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Gail Docherty joins Macdonald Henderson
Lawyer becomes head of firm’s residential conveyancing team
Faculty elects Neil Mackenzie QC as Keeper of Library
Former Director of Training to take charge of Faculty's literary resource
Senior associate joins McKee Campbell Morrison
Graham Wilson makes move from Addleshaw Goddard
Ministers introduce fireworks control bill
Measure seeks to limit social harms from fireworks and pyrotechnics
Thorntons secures MacRoberts' Dundee team
Three new partners among nine lateral hires
No contempt but expenses against solicitor sued by SLCC
Failure to deliver file results in liability for Inner House costs
Young lawyers globally seek better balance: IBA report
Toxic work culture and lack of work-life balance driving many from practice
Faculty mourns Geoff Clarke QC
Former chair of Faculty Services Ltd dies suddenly on hillwalk
Ashley Edwards QC becomes principal Crown counsel
Top three prosecution roles all held by women for first time
USA extradition case limits scope of Convention rights
Mandatory life sentence no bar in kidnapping and attempted murder case
Advocacy service opens for disabled benefit claimants
Support available for people seeking Social Security Scotland benefits
SLCC proposes 5% levy cut in draft budget
Lower complaint numbers, and efficiency savings, prompt second cut
Kenyans win right to sue firm in Scotland
Tea pickers say conditions damaged their health
Council loses £6.5m claim over bin lorry crash
Judge rules that bus firm didn’t provide reference
Gibson Kerr brings operations under one new roof
Move to Randolph Crescent will support further growth
Bill introduced to confirm pandemic reforms
Bill makes permanent some measures and extends temporary justice provisions
LawCare passes 10,000 people helped over its 25 years
2021 figures show stress as fastest growing problem
Sentencing young people guideline applies from today
Court must assess maturity, with rehabilitation as top consideration
Commissions' self-driving regime removes driver fault
Proposed automated vehicles law adopts regulatory, not criminal approach
MSPs seek early action on gender conversion therapy
Report on petition calls for full and comprehensive new law
Courts lift Omicron COVID restrictions
Less physical distancing and more in-person hearings from 31 January
Commission calls for greater role for land taxation
Report sets out potential for supporting net zero and diverse ownership
Omicron hits December criminal court business
Throughput below pre-COVID average levels in all courts