Legal news
Gillespie Macandrew returns to growth trend
Firm reports 12% turnover rise in 2021-22
Open Market Shared Equity thresholds raised by 9%
Ministers raise upper value of qualifying properties due to rising prices
Trials backlog down 7,500 since January, SCTS claims
Latest monthly workbook shows fewer cases processed in July
Sheriff Principal Turnbull to become a senator
Sheriff Principal Anwar to transfer to Glasgow on move in May 2023
Views sought as debt solution reforms near conclusion
Ministers consult ahead of finalising changes around diligence and debt
Employment tribunals issue witness statement direction
Scots practice direction and presidential guidance apply from 1 October
Cat Maclean joins Scots Judicial Appointments Board
MBM Commercial partner to serve four years as legal member
Scotland's period products rights law in force today
Councils and education providers bound to make period products available
Addleshaw Goddard boosts Aberdeen Corporate team
Three joint Addleshaw Goddard as managing associate or legal director
John Kydd takes partner role at Gilson Gray
Experienced lawyer joins firm's Dundee office
UK Government sets out case against Referendum Bill
Written submission to Supreme Court contests jurisdiction and competence
Invitations going out to join Holyrood citizens' panel
Random addresses being selected for group to work on Parliament engagement
Legal workplace projects among Equality Fund awards
Gender based violence and neurodiversity schemes to receive funding
Shepherd and Wedderburn hires Aberdeen Real Estate head
Peter Smith joins from Burness Paull
Scots QC given 10 years for child sexual offences
John Watt sentenced on charges of "utmost seriousness" over 13 year period
Kenyan interim order stalls tea pickers' Scottish case
Company attempts to have class action barred because not in Kenya
MCM announces hire to launch Employment & HR division
Laura McKenna joins from Morton Fraser
Call for action as alcohol deaths rise again
Alcohol Focus Scotland wants higher minimum price and no more off-licences
Update on rules rewrite project reveals emerging scheme
Scottish Civil Justice Council sets out likely shape of civil actions
SLCC names three firms for advisory panel
Brodies, Burness Paull and Harper Macleod win through tender process
Human Rights Court rejects Battersbee parents' petition
Interim measures refused in last legal attempt to save 12 year old
End unspent convictions bar to compensation: LSA
Advice agency condemns "harsh" rule barring criminal injuries payments
SLAB consults on "unusual work" civil approvals
Board seeking to develop definition and revised guidance
Gillespie Macandrew secures former RBS GC as chair
Michael Shaw appointed to succeed Fiona Morton