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Summary procedure digital reforms aim to cut "churn"
SCTS paper proposes radical new model for public discussion
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Scottish Law Commission's annual report welcomes progress on bills
Two measures enacted along with part of joint insurance project
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Bond Dickinson to open in Edinburgh
Princes Street premises to add to Aberdeen office from April
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Gillies to succeed Entwistle at head of WJM
Change of managing partner to take effect from 1 April
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Listening service aims to help those unsure about attending court
Edinburgh project is first in Scotland and second in UK
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Penalties to double for using phone while driving
£200 fine and six points the fixed penalty from 1 March
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Lindsays acquires Brodies' personal injury team
Two partners and 18 staff in business move
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Truss makes radical change to PI discount rate
Insurers protest at negative rate to apply from 20 March
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Lord Keen charged with failing to secure shotgun following police find
UK Government's Scottish law officer regrets "inadvertent" breach
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Tributes as Lord Gill says farewell to Supreme Court
Former Lord President comes off judicial panel on turning 75
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Third Party Rights Bill goes out to views
Scottish Law Commission measure following special law reform procedure
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Call for whole life sentences follows Doherty killer appeal
Conservatives want judges to order that murderers die in jail
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MSPs call for views on Child Poverty Bill provisions
Submissions welcome on principle and nature of proposed targets
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MacRoberts named as top of the Scottish SMEs
Growth at legal firm sees it rise to no 1
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Fast tracking of article 50 bill should not set precedent, peers report
Committee calls for full scrutiny of future Brexit legislation
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Tax manager hire for Murray Beith Murray
Kerry MacBeth joins from Turcan Connell
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SLAB challenges Society claims over legal aid lawyer earnings
"Serious concerns" about methodology and calculations in report
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Legal aid lawyers fail to earn living wage, Society research finds
Warning of "deserts" if public unable to find firms willing to act
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Supreme Court upholds immigrant spouses' minimum income principle
Rules held illegal to extent that they ignore child welfare duty
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MSPs confirm 2017-18 income tax rates
Higher rate threshold to be frozen but rates match rest of UK
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Mackay announces measures to limit business rate rises
Licensed trade and Aberdeen area to benefit from new package
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Tayside Commercial Court to sit from April
Three courts and sheriffs to operate commercial rules procedure
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Insurer's statement not waiver of right to time bar plea, court rules
Statement of intention at early stage did not bar change of mind
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Working people most likely to complete community payback, figures show
Social work statistics also show completion rate rises with age