Legal news
Scottish Law Commission launches new work programme
Four new projects feature in Eleventh Programme of Law Reform
Call for views issued on Legal Services Regulation Bill
MSPs highlight interest in decision not to follow Roberton approach
Lindsays completes Miller Hendry merger
Combined firm has nearly 50 partners and 300 staff, in four cities
MSPs seek "lived experience" views on Bankruptcy Bill
Call for evidence opened on bill to improve debt recovery law
Stephen Vallance elected Dean of Glasgow Royal Faculty
RFPG AGM confirms successor to Austin Lafferty
Thorntons makes residential property partner hire
Joanne Grimmond joins from Blackadders
Request for phone code during police search not unfair
Court refuses appeal based on alleged unfairness of request for PIN
Four Bars reaffirm commitment to cab rank rule
Statement by UK and Ireland Bars underlines role of cab rank rule
Morton Fraser appoints four new partners
Law firm makes a series of internal promotions
Shoosmiths staff celebrate official opening of Edinburgh office
New working space is in Haymarket Square
Glasgow Caledonian wins first Sheriff Principal's Moot
Trophy awarded in inaugural Royal Faculty-backed competition
Visitor Levy Bill introduced to Holyrood
Councils to be given power to charge visitors and reinvest proceeds
Gerard O'Hare to lead WorkNest's Scottish legal team
Promotion completes rise from trainee solicitor
Further action needed on trial backlog: Audit Scotland
Report calls for delivery plan and better programme management
Average Scottish house price grows 3% in year to March
Latest figures show modest price growth on declining sales volume
Brodies launches Middle East arm with Abu Dhabi base
Firm aims to support clients at local level
"Head in sand" solicitor held in contempt over complaint
Business difficulties did not excuse failure to obey order: Inner House
Pinsent Masons' Fred Banning succumbs to cancer
Tributes to popular communicator who set up campaigns after diagnosis
Holidays slow criminal case throughput in April
Latest SCTS figures show drop in performance compared to March
English Law Commission floats non-jury rape trials idea
Evidence consultation paper canvasses more radical measures to combat myths
Craig Turnbull becomes a Senator of the College of Justice
Senior lawyer takes title of Lord Colbeck
Ewan McIntyre joins Davidson Chalmers Stewart
Solicitor becomes a partner in firm’s Glasgow office
Scottish Arbitration Centre launches arbitrator panels
Domestic and international panels available for appointment
Blackadders solicitor wins two STEP excellence awards
Taylor Henry scores in accounts and diploma tests