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Data privacy rights need international good practice standards: Society
Response calls for industry to be proactive

Commission report calls for early action on key reform projects
Trusts, Moorov rule and moveable transactions all await ministers' moves

EU Settlement Scheme could repeat Windrush problems, peers warn
Home Office "appears not to have learned the lessons": Kennedy

Innovation Cup runs again for best risk management ideas
Society launches second annual competition

Peers warn of "acute" risk of trade disruption on Brexit
Report also criticises failure to consult devolved governments

Undertaking to hold inquiry creates legitimate expectation: Supreme Court
Justices grant declaration in judicial review over Patrick Finucane murder

Society launches 2019 financial benchmarking survey
Financial health check tool for Scottish law firms runs again

Faculty to stage special conference on arbitration
May event will look ahead to ICCA 2020

Lord Justice Clerk defends sentencing guideline timescales
MSP raises concerns following controversial sex assault case

Boyd Legal expands Fife presence with new Kirkcaldy base
Kelly Matthews joins from Russel & Aitken

CMA seeks new powers to protect consumer rights
Proposals would put new focus on protecting consumers' economic interests

UK must return Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ICJ rules
Court finds UK acted unlawfully in retaining territory at independence

Mackenzie takes IBA disability access message to Zero Project congress
Panel session at UN-affiliated group highlights 2017 IBA justice report

Rewritten code for Scots insolvency rules in force from April
Two sets of rules reflect devolved and reserved powers

Insurers fail in appeal against door steward liability ruling
Exclusion for deliberate acts did not cover unintended death

Interim report published of review of miners' strike policing
John Scott QC requests additional time to complete full report

Public awareness crucial to new organ donation law, Society warns
Proposals for "opt-out" system come before Holyrood this week

Planning partner promotion at Burness Paull
Theresa Hunt recognised for work in major projects

Morton Fraser makes UK top 100 employer list
Sunday Times ranks Scots firm in annual survey

Judge allows girl's 16-year-old killer to be identified
Aaron Campbell named as accused in Alesha MacPhail case

Lindsays appoints residential property director
Vhari Selfridge joins from Connell & Connell

Crackdown on livestock worrying proposed in member's bill consultation
Higher penalties, police powers and ban on owning dogs could be enacted

Registers' open day offers insight into processes
Novel event will show how first registration happens, and other work

Will automated vehicles disclose cause of accidents? Faculty asks
Consultation response suggests IT advances will make processes opaque