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