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