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Land Commission surveys owners on community engagement
Aim is to discover level and effectiveness of current practice
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Pinsent Masons adds legal director to Aberdeen employment team
Claire Scott joins from Burness Paull
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Society questions proposed "serious harm" defamation test
Access to justice warning as consultation response calls for evidence of need
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Davidson Chalmers and Kergan Stewart to merge
Davidson Chalmers Stewart comes into being on 1 May
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Personal injury partner hire for Allan McDougall
Former Morisons partner Stephen Irvine joins firm
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SLAB chair and three members to serve further terms
One legal and two lay members reappointed with Ray McFarlane
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Asylum seekers' challenge to Serco lock-changing practice fails
Court finds no breach of statute or Human Rights Convention
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Resignations led to Morisons' collapse, administrators report
Firm considered non-viable following partners' notice
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Faculty welcomes 2019 Eurodevils
Eight lawyers from six countries to learn about Scottish system
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Right to food "should be written into law": report
Scottish Human Rights Commission calls for action to tackle inequality
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Glasgow University conference marks role in women in law centenary
Lady Wolffe and Lady Hale lead speakers at commemorative event
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MP proposes law to make Scottish banknotes legal tender
Alistair Carmichael wants businesses to have to accept them throughout UK
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Sheridan fails with SCCRC judicial review attempt
No error of law in refusal to examine perjury conviction
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Gilson Gray hires personal injury legal director
Former Morisons partner Ken Lauder joins firm
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Three promotions at Lindsays as two re-elected to board
Lynsey Kerr becomes partner; Peter Tweedie continues as chairman
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EHRC embarks on legal aid research into Scots discrimination cases
Victims and advisers invited to take part – deadline now extended
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Lady Hale's Macfadyen Lecture published
Supreme Court President sets out three important functions of court
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ICCA 2020 Edinburgh preliminary programme released
Call for speakers for global arbitration congress
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Call for views as MSPs begin scrutiny of Non-Domestic Rates Bill
Stage 1 opens on bill to reform reliefs and revaluations
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Master Policy brokers publish letters of engagement guide
Interactive Lockton guide provides points to consider
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Discipline Tribunal south of border to adopt civil standard of proof
Protection of public interest, and reputation of profession, behind change
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Better redundancy protection needed for returning parents: Society
Consultation response calls for provisions to match maternity leave
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Two new partners lead 19 BTO promotions
Lynn Richmond and Lynne Cardow bring partner total to 47
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MTM adds to Edinburgh defence team
Sophie Russell joins from Robert More & Co