Legal news
 
    Supreme Court to rule next week on Northern Ireland abortion law
Judgment on 7 June on cases of malformed foetus, rape or incest
   
    Mixed reactions to Bracadale hate crime proposals
Support from equality group; women's organisations disappointed
   
    Bracadale review calls for single hate crime law
Age and gender should become protected characteristics: report
   
    Islands Bill passes final Holyrood stage
Unanimous vote for measure to recognise special status
   
    Family lawyer Anne Dick becomes Brewin Dolphin consultant
Wealth management firm boosts matrimonial offering
   
    Planning Bill passes stage 1, but with opposition warnings
Ministers accused of "power grab" centralisation
   
    SCJC opens family action case management consultation
All actions proposed to come under new structure
   
    OPG aims to extend professional guardianship scheme
Invitation opens for more firms to apply
   
    FNF Scotland hosts child law reform focus groups
Civil servants to hear first hand experiences of current system
   
    Lindsays adds to Dundee commercial property strength
Alison Broomhall joins from DWF
   
    MSPs welcome Crown Estate Bill but propose changes
Stage 1 report calls for stronger environmental provisions
   
    Lord Reed to be UK Supreme Court Deputy President
Scots judge named to succeed Lord Mance
   
    Appeal court upholds prisoner's damages award for attempted murder
"Unattractive" for ministers to admit negligence but deny causation
   
    MSP claims "overwhelming" support for retail staff protection bill
Consultation produces wide backing for new law
   
    Commissioner calls for birth certificate gender change ability from age 12
"Illogical" to allow treatment but not recognition: consultation response
   
    Dailly to give keynote address at law clinics' annual conference
"Virtual pro bono" theme for SULCN June event
   
    Bankruptcy Act does not exclude common law remedies, appeal judges rule
Interim interdict upheld where debtors' solicitors failed to act on charge
   
    Call for views on new Scottish funeral payment help scheme
Separate Scottish provision to operate from summer 2019
   
    Pointless to appeal sheriff's rulings on children's hearing decisions: SAC
Appeal judges say better course to seek three month review of decision
   
    Scottish house prices continue year-on-year gains
March figures show 6.7% rise, but latest sales volumes down
   
    Average trainee pay falls in England since minimum abolished: research
SRA study shows those in lowest pay bands worst hit
   
    Arguments over effectiveness of new Climate Change Bill
Ministers say strongest feasible; critics claim lack of ambition
   
    Next Chief Inspector of Prisons chosen
Wendy Sinclair-Gieben becomes first woman in the post
   
    SLAB wins appeal against quashing of legal aid grant
Grounds of appeal did not require to be disclosed