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Solicitor wins Supreme Court appeal against lender duty ruling
"Not reasonable" for creditor to rely on misstatement regarding discharge
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Society welcomes review call for new legal aid approach
"Much to support" in report, but some caveats
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Legal aid review calls for "fundamentally new approach"
Ministers' response to be published "in due course"
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Commission publishes law reform annual report for 2017
"Productive" year saw three reports and bills
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Is simple procedure working, SCJC asks?
Consultation opens on experience to date
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Jennifer Henderson to be next Keeper of Registers
Career civil servant has wide executive experience
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Further fall in prosecutions last year, official figures show
Most types of crime down, with 8% drop overall
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Harrington succeeds Brown as BLM senior partner
Board member elected to three year term from 1 March
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Ministers to push ahead with court fee rises
Minor changes only despite consultation objections
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Lawscot Foundation wins European silver
Student support fund recognised in European Association Awards
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Appeal court rejects separate divorce treatment of house and land
Ownership separate from whether property was matrimonial
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Scotland's new third party rights contract law comes into force
Act simplifies and restates common law
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Ministers confirm 50p minimum alcohol price plan
Proposal to be put to MSPs ahead of 1 May start date
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Sharp rise in Scots human trafficking cases uncovered
Majority of victims men as labour exploitation dominates
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Advice services need better planning, review finds
Recommendations made for providers, funders and policy makers
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Judge says divorce should be annulled – but lets parties negotiate
Three months to sort out property issues where wife remarried
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Management of Offenders Bill begins Holyrood journey
GPS and other monitoring technology to be permitted
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Thorntons makes senior appointment to Montrose office
Graham Taylor joins from Dundee practice
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Homicide, family law and personal injury in Commission's Tenth Programme
Law reform body announces agenda for next five years
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Air travellers warned over unpaid fines checks
Defaulters risk arrest at airports
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Senior banking lawyer joins Shoosmiths in Edinburgh
Liana Di Ciacca hired from CMS as senior associate
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No dramatic impact from stop and search changes: interim review
Report on first six months suggests more effective use of searches
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Report seeks to enable jury service despite sensory impairments
Courts working group supports reasonable adjustments and measures
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Police can be liable for investigation failures, Supreme Court rules
Two of John Worboys' victims had case under Human Rights Convention