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Tribunals took wrong approach to asylum seekers' faith claims: Inner House
Too much weight placed on falsity of evidence on other matters
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Solicitor joins listening body for child abuse victims
Moira Ramage one of three appointed to National Confidential Forum
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Doubts raised about "prisoners in court in underwear" report
Police claim unable to check for accuracy in advance
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Bar to unmarried claiming widowed parent allowance breaches ECHR
Supreme Court allows mother's appeal in Northern Irish case
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Car clamping raises fines collection rate as new arrangements bite
Courts' link with DVLA raises risk for non-paying motorists
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DLA Piper appoints Edinburgh construction director
Ross Campbell joins from Eversheds Sutherland
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Faculty welcomes family case management plans, with reservations
Response challenges some proposals for child cases
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Judge allows asbestos claim against employer's discharged executor
Case law supports action to establish claim against estate
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Society denies criminal legal aid link to trainee court plans
Earlier admission not a response to issues over low rates: President
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Deadline approaches to join OPG professional guardianship scheme
Eligible firms must apply by 21 September
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First Scottish acquired by US concern
Eli Global buys out search and support firm
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Further fall in cases raised follows civil courts reform
Nearly all categories show fewer actions in 2016-17
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Code of practice, and public education, needed for new organs law: Faculty
Stage 1 submission sees deficiencies in Human Tissue Bill
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Ministers stall on railway policing merger with review of "further options"
Practical obstacles bedevil Scottish Government's integration plan
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Small firms given chance to promote trainee places
HM Connect to take stands at two law fairs
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Surveyors warn of online home report scams
Old reports being doctored and passed off as new
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Prices up but volumes fall again in latest house price figures
June prices and April volumes show Scots market stronger than UK's
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Prosecutors given £3.6m to fund extra staff
Up to 140 to be recruited to cope with caseload
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Drive to boost employee ownership through new leadership group
Ministers aim to quintuple worker-owned businesses by 2030
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Second Balfour+Manson solicitor becomes APIL fellow
Ian Nicol joins David Short to become third in Scotland
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Scots law governs claim though asbestosis developed in England, judges rule
Place of delict remained place of deceased's work
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GSPC goes into liquidation after losses continue
Properties now being marketed by Edinburgh counterpart
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Proof allowed in ex-fiscal's claim based on work stress
Judge rejects Lord Advocate's attempt to have case dismissed
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Real burdens reform difficult but necessary – Faculty
Response queries how to draft law to cover all types