Legal news
Ministers review support for women and children victims of violence
Equally Safe strategy also to be revised
Womble Bond Dickinson formally launches
Completed merger produces new transatlantic firm
Allan McDougall merges with McQueen Legal
Enlarged practice operates from nine Edinburgh and Lothians offices
Extended sentence prisoner fails in "rehabilitation opportunity" appeal
Supreme Court aligns law with less demanding ECtHR standard
Proceeds of crime assets code put out to consultation
Code of practice intended to aid police searches
Faculty in favour of sentencing principles guideline
Response supports Sentencing Council's "fairness and proportionality" approach
Mitchells Roberton secures another merger
Kerr Barrie's partners and staff transfer to old established firm
Conference to be held in honour of George Gretton
December event coincides with publication of Festschrift
MMS becomes Dentons as merger completes
Combined firm boasts 158 locations in 66 countries
Further anti-people trafficking powers now in force
Trafficking and exploitation risk orders available to courts
Latest OPG figures show reduced power of attorney delays
EPOAR target time now being met
UK Government could allow some prisoners to vote
Report suggests concession to home release inmates serving less than a year
Better support urged for new build buyers who discover defects
MSPs call for more quality checks, and information for owners
Sturgeon to make Government apology for gay convictions
Statement to come as bill to grant pardons introduced
Litigation failings lead to expenses award against solicitor
Inadequate briefing of expert serious enough to warrant finding
Society's first MOOC opens legal learning to all
Four week maritime law course extends online learning offering
MSPs call on Government to revisit named persons code of practice status
Committee believes Holyrood should vote before proposals become law
Gambler whose persuasion influenced card selection deemed to have cheated
"Edge sorting" constituted positive action to influence outcome
Transport fund contribution illegal as development condition: Supreme Court
Judges affirm decision striking down Aberdeen policy
Lords point to ways to improve legislation
Published evidence and piloted policy among committee proposals
Shared equity schemes extended to the over-60s
Minister announces range of new options
Courts re-accredited with customer service excellence standard
Review records fewer areas where improvement needed
Foreign decree case shows up hole left in court rules
Repeal prevents registration of Belgian judgment for enforcement
Registers' ScotLIS land information service goes live
New online resource provides data on all land in Scotland