Legal news
Families Need Fathers sets up Dundee group
Inaugural meeting next week for parents with difficult contact
SYLA confirms Criminal Day programme, and simple procedure event
Two days left to book for criminal conference
Two energy lawyers back to support Ledingham Chalmers' new practice
Laura Petrie and Uisdean Vass return as partners in E&P practice
Two Lanarkshire firms unveil merger
Stirling Dunlop and Baker Gostelow join forces
Fourteen new employment judges appointed
Lord Carloway appoints three salaried and 11 fee paid individuals
Dress code gets a makeover at Gilson Gray
"Dress for your day" aims to challenge traditional legal image
Open banking regime will allow data sharing from tomorrow
Customers can authorise access to account information held by bank
Objections to evidence must be raised in line with Act: Appeal Court
Judge wrong to entertain late objection purportedly on basis of fair trial
ASNTS transfers to First-tier Education Chamber from today
Scottish Charity Appeals Panel also moving
Scottish ministers plan emergency EU Bill if UK Bill not changed
Continuity Bill would give leverage in dispute with UK Government
2018 finalists announced for Scottish Legal Awards
More than 40 firms and organisations represented in shortlists
Additional learning rights for under-16s come into force
Advice, information and having their own say extended to 12-15 year olds
£160m claim against Burness Paull settles out of court
Undisclosed figure ends massive conflict of interest suit
Dundee partner promotion at Thorntons
Lorna Goodfellow recognised in private client
Docket can refer to charges time barred from indictment: Appeal Court
Crown permitted to lead evidence for Moorov purposes
Solicitors claim legal aid system at "breaking point" over duty scheme
Workloads "unmanageable" under new police station questioning law
Faculty claims potential illegality in breakeven court fees policy
Consultation response challenges approach that user pays
Lindsays makes private client solicitor hire
Bruce Battersby joins from Mitchells Roberton
Former ombudsman to chair Scottish Legal Complaints Commission
James Martin one of two new five-year appointments
EU Withdrawal Bill incompatible with devolution powers, MSPs report
Unanimous committee "not in a position to recommend" consent
Wright Johnston & Mackenzie names two Inverness associates
Paul Adams and JP Campbell join firm
"Compatibility issues" review consults on Scotland Act provisions
Lord Justice General's group carrying out review under 2012 Act
Death takes place of Glasgow solicitor Margaret Scanlan
Former chair of Family Law Association was made OBE for SLAB work
Do independent reviews do the job, ministers ask?
Views invited on whether used properly, and what rules should apply