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SLCC confirms £30 full rate general levy rise for 2018-19
Final budget laid before Holyrood stands by draft proposals
Solicitor advocates protest at Faculty submission to Roberton review
Proposal "would undermine intention behind" extended rights of audience
Ten struck off in 2017, SSDT annual report reveals
Tribunal reports on 30 cases heard in year
Dailly calls for controls on representing limited partnerships
Society should prevent acting where transparency rules not observed
SLCC sets out blueprint for regulation review
Radical reform needed to deliver better outcomes, submission states
SLCC must seek efficiency reforms to curb levy rise: Society
Response to budget proposals calls for major system changes
Society considers rule change for earlier admission
Some trainees could appear in court at earlier stage
Judicial factor appointed to Austins of Dalbeattie
Society action follows sequestration of sole principal
Legal services regulation review publishes call for evidence
Two month window for public submissions
"Drastic need" to modernise legal services regulation, Society argues
Submission to independent review calls for radical reforms
Special meeting approves solicitor practice rules changes
Financial business and money laundering rules into line with new law
Society hits back at "inflation-busting" SLCC levy plan
President calls for "proper independent oversight" of complaints body
SLCC proposes further 8.5% levy rise
Complaints body calls for public debate about funding
£160m claim against Burness Paull settles out of court
Undisclosed figure ends massive conflict of interest suit
Former ombudsman to chair Scottish Legal Complaints Commission
James Martin one of two new five-year appointments
Support for restrictions on describing yourself as "lawyer", Society claims
Research finds people unaware of possible lack of qualification
Society announces new AML approval process
Law firm owners must apply in first half of 2018
Aberdeen law practice has judicial factor appointed
Society intervenes after inspection of Matthew Cohen & Associates
SLCC highlights eligibility criteria following firm's failed appeal
Low bar for complainers "does not mean stain on solicitor's record"
SLCC annual report records 2% rise in complaints
Commission concerned at rising number taken to later stages
Faculty protests at burden of money laundering compliance proposals
"Very low risk position" of advocates not recognised in plans for new body
Consultation closing soon on “reporting dishonesty” practice rules
10 November deadline for submissions on duty to report suspicion
Society publishes new anti-money laundering guidance
Draft awaits final approval but firms told to review procedures
Society consults on practice rule changes
Money laundering, complaint handling and raising concerns rules proposed