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Living wage revised to £8.45 per hour
First Minister encourages more businesses to adopt the rate
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Lord Neuberger to give Europa Institute's Mitchell Lecture
Supreme Court President to speak on interjurisdictional influences
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Stiff penalties in Discipline Tribunal's latest misconduct cases
Suspension for accounts rules failures and heavy fine for conflict of interest
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Non-criminal arrest procedures out to consultation
Ministers seek views on how to apply 2016 Act provisions
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Inner House upholds ruling against Holyrood independence camp
No ground for holding Lord Ordinary erred
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Uber drivers are workers, not self employed, tribunal rules
Test case pair win right to minimum wage and holiday pay
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Northern Irish article 50 judicial review claim dismissed
Judge rules parliamentary approval not needed to activate EU withdrawal
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Modern arbitration law should be fully applied, Faculty submits
Ministers should implement provision covering statutory arbitration
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Lawyer calls for VW to honour Scottish customers following US settlement
Thompsons working with other European firms to pursue claim
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Independent body to propose Holyrood reforms
All-party support for review of checks and balances
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Shepherd & Wedderburn completes Glasgow office move
Ninety relocate to West Regent Street development
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Urgent action needed on prosecution service resources, Faculty claims
Evidence submission also criticises "blurring" of public interest
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Scottish ministers to promote law for gay sex conviction pardons
Automatic formal pardon to come for activities now legal
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Solicitors up with IT despite security worries, Society finds
Technology audit report launched at cyber conference
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Oil slump puts the brakes on Ledingham Chalmers' figures
Turnover down 2%, and profits 12%, in 2015-16
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Brexit makes business more difficult, top law firms believe
The Lawyer survey reports top 200 predict tougher times in 2016-17
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Domestic abuse figures show 3% dip in latest year
Only 51% of reported incidents recorded as crime
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Advocates sign up for nursing and midwifery disciplinary training
Scheme underway to help those needing representation at hearings
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MSPs taking evidence on crofting reform priorities
Views invited from crofters and expert advisers
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Artificial intelligence used to predict Human Rights Court decisions
University researchers achieve 79% accuracy through computer analysis
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"Gay cake" discrimination ruling upheld by N Ireland appeal court
Bakers' religious beliefs did not justify refusal to accept order
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Businesses ignorant of unfair terms rules, CMA survey reports
Research supports new campaign on treating customers fairly
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Big firms achieving slower growth in tough market, PwC reports
Top 100 survey finds falling profit margins
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Murray Beith Murray expands tax services with new head
Laura Brown joins from Turcan Connell