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Blackadders elects two partners to management board

10th October 2018 | careers , practice management
Emma Gray and Petra Grunenberg ensure gender balance

Amended practice rules on incidental financial business now in force

10th October 2018 | law society of scotland , professional regulation
Solicitors should update standard client documents on insurance

Tacit relocation should end for commercial leases: Faculty

10th October 2018 | commercial property
Doctrine has "unwelcome consequential effects"

Burness goes pink and blue for Baby Loss Awareness Week

9th October 2018 | practice management
Coloured lights for Glasgow office to show support

Society calls for strengthened children's rights in Act review

9th October 2018 | family-child law
Response includes support for sibling contact rights

SCTS begins quarterly criminal cases statistics series

9th October 2018 | criminal law
First edition shows more solemn but less summary business

Mass data misuse action against Google dismissed in High Court

9th October 2018 | human rights , information technology
Inadequate case that damage suffered, judge rules

Commissions "disappointed" at decision against new level crossings law

9th October 2018
Administrative changes acknowledged, but not a substitute

Death announced of top Government lawyer Murray Sinclair

8th October 2018 | obituary
Society pays tribute to dedicated solicitor and Council member

Misogyny could be part of hate crime law: Yousaf

8th October 2018 | criminal law
Consultation coming on how else to tackle bad behaviour

Appeal to solicitors to join “world’s biggest sleepout”

8th October 2018 | Housing
Teams needed to support Sleep in the Park on 8 December

No provocation direction needed where not live issue at trial

8th October 2018 | criminal law
Police statements not a basis for misdirection challenge

Senior associate joins Gilson Gray in East Lothian

8th October 2018 | careers
Cheryl Edgar moves from Garden Stirling Burnet

Two senior appointments at Aberdeen Considine

8th October 2018 | careers
New private client head and banking associate named

2019 Scottish Legal Awards open to entries

5th October 2018
Three additional categories for in-house lawyers

Interim Deputy Public Guardian named

4th October 2018 | careers
Carrie Diggins also to be Deputy Accountant of Court

SYLA announces October events

4th October 2018
Career, networking and social events on calendar

Ministers plan to extend female genital mutilation protection

4th October 2018
Consultation opens on additional scope of offences, and victim anonymity

Partner appointment at Kergan Stewart

4th October 2018 | careers
Stephen Smith promoted at Glasgow commercial firm

National film studio grounded by small landholding rules

3rd October 2018 | agriculture-crofting
Court refuses to allow resumption of site

Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland 2017-18 report published

3rd October 2018 | government-administration
Figures given on six appointment rounds

Revenue Scotland takings up 11%, annual report reveals

3rd October 2018 | government-administration , tax
LBTT and landfill taxes bring in £707m in 2017-18

Burges Salmon to become Society's neighbours in office move

3rd October 2018 | practice management
Agreement reached to lease part of Atria One building

Opposite sex civil partnerships to be recognised in England, May reveals

2nd October 2018 | family-child law
Prime Minister makes announcement at Conservative conference
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