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Make tribunal rules easy for lay people to follow, Faculty urges
Consultation response calls for clarity in appeal time limits
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Supreme Court refuses disclosure challenge to firearms convictions
High Court applied correct test to undisclosed witness statements
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Sentencing Council starts mapping out work programme
First meeting agrees on public consultation for guidelines
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Trump loses UKSC appeal over offshore wind farm near golf resort
Applicant for consent did not require to hold licence in advance
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Wait before changing civil partnership law, advocates urge
Faculty response calls for five year assessment of same sex marriage
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Overhaul of Scottish welfare system needed, MSPs report
Holyrood committee calls for "huge cultural shift"
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Two family law specialists join Morton Fraser
Associate and consultant for Glasgow and Edinburgh offices
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Landlords succeed in dilapidations valuation appeal
Lease provision for cost of repairs given effect
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Lobbying Bill deficient in scope, MSPs report
Stage 1 call on ministers to include further communications
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Strathclyde's Paterson wins Inner Temple Book Prize
Work on Law Lords and Supreme Court takes top award
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Cross-party group calls for council tax replacement
"No one ideal local tax", so multiple source option proposed
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Registers offers advance checks for first registrations
£50 checking service for deeds over unregistered plots
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SLCC issues reminder over duty to offer ADR
Commission's own provider application put on hold, but rule remains
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Presiding Officer rejects request for Sewel motion on Trade Union Bill
Ruling given that bill affects only reserved matters
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Holyrood passes Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths Bill
Contested amendments but unopposed stage 3 passage for Government bill
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Commercial property partner hire for Morisons
Andrew Warren joins from Irwin Mitchell
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Partner appointment and promotions at RCC&W
Three more join top tier at Aberdeen based firm
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Shepherd & Wedderburn hires restructuring and insolvency trio
Three partners to join from HBJ Gateley
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Crown guidelines introduced to support refugees
Prosecutors to consider whether immigration offence necessary to gain entry
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SLCC to publish determination decisions
Quarterly anonymised release will demonstrate case handling process
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Judges resist statutory directions in sexual offence cases
Abusive Behaviour Bill would cross the line of independence: Carloway
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Criminal Justice Bill passes final stage
Stop and search controls added among final amendments
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Carmichael survives election petition challenge
Judges hold commission of illegal practice not proved
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Party leaders to face professions ahead of Holyrood elections
Professional bodies combine to stage pre-poll seminars