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MSPs in call for evidence on Burial and Cremation Bill
Two committees sharing scrutiny of modernising measure
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Tax clearance rulings amounted to illegal state aid, Commission rules
Fiat Finance and Starbucks must pay more in Dutch and Luxembourg cases
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"Tumbling Lassie" charity ball raises £13,000
Human trafficking support groups to benefit from funds raised
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Strategic planning review trio call for public input
Six key areas highlighted by independent review
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Promotion for three at Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace
New court, employment and commercial property associates named
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Tribute to former Society President Michael Scanlan
Prominent Glasgow solicitor passed away yesterday
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Plastic bag legislation hailed as success
Token payment sees usage fall by 80% in a year
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EHRC chair speaks out over right to offend
Baroness O’Neill tells Theos Annual Lecture there is ‘no right not to be offended’ over matters of religion
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Scottish Sentencing Council officially established
Lord Caroloway to lead expert panel to tackle issue of inconsistent sentencing
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Crown Office identifies new Lockerbie suspects
Lord Advocate seeking Libya’s assistance to interview two men
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OSCR publishes annual review
Scotland’s charity regulator highlights key facts and figures for past financial year
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Law Society looking for debating tournament judges
Society calls for judges for the Donald Dewar Memorial Debating Tournament
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Scotland to get new online land and property information system
Digital service designed to be more efficient and convenient
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Next steps to tackle hate crime announced
Independent Advisory Group to be chaired by Dr Duncan Morrow
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Solicitor executors must advise of potential legal rights: Society guidance
New statement follows consideration of Discipline Tribunal case
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Solitary confinement ordered unlawfully, Supreme Court rules
Ministers had no power to extend segregation when time already expired
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Time to send in views on the Sexual Harm Bill
Justice Committee issues stage 1 call for evidence
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Conveyancing partner hire for Pagan Osborne
Joanne Cruickshank joins Edinburgh office
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Civil Justice Council reaches out with "Winter Tour" roadshow
Seven locations for sessions on court reform rules and other changes
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Trust launched for affordable rented housing
Mix of public and private funding aims to deliver 1,000 homes
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MSPs open scrutiny of Housing Tenancies Bill with call for views
New form tenancy and potential rent controls among issues for debate
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Burial and cremation law to be modernised in new bill
Legislation takes up recommendations following baby ashes scandal
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Society reveals SOCA report in Hales/Thomson case
Suspicious activity report submitted in 2011
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Risk should be focus of regulation change, SLCC claims
Consultation response looks for targeting of main causes of complaint