Legal news
Period poverty bill backed as ministers change tack
All parties now behind duty to provide free products
Pinsent Masons retains best law firm diversity ranking
Stonewall ranks firm no 4 employer in UK, and top in Scotland
Andrew Stevenson to be SLAS secretary
Solicitor advocate succeeds Michael Sheridan at Scottish Law Agents Society
Barlinnie contingency plans must be top priority, MSPs report
Audit report says urgent action needed across prison estate
Adjudicator award enforced despite "without prejudice" reliance
Judge finds no impropriety or breach of natural justice
Official figures continue house price upward trend
Scots December prices up 2.2% year on year; October sales rise 2.7%
Faculty raises issues with forensic self-referral bill
Provision needed to safeguard integrity of complainers' samples
IBA launches Model Statute for climate change actions
Report aims to lower procedural legal hurdles for challenges to governments
Judge chooses title to honour late mother
Sean Smith QC joins bench as Lord Harrower
MSPs take an interest in moveables reform
Holyrood committee invites views on Scottish Law Commission proposals
Court of Session Inner House appointments announced
Three named to step up to appeal divisions this year
Young lawyers to host EYBA spring conference
Young lawyers from across Europe meet in Glasgow in April
Murder conviction quashed for lack of specification
Judge should have asked jury to reconsider verdict after deletion
Property market rebounded after election, legal firm reports
Aberdein Considine monitor records best December since 2007
QC appointed to international art disputes tribunal
John Campbell QC to join The Hague-based Court of Arbitration for Art
Human rights ruling against UK in police data case
Indefinite biometric data retention without safeguards breached article 8
Report published on sentencing people with mental welfare issues
Sentencing Council publishes report on sentencing people with mental welfare issues
Harper Macleod Chairman Professor Lorne Crerar receives CBE
Lorne Crerar is presented with CBE by HRH Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace
Lord Bonomy appointed to UN roster
News of appointment of Scottish judge Lord Bonomy to a UN roster
HMRC probing businesses for new evasion offence
"Wake-up call" over failing to prevent facilitation of tax evasion
Terrorist release bill questioned in rule of law report
Bingham Centre raises issue over changed expectations of serving prisoners
Holyrood committee backs new animal welfare measures
Stage 1 report believes still more could be done
Facial recognition tech not fit for police use, MSPs report
Committee calls for proper legal regulation of use