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