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Prince Charles letters must be disclosed, Supreme Court rules
Attorney General wrong to overrule "advocacy correspondence" FoI ruling
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Fiscal Commission to become a statutory body
Consultation opens on legislative underpinning
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Society and Faculty call for better client confidentiality protection
Professional bodies' consultation responses call for stronger safeguards
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Peers voice concerns over UK implications of Smith measures
Constitution Committee report calls for proper consideration
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Stronger controls needed on email surveillance, MPs report
Committee calls for new offence for abuse by GCHQ
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Inflation-plus rises proposed for court fees
Ministers seek to maintain proportion of costs covered
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Ministers held in contempt over prisoner correspondence failure
No penalty imposed for single instance of opening privileged letter
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Ministers open new public procurement consultation
EU directives prompt further review of rules
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MSPs call for register of lobbying
Committee makes cross-party recommendations as basis for new law
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Crown Office sets out key objectives in new strategic plan
Three year plan for 2015-18 published
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SLAB warns of PVG vetting need ahead of children's legal aid deadline
Alert to solicitors to allow enough time to process application
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MSPs back Community Empowerment Bill "right to buy" aims
But stage 1 report wants "fundamental issues" addressed
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Conference to explore land database for Scotland
March event to look at Norwegian system as model
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Courts doing business despite industrial action
Civil servants strike as final round of closures takes effect
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Scottish Legal Aid Board in office move
New Haymarket premises expected to improve efficiency
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Smith Commission powers given effect in draft clauses
UK ministers publish new devolution command paper
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Ending of poll tax collection supported in stage 1 report
Committee majority backs general principles of bill
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Successful rape appellant to have compensation claim reconsidered
Court rejects ministers' appeal that refusal letters not "irrational"
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16 and 17-year-olds to vote in Scottish elections
Enabling powers to be devolved to Holyrood in March
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Commissioner fears as ministers' FoI extension powers "woefully underused"
Special report to MSPs calls for new approach to designation
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ECHR concerns over Counter-Terrorism Bill, Society claims
Questions raised over temporary exclusion and passport seizure powers
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Faculty fears conflict of interest in new oil and gas regulator
Proposed Aberdeen-based body could have interest in disputes it rules on
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Revenue Scotland announces board
Five to run new body from 1 January
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Council damages payouts fall by half
Figures show big drop in latest five year period