Legal news
Digby Brown raises £59,000 for spinal injury survivors
Successful return for firm’s Winter Dinner Dance
SLCC successfully defends ‘leave to appeal’ cases
Judge notes that Commission is ‘primary decision-maker’
Inner House to resume in-person hearings
Court of Session to hear appeals in court from 15 November
Miners' Strike Pardons Bill brought to Holyrood
Pardon for those convicted of three specified offences
Sentencers want more flexible community options: study
Sentencing Council study finds gaps in resource provision
Balfour+Manson's Flint retires after 40 years
Litigation partner David Flint retires from practice
Union members win appeal over company's direct offers
Letters bypassing negotiations were breach of legislation
Member bill proposal seeks right to addiction treatment
Douglas Ross believes better recovery help would improve Scotland's record
Fewest recorded homicides in 2020-21
Official figures show growing proportion of male victims
DLA Piper offers client fitness challenge programme
Partnership with coaching specialists will provide autumn challenge
Pet photos wanted for Hey Legal/Lawscot Foundation date
Society's charity to benefit from 2022 calendar
Defence bar unites against minister's COP26 response
Letter defending Government's position rejected as patronising
Appointments and two promotions at Macdonald Henderson
Six join firm as two recognised with promotion
Jones Whyte launches training academy
Law firm to develop new paralegals
£1.3m damages awarded for child abuse by foster parent
Man wins claim for five years of abuse that brought 10 year prison sentence
Faculty launches annual Christmas appeal
Collection will help vulnerable families
Ministers consult on ending food bank reliance
Scottish Government will work with others on "cash first" approach
Denise Loney joins Yuill+Kyle as managing director
Former Alston Law director to lead expansion of debt recovery practice
Thorntons adds two legal directors among five new faces
Karen Cornwell and Ruth Pyatt head five recent appointments
House price rise continues unabated
Scottish average up 16.9% year on year in August
England & Wales legal aid needs 25% rise: Commission
Cross-party group calls present situation unsustainable
Extra trial courts boost criminal case throughput
Overall cases concluded now above pre-COVID level
Bars across Scotland opt out of COP26 courts
Associations reject fees offer limited to COP26 cases
Society attacks bill's two-tier asylum system
Different types of refugee, and criminalising help, would breach UK duties