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Pinsent Masons moves to flexible-themed Edinburgh base
New office designed to support agile working and employee wellbeing
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Junior Bar Association names first committee
New association aims to support advocates of less than five years' call
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WS Society reveals library bicentenary events
August marks 200 years since grand opening of famous building
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More than 100 lawyers abandon legal aid duty scheme
40 firms and 110 solicitors have quit scheme since 2019: FOI answer
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Ian Bowie moves to Shepherd & Wedderburn
Property partner hire from MacRoberts joins Glasgow office
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MSPs call for views on Fireworks Bill
Consultation opens on proposed controls, with public surveys
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Audit launched into women’s participation at Holyrood
Move will look at barriers to a political career
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Fiscal's 1992 letter bars prosecution now: Appeal Court
Judges affirm 1976 Thom decision as good law
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Ministers publish justice system plan through to 2026
Paper sets out vision and planned reforms for current Parliament
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Scullion LAW promotes two to associate director
Farrah Mahmood and Nick Harbison win recognition
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DAC Beachcroft hires construction litigation partner
Jilly Petrie joins from BTO Solicitors
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Judge quashes sheriff investigation tribunal findings
Unfairness to complainer in withholding of further allegations
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Operetta double bill revives Tumbling Lassie appeal
Proceeds from Faculty's April event to support anti-slavery charities
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Faculty seeks long term fix for placed English children
Children's hearings should have role as forum to discuss welfare
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Sex offence summary case amendment can be retrospective
Appeal Court rules no unfairness if summary jurisdiction added
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Double partner hire for Burness Paull family law launch
Richard Smith and Jennifer Wilkie join from Brodies
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MSPs call for views on re-enacting COVID provisions
Choice of surveys to comment on Recovery and Reform Bill
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Survey asks readers what they want from their Journal
Society wants to know what you read and how you access content
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Gail Docherty joins Macdonald Henderson
Lawyer becomes head of firm’s residential conveyancing team
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Faculty elects Neil Mackenzie QC as Keeper of Library
Former Director of Training to take charge of Faculty's literary resource
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Senior associate joins McKee Campbell Morrison
Graham Wilson makes move from Addleshaw Goddard
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Ministers introduce fireworks control bill
Measure seeks to limit social harms from fireworks and pyrotechnics
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Thorntons secures MacRoberts' Dundee team
Three new partners among nine lateral hires
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No contempt but expenses against solicitor sued by SLCC
Failure to deliver file results in liability for Inner House costs