Legal news
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Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland publishes annual report
2016-17 report records refinements to recruitment procedures
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Lateral partner hire for Anderson Strathern
Iain Grieve joins commercial real estate team
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Solicitors may face retrospective VAT bills, accountants warn
Tribunal win lets HMRC revise treatment of electronic property searches
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Lady Hale sworn in as Supreme Court President
Deputy Lord Mance and three new Justices also take oaths
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More than 900 abusers disclosed under "Clare's law", police reveal
Second year of operation sees total requests top 2,000
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Public boards need to raise their game, Holyrood committee claims
Letter to ministers says dissenting voices must not be silenced
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Land rights statement confirms ministers' desire to diversify
"Human rights approach" also underpins vision for reform
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Lords reject ministers' approach to EU Withdrawal Bill scrutiny
Report also criticises "excessively wide" delegated powers
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Debtor bankruptcy applications go online only
No paper applications accepted from tomorrow
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SCTS report takes forward vulnerable witness reforms
Further proposals made for children and vulnerable adults
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Scottish Information Commissioner's annual report flags up challenges ahead
GDPR and human rights judgment will mean big changes in operation
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Thirty lawyers appointed to housing and property tribunal chamber
Recruitment comes ahead of extension of business
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Blackadders announces Ken Scott bursary winner
Diploma student takes award in memory of former associate
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Exceptional circumstances not needed for interim expenses payment order
Judge orders Burness Paull to pay £1m in complex and high value action
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Pagan Osborne owed £185,000 at collapse, administrators report
Registers of Scotland and property related businesses owed largest sums
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Solicitor admits £270,000 embezzlement charge with aunt's money
Sentence deferred on Cupar sole principal Walls
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Former sole principal joins Boyd Legal
Nigel Geddes to head property team in Kirkcaldy
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Society paper proposes justice system videoconferencing standards
Working group looks at privacy, consistency, flexibility and quality
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"Significant reduction" in court waiting times, Lord President predicts
Address at opening of legal year charts progress, and room for improvement
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Revenue Scotland annual report shows £54m LBTT shortfall
Increased revenue but short of Budget Act estimate
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Matheson promises action as figures show rising sexual cybercrime
Recorded crime still falling but sex and violence cases up
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MSPs praise public sector anti-fraud drive but call for more
Report on National Fraud Initiative calls for greater public awareness
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Kennedys hires insurer liability partner
Peter Demick joins from Brodies
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Winners announced to fill new Society Council posts
Solicitor advocate Tom Marshall and Brussels' Siobhan Kahmann to take seats