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Blackadders elects two partners to management board
Emma Gray and Petra Grunenberg ensure gender balance
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Amended practice rules on incidental financial business now in force
Solicitors should update standard client documents on insurance
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Tacit relocation should end for commercial leases: Faculty
Doctrine has "unwelcome consequential effects"
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Burness goes pink and blue for Baby Loss Awareness Week
Coloured lights for Glasgow office to show support
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Society calls for strengthened children's rights in Act review
Response includes support for sibling contact rights
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SCTS begins quarterly criminal cases statistics series
First edition shows more solemn but less summary business
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Mass data misuse action against Google dismissed in High Court
Inadequate case that damage suffered, judge rules
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Commissions "disappointed" at decision against new level crossings law
Administrative changes acknowledged, but not a substitute
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Death announced of top Government lawyer Murray Sinclair
Society pays tribute to dedicated solicitor and Council member
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Misogyny could be part of hate crime law: Yousaf
Consultation coming on how else to tackle bad behaviour
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Appeal to solicitors to join “world’s biggest sleepout”
Teams needed to support Sleep in the Park on 8 December
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No provocation direction needed where not live issue at trial
Police statements not a basis for misdirection challenge
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Senior associate joins Gilson Gray in East Lothian
Cheryl Edgar moves from Garden Stirling Burnet
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Two senior appointments at Aberdeen Considine
New private client head and banking associate named
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2019 Scottish Legal Awards open to entries
Three additional categories for in-house lawyers
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Interim Deputy Public Guardian named
Carrie Diggins also to be Deputy Accountant of Court
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SYLA announces October events
Career, networking and social events on calendar
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Ministers plan to extend female genital mutilation protection
Consultation opens on additional scope of offences, and victim anonymity
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Partner appointment at Kergan Stewart
Stephen Smith promoted at Glasgow commercial firm
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National film studio grounded by small landholding rules
Court refuses to allow resumption of site
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Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland 2017-18 report published
Figures given on six appointment rounds
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Revenue Scotland takings up 11%, annual report reveals
LBTT and landfill taxes bring in £707m in 2017-18
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Burges Salmon to become Society's neighbours in office move
Agreement reached to lease part of Atria One building
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Opposite sex civil partnerships to be recognised in England, May reveals
Prime Minister makes announcement at Conservative conference