Legal news
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Lord President selection process begins
Panel appointed to make recommendation as timetable set
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Solicitors given "fair access" recruitment guidelines
Society publishes best practice for trainee and solicitor selection
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Private car parking practices can be challenged, CAS claims
Legal opinion published as level of enquiries soars
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LBTT effect shows in latest ESPC sales data
Prices take a dip as fewer large houses come to market
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High Court overturns controversial surveillance legislation
2014 Act ruled incompatible with European law
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Children's charity receives boost from Faculty of Advocates
Faculty provides a taste of life as an advocate
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Supreme Court appointments review published
Court President welcomes recommendations as "clear, comprehensive, principled and practical"
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Scottish Sentencing Council recruits legal members
Applicants have until 20 August
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Bto's Michael Collins admitted as solicitor advocate
Takes firm's advocacy service team to 14
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Scottish charities face fundraising scrutiny
SCVO to conduct review after complaints south of the border
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Faculty of Advocates admits four
Dean James Wolffe takes opportunity to highlight 20th anniversary of massacre at Srebrenica
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Police call handling faces urgent review following M9 death
Justice Secretary Michael Matheson announces HMICS review after victim dies in hospital
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New guidance issued on deprivation of liberty
Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland advice takes account of latest developments
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Glasgow property continues positive trend
Latest GSPC data shows dramatic reduction in sale times
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SPA chair will not seek reappointment
Vic Emery OBE to follow departure of Chief Constable Sir Stephen House
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Weightmans appoints insurance specialist
Calum Fife bolsters firm's growing Scottish team
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"Legal spark" offers community owned legal services
Young entrepreneur creates social enterprise for access to high quality advice
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Society sounds out solicitors on EU referendum issues
Questionnaire seeks to inform Society's role in debate
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Faculty insists on inquiry rights in compulsory purchase response
Submission agrees that overhaul of law needed
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Fathers call for denial of contact to be abuse offence
Form of coercive control, consultation response argues
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Advocates oppose statutory directions in sex crime trials
Consultation response says trial judges should retain discretion
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Gillespie Macandrew figures show mixed picture in year of choices
Revenue up 2% while profits showed dip, as strategy reviewed
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Alien helps "Children's lives" primary schools law research
Leicester project brings insight into children's understanding
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Banks not liable in most phone scams, Ombudsman reports
New warning over risks to elderly from “vishing” calls