Legal news
SLCC proposes small levy rise and big procedure changes
Strategy consultation opens alongside proposal for £316 levy
Succession (Scotland) Bill passes final stage
Technical reforming measures are first stage of overhaul
Regulations laid to end police detainee legal aid contributions
Society welcomes removal of "impractical" requirement
Society and ESPC combine to create e-conveyancing platform
One-stop-shop "Altis" system due to go live in spring
Ethnic minorities still lack equal opportunities, MSPs report
Committee calls for further Government action against barriers
Associate promotion at Murray Beith Murray
Jennifer Cumming advances in dispute resolution
Health and safety expert joins Law At Work
Douglas Cameron to be new head of team
Employment consultant joins Pagan Osborne
Elaine Leitch to help advise small and family businesses
Driver blackout private prosecution bids turned down by Lord Advocate
Bereaved families will need High Court permission to proceed
Minister seeks reform of law over common land
References to Law Commission and new Land Commission
Appeal judges rule "bedroom tax" discriminatory
Disabled person and abused woman in sanctuary succeed in challenge
MacRoberts partner becomes Glasgow Chamber of Commerce president
Neil Amner pledges to bring transport expertise to campaigning issues
MSPs turn down incest petition without debate
"No public interest" when petition never opened to signatures
Senior lawyers working more hours as accountants threaten: survey
Five extra hours per week for UK law firm partners
Church of Scotland names its new solicitor
Mary Macleod to succeed Janette Wilson
Manifesto sets out Society's priorities for next Holyrood session
Justice and measures to enhance role of legal sector at top of list
Crown secures "financial life sentence" order against housebreaker
Man with no assets liable to be sued for £600,000 proceeds of crime
Selection panel named for Lord Justice Clerk appointment
Lord Carloway one of four-strong team to choose his successor
Tenements consultation seeks to boost communal heating schemes
Aim to increase heating efficiency and reduce fuel poverty
From Legal Walk to Legal Bake: Foundation's next fundraiser
Call to take part in Great Legal Bake as February begins
Society seeks Council member to represent new lawyers
Solicitors admitted in last five years can apply
Sheriff principal calls for new approach to domestic abuse cases
Court should not be "first port of call" in many cases: Pyle
Advocates call for children's input into family court forms
Current forms used to seek views "not fit for purpose"
Falling asleep at the wheel normally dangerous driving, appeal court rules
Act to be regarded as voluntary, as drivers aware of tiredness