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Finance Committee hammers Circular Economy Bill
Report slates uncertainty and doubts ministers' commitment to affordability
Addleshaw elects Middle East head as managing partner
Andrew Johnston to succeed John Joyce in May 2024
Ministers set out path to ending fossil fuel heating
Consultation opens on purchasers having time limit to replace systems
Ledingham Chalmers reveals hires and financial results
Commercial property partner hire as firm announces turnover high
Five new sheriffs appointed
Edinburgh, Glasgow, Kirkcaldy and Paisley to see new faces on the bench
Lawscot Foundation launches 2023 Baublefest campaign
Appeal target more than doubled as law firms invited to join in
Current justice funding model unsustainable: MSP report
Committee calls for spend-to-save model to avert crisis in system
Brodies announces changes at the top
Stephen Goldie to succeed Nick Scott as managing partner from 1 May 2024
Rachel Moon appointed partner in Govan Law Centre firm
Senior solicitor joins management team to lead on new projects
Disabled Children Transition Bill voted down at stage 1
MSPs reject member's bill as likely to fail in its objectives
Blackadders hires Glasgow commercial property partner
John Elder joins from Shepherd and Wedderburn
IBA launches Diversity & Inclusion Toolkit
Guide is intended as practical aid to law firms of all sizes
Crime figures up 3% in first full post-Covid year
Total recorded crime still 3% below 2019 figure
MSPs call for clarity on Wildlife and Muirburn Bill
Stage 1 report proposes changes and seeks further information
Civil procedure mediation scheme to be rolled out
Strathclyde Mediation Scheme funded to extend scheme across Scotland
Carer support payment pilot opens to applicants today
Three areas to test new Scottish benefit replacing carer's allowance
MSPs seek views on Scots social security changes
Committee invites evidence on bill to amend running of Scots system
Jennifer Young re-elected as LAW secretary
Second two-year term for law firm's managing partner
Thompsons named Firm of Year at Law Awards of Scotland
Lifetime Achievement Award presented to Journal editor Peter Nicholson
Aggregates Tax Bill introduced to Holyrood
Ministers seek to encourage use of recycled materials in construction
Scots house prices stay firm in latest figures
September provisional data show average 2.5% year on year increase
Home Secretary's appeal fails in Rwanda asylum cases
Supreme Court finds asylum seekers at risk if sent for decision in Rwanda
Ministers propose permanent digital justice changes
Consultation open on continuing post-Covid measures, and other reforms