Legal news
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DX ending use of LP addresses from new year
Legal firms asked to ensure address records and references are up to date
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Planning application decision times show some improvement
Local application performance better, but major decisions slip
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SYLA announces change at the top as Meldrum steps down
Lucy Thornton becomes President with Jessica Weir as VP
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Burness Paul hires employment pair from Clyde & Co
Sandy Kemp and Robert Phillips switch firms
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Five year sentence upheld for possessing £12 disguised stun gun
No exceptional circumstances shown despite non-use over two years
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Litigation partner promotion at Brodies
Laura McMillan brings firm's total to 95
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Keeper of the Registers to retire in March
Sheenagh Adams to leave post after nine years
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Simple procedure expenses cap includes VAT and outlays: sheriff
“Expenses” held to include “all the elements of a judicial account”
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MSP gains support to bring in urban 20 mph limit bill
Cross-party members offer support to Green proposal
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Tribute from Society on death of Ethel Houston
One of first woman partners of Scottish law firm passes away at 93
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Thorntons, Thompsons big winners at Law Awards of Scotland
Three awards for Thompsons' litigators as Thorntons takes big firm prize
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Private residential tenancy in force from today
All new agreements will come under this regime
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Faculty "not convinced" of case for new hate crime law
Response to Bracadale review queries how to define further protected groups
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Award-winning film screening marks launch of Faculty bullying policy
Leslee Udwin to attend and speak at India's Daughter showing
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New appointments at Stronachs
Specialists in commercial property and agricultural and rural law join Aberdeen firm
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LawCare nominated for new grant
Charity to benefit from support by Wesleyan Foundation
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'Named person' legislation threatened with 'significant delay'
Deputy First Minister and Holyrood committee have difference of opinion
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Legal aid spending saves wider public funds, new study finds
Benefits to individuals and society from both civil and criminal legal aid
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Footballers lose appeal in civil rape case
Judges hold Lord Ordinary did not err in assessing the evidence
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Court of Session sitting direction written into new rules
Act of Sederunt sets out dates up to 2020
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SLCC highlights eligibility criteria following firm's failed appeal
Low bar for complainers "does not mean stain on solicitor's record"
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Burness Paul becomes Scottish Lex Mundi member
Approval follows MMS merging into Dentons
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Supreme Court announces Belfast sitting
Spring 2018 dates for "gay cake" and widowed parents' allowances appeals
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Complaints rise well below SLCC forecast: Society
Claim supporting general levy rise not realised in annual report