Legal news

Three-way partnership creates Scottish Women's Rights Centre
First advice centre for Scottish survivors of gender-based violence

Ministers abandon corroboration abolition provision
Criminal Justice Bill to go ahead without controversial section

Cashroom employee faces jail for taking £178,000
MMS ledger supervisor ran scheme for making double payments

Society, Faculty greet Bonomy report
Welcome for support for post-corroboration safeguards

Bonomy reports on proposed post-corroboration safeguards
Measures include audio-visual recording of all suspect interviews

Immigration marriage cases must look at both spouses' rights: Inner House
Two appeal decisions go against Home Office refusals

Which? lodges super-complaint over supermarket price offers
Consumer body alleges "confusing and misleading" practices

Thorntons gears up for Edinburgh expansion
Office move paves way for new staff and practice areas

Morton Fraser promotes four to partner
Eleven now advanced in past year

Court rejects contention that football sectarian singing law unclear
Accused lose appeal against conviction for singing "Roll of Honour"

Advocate and solicitor appointed sheriffs
Robert Weir QC and Joan Kerr to join bench

Glasgow 2015: Commonwealth Law Conference reports
Blogs and tweets from the Journal

Law reformers hold Edinburgh conference
Scottish Law Commission hosting Commonwealth meeting

Commonwealth lawyers gather in Glasgow
More than 700 expected to attend biennial conference

Ledingham Chalmers named "Investor in Young People"
Claim to be first law firm to gain accreditation

Lord Advocate releases draft human trafficking victim guidelines
"Strong presumption against prosecution" where compulsion evident

SYLA to hold further "Women in Law" event this month
Inspiring professionals named who will share their experiences

Gillespie Macandrew announces new board as Turnbull steps down
Chris West to be chief executive and Murray Shaw chairman

Lawyers honour their Great War dead with new memorial
Society hopes to create full record of those who fell

Prosecution service embarks on customer survey
12 day window to give views on experience of contact

Bank executor not entitled to appoint attorney, sheriff rules
Law settled that executor must carry out duties personally

Further private tenancy proposals published for views
Ministers consult on further detail of new legal regime

Two new human rights commissioners appointed
Lawyer Susan Kemp and GP Alan Mitchell join SHRC

Four promoted at Digby Brown
Two new partners and two associates at PI firm