Legal news

Lords reject ministers' approach to EU Withdrawal Bill scrutiny
Report also criticises "excessively wide" delegated powers

Debtor bankruptcy applications go online only
No paper applications accepted from tomorrow

SCTS report takes forward vulnerable witness reforms
Further proposals made for children and vulnerable adults

Scottish Information Commissioner's annual report flags up challenges ahead
GDPR and human rights judgment will mean big changes in operation

Thirty lawyers appointed to housing and property tribunal chamber
Recruitment comes ahead of extension of business

Blackadders announces Ken Scott bursary winner
Diploma student takes award in memory of former associate

Exceptional circumstances not needed for interim expenses payment order
Judge orders Burness Paull to pay £1m in complex and high value action

Pagan Osborne owed £185,000 at collapse, administrators report
Registers of Scotland and property related businesses owed largest sums

Solicitor admits £270,000 embezzlement charge with aunt's money
Sentence deferred on Cupar sole principal Walls

Former sole principal joins Boyd Legal
Nigel Geddes to head property team in Kirkcaldy

Society paper proposes justice system videoconferencing standards
Working group looks at privacy, consistency, flexibility and quality

"Significant reduction" in court waiting times, Lord President predicts
Address at opening of legal year charts progress, and room for improvement

Revenue Scotland annual report shows £54m LBTT shortfall
Increased revenue but short of Budget Act estimate

Matheson promises action as figures show rising sexual cybercrime
Recorded crime still falling but sex and violence cases up

MSPs praise public sector anti-fraud drive but call for more
Report on National Fraud Initiative calls for greater public awareness

Kennedys hires insurer liability partner
Peter Demick joins from Brodies

Winners announced to fill new Society Council posts
Solicitor advocate Tom Marshall and Brussels' Siobhan Kahmann to take seats

Research needed into Brexit impact on healthcare, Society claims
Paper calls for Holyrood to undertake separate study of Scottish needs

"So you want to be...": SYLA announces two new events
Employment and corporate law talks set for October

Jury research team appointed by Scottish Government
Glasgow's James Chalmers and Fiona Leverick among team leaders

Lindsays moves to new Glasgow offices
100 Queen Street premises offer scope for expansion

Society publishes new anti-money laundering guidance
Draft awaits final approval but firms told to review procedures

Provoking witness unlikely to lead to desertion, Appeal Court rules
Defence must decide on risks if they "prod a wasps' bike"

Scottish Legal Awards event returns to Glasgow after 10 years
2018 winners to be announced on 15 March in Doubletree by Hilton