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