Tesheira) (Trinidad and Tobago) [2022] UKPC 38 CMK BWI Ltd and 7 others v Attorney General of the Turks and Caicos Islands (on behalf of the Crown and Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands) (Turks and Caicos Islands)

  7. High Court of Justiciary - Wikipedia

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    The High Court in its modern form was founded in 1672 by the Courts Act 1672, [7] when five of the Lords of Session (judges of the Court of Session) were added as permanent judges of the Justice Court. Previously the Lord Justice General had appointed deputes to preside in the court.

  8. Scottish Land Commission - Wikipedia

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    The Scottish Land Commission (Scottish Gaelic: Coimisean Fearainn na h-Alba) was established by the Scottish Government following the passage of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 by the Scottish Parliament; the Commission also incorporates the work of the Tenant Farming Commissioner.

  9. Politics of the Highland council area - Wikipedia

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    The most recent election of the council was on 5 May 2022, and resulted in a coalition administration formed by the SNP and the Independent group. [4] The Coalition had 39 councillors, and the opposition was divided between 15 Lib Dem, 10 Conservatives, 2 Labour and 4 Green councillors plus 4 independent members who were not part of the ruling group.