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