Legal news
Ministers back down on Small Business Grant restriction
Multiple outlets to qualify for 75% of first outlet support
Commissary cases excluded from digital court changes
Lord President issues direction pending further investigative work
Two new partners among Lindsays promotions
Senior associate and two associates complete latest round
Further digital business coming, SCTS promises
Outer House and sheriff court digital capability being addressed
Yousaf sets out emergency trial law options
Discussion paper published ahead of talks and update to Parliament
High Court considers impact of COVID-19 on bail appeals
Two with records stay remanded on robbery charge; but position may change
Iain Nicol joins Lefevres as litigation director
Personal injury lawyer moves to niche firm
Private client partner hire at Anderson Strathern
Siobhan McGuigan joins Glasgow office from Blackadders
John Scott QC to oversee police use of emergency powers
Chief Constable commissions human rights lawyer to chair scrutiny group
Faculty voices dismay at lack of remote hearings
Vice Dean's letter warns of financial and reputational consequences
Four Scots employment judges named
Salaried judges take up post between April and July
Lord Weir becomes Scotland's latest judge
Robert Weir QC joins Court of Session bench
Civil court business down again in 2018-19
Decline in debt cases leads 11% overall drop
Justice Secretary briefs Holyrood on coronavirus response
Letter to Justice Committee answers questions raised
Death announced of Sheriff Deirdre MacNeill
Glasgow sheriff passes away at age 65
VW owners win preliminary ruling in "Dieselgate" claim
Judge finds emissions-cheating software a "defeat device" under EU rules
Serco lock change opponents refused appeal permission
Supreme Court panel decision marks end of the road
Lord Kinclaven retires from bench
Outer House judge steps down after 15 years
Royal Assent for Coronavirus (Scotland) Act
Emergency powers to counter COVID-19 in force from midnight
Registers launches digital advance notice service
Advice remains to delay transactions if possible
Credibility can be assessed against other complainer
Appeal Court affirms jury can decide effect of similar account
Home Office eases right to work checks during COVID-19
Video calls allowed, subject to verification after shutdown
Ledingham Chalmers hires rural law partner
Gary Webster joins from Macleod & MacCallum
Three promoted in Pinsent Masons' Scottish offices
Partner and two legal directors named among global round