Legal news

Consumer costs could rise from SLCC budget plans: Society
Response to proposals calls for priority for process reforms

SLCC proposes shifting levy burden towards principals
Annual consultation opens with two models for overall 9% rise

Lorna Jack confirmed as Highlands & Islands Airports chair
Interim post becomes three year appointment

Report backs Offender Management Bill, but warns of need for resources
Enforcement measures required along with support for individuals

SYLA Spring Ball early bird rate about to close
Glasgow venue on 23 March for popular event

Withdrawing from success fee agreement should not bar payment: Faculty
Advocates respond to consultation on rules under 2018 Act

Supreme Court refuses Home Office appeal over conviction disclosure rulings
Schemes disproportionate in two respects, including young offenders

Judges to be trained ahead of new domestic abuse law
Judicial Institute to deliver package before 1 April start

Dentons' latest accounts confirm 2017-18 performance
Revenue up 21% and profit 27% following MMS merger

Large sums unpaid in criminal compensation orders, figures reveal
Freedom of information request finds £837,000 out of £9m still due

Criminal proceedings down 11% in 2017-18, official figures show
Falls in summary cases driving downward trend

JABS to introduce annual shrieval competitions
Spring round of appointments each year to fill vacancies

Death announced of legal historian David Sellar
Former law teacher and Lord Lyon passes away at 77

Women in the Law UK launches in Scotland
DWF to host Edinburgh event this week

MSPs again reject ministers' proposed debt payment calculator
Common financial tool should be stalled pending wider review: committee

Solicitor advocate joins Aberdein Considine Dispute Resolution team
Carly Stewart moves from Clyde & Co in Aberdeen

Two Judicial Appointments Board members given further terms
Deirdre Fulton and Stephen Tierney to serve four more years

Next Commissioner for Standards in Public Life named
Caroline Anderson nominated to succeed Bill Thompson

Commercial property partner joins Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie
John Smart moves to Inverness office from Ledingham Chalmers

Competition law blamed for anti-fair trade practices
Foundation claims businesses inhibited from offering better terms

94-year-old wins privacy human rights case against UK over data
Police wrong to retain personal data without proper safeguards or review

Society agrees partnership deal with tech supplier Amiqus
ADR support among products to be developed jointly

Justice Committee calls for "more ambitious" child evidence law
Stage 1 report on bill wants full adoption of "Barnahus" model

Scots school age welfare payment to come on stream in June
£250 to help families with costs of child starting school