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EU Settlement Scheme could repeat Windrush problems, peers warn
Home Office "appears not to have learned the lessons": Kennedy
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Innovation Cup runs again for best risk management ideas
Society launches second annual competition
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Peers warn of "acute" risk of trade disruption on Brexit
Report also criticises failure to consult devolved governments
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Undertaking to hold inquiry creates legitimate expectation: Supreme Court
Justices grant declaration in judicial review over Patrick Finucane murder
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Society launches 2019 financial benchmarking survey
Financial health check tool for Scottish law firms runs again
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Faculty to stage special conference on arbitration
May event will look ahead to ICCA 2020
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Lord Justice Clerk defends sentencing guideline timescales
MSP raises concerns following controversial sex assault case
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Boyd Legal expands Fife presence with new Kirkcaldy base
Kelly Matthews joins from Russel & Aitken
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CMA seeks new powers to protect consumer rights
Proposals would put new focus on protecting consumers' economic interests
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UK must return Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ICJ rules
Court finds UK acted unlawfully in retaining territory at independence
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Mackenzie takes IBA disability access message to Zero Project congress
Panel session at UN-affiliated group highlights 2017 IBA justice report
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Rewritten code for Scots insolvency rules in force from April
Two sets of rules reflect devolved and reserved powers
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Insurers fail in appeal against door steward liability ruling
Exclusion for deliberate acts did not cover unintended death
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Interim report published of review of miners' strike policing
John Scott QC requests additional time to complete full report
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Public awareness crucial to new organ donation law, Society warns
Proposals for "opt-out" system come before Holyrood this week
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Planning partner promotion at Burness Paull
Theresa Hunt recognised for work in major projects
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Morton Fraser makes UK top 100 employer list
Sunday Times ranks Scots firm in annual survey
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Judge allows girl's 16-year-old killer to be identified
Aaron Campbell named as accused in Alesha MacPhail case
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Lindsays appoints residential property director
Vhari Selfridge joins from Connell & Connell
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Crackdown on livestock worrying proposed in member's bill consultation
Higher penalties, police powers and ban on owning dogs could be enacted
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Registers' open day offers insight into processes
Novel event will show how first registration happens, and other work
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Will automated vehicles disclose cause of accidents? Faculty asks
Consultation response suggests IT advances will make processes opaque
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Brexit not an event to frustrate EU agency office lease, High Court holds
European Medicines Agency fails in case over London HQ
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Fuel Poverty Bill passes stage 1
Unopposed vote as MSPs claim bill needs strengthened