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SLC consultation process queried as committee backs Prescription Bill
Stage 1 evidence throws up new issues from welfare rights sector
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Judge annuls criminal injuries compensation refusal in historic rape case
"Exceptional circumstances" for not applying to be reconsidered
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Ministers failed journalists under freedom of information law: commissioner
Separate treatment inconsistent with "applicant-blind" approach of Act
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Government paper warns of post-Brexit cross-border crime challenges
Ministers call for direct links with European enforcement agencies
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Solicitor advocate QC joins Brodies team
Tony Jones moves from BTO
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Lord Reed sworn in as Supreme Court Deputy President
Lady Hale commends his "extraordinary intellectual and judicial qualities"
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Supreme Court upholds "worker" finding in Pimlico Plumbers case
Contractual controls sufficient to justify tribunal decision
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Addleshaw Goddard signs up SFA's compliance officer
Tony McGlennan to join Global Investigations team in September
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Bill published to bring in more pre-recorded evidence
Further measures for children and vulnerable witnesses in criminal trials
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Partner promotions as BTO beefs up Trusts & Estates team
Ross Brown and Lynn Melville to lead in respective offices
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Former trainee returns to head RCCW's Inverurie branch
Amanda Christie rejoins firm from Burness Paull
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Researcher seeks lawyers' experiences of secondary trauma
Short anonymous survey available to respondents
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Last days to apply for Society committee places
Four convener posts among positions available
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Three shortlisted for In-house Rising Star Award
Winner to be announced after next week's annual conference
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Motor Insurers' Bureau revises claim form for GDPR compliance
Old forms no longer being accepted
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Thorntons retains seven trainees on qualifying
Dundee, St Andrews and Perth offices see new solicitor roles
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Partner promotion at Gilson Gray
Keith Anderson recognised in Litigation team
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Pension fund wins appeal over successor law firm partnership
Proof allowed on case that contributions claim transmitted
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Birthday honours CBE to Jim Murdoch for human rights work
MBEs go to three solicitors and advice workers
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“Opt-out” organ donation bill comes before Holyrood
Ministers propose safeguards to ensure people's wishes followed
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More transport powers for local authorities under new bill
Service provision, low emission zones and smart ticketing among proposals
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Maclays merger boosts Dentons' UKMEA figures
"Strongest ever" results as investments across region bring returns
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Judge refuses CJEU reference in Brexit revocation challenge
Lord Boyd declines to seek ruling on "hypothetical" issue
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Policing of 1980s miners' strike to come under independent review
John Scott QC to try and bring closure for those in bitter episode