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Law reform round up June 2016
Scottish Law Commission discussion paper on prescription, proposals for a British Bill of Rights, and more.
Law reform round up May 2016
Investigatory Powers Bill, Child Safety Online, the criminal offence of domestic abuse and more.
Law reform round up April 2016
Lobbying (Scotland) Bill, Abusive Behaviour, Sexual Harm (Scotland) Bill and Mandatory Pay Gap Reporting, and more.
Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014
Can an in-house solicitor employed by a local authority advise both their employer and an “integration joint board” set up by their employer and the health board under the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014?
Law reform round up March 2016
Criminal Verdicts Bill, LBTT Amendment Bill, post-legislative scrutiny of the Family Law Act 2006 and more.
Law reform round up February 2016
Lobbying Bill, the Transport Bill, the Health and Tobacco Bill, Trade Union Bill (see below), the Transplant Bill, and more.
Law Matters - February 2016
Law Matters keeps MSPs and parliamentary staff abreast of the Society's work at the Scottish, UK and European parliaments, highlighting key issues about the justice system and legal profession.
Law reform round up January 2016
Smoking Prohibition (Children in Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Bill, Draft Investigatory Powers Bill, Lobbying (Scotland) Bill, and more.
Legal aid budget for 2016-17
Responding to the Scottish Government’s Draft Budget for 2016-17, announced yesterday, Christine McLintock, president of the Law Society of Scotland, made a statement to legal aid practitioners
Law reform round up December 2015
Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Bill, Apologies (S) Bill amendments, Unjustified threats on intellectual property rights, and more.
Criminal legal aid and the Sheriff Appeal Court
In the week that Scotland’s new Sheriff Appeal Court held its first sitting, Matthew Thomson, solicitor and legal aid policy officer at the Society looks at fee arrangements for legal aid work at the new court and elsewhere and the impact on solicitors, their clients and wider society.
Law reform round up November 2015
English Votes for English Laws, Enquiry into EU Reform and the EU Referendum, Smoking Prohibition (Children in Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Bill, and more.
Legal aid news and updates - November 2015
Sheriff court solemn practice; the new Sheriff Appeal Court; our continued call for the inflationary uprating of fees; implementation of the Criminal Justice Bill in relation to the police station duty scheme; solemn legal aid – interim payments; our discussions with SLAB about appointed solicitor ABWOR
Law Matters - October 2015
Law Matters keeps MSPs and parliamentary staff abreast of the Society's work at the Scottish, UK and European parliaments, highlighting key issues about the justice system and legal profession.
Legal aid news and updates - August 2015
We are currently consulting with members on legal aid regulations which have been laid in the Scottish Parliament. The regulations make changes to legal aid payment structures because of structural changes through the Courts Reform Act 2014, which are soon to be implemented.
Law Matters - June 2015
Law Matters keeps MSPs and parliamentary staff abreast of the Society's work at the Scottish, UK and European parliaments, highlighting key issues about the justice system and legal profession.
Legal aid news and updates - June 2015
The Society’s Legal Aid Committee would like to update members on regulations which have been laid in the Scottish Parliament.
How we support our legal aid members – a personal perspective
Matthew Thomson, solicitor and legal aid policy officer at the Law Society of Scotland outlines what the Society does to support its members who work in legal aid.
Legal aid news and updates - May 2015
In November 2014, the Law Society’s Legal Aid Committee published a discussion paper on legal assistance in Scotland. The consultation period closed on 30 January 2015.
Who'd want to be a criminal legal aid lawyer these days?
Matthew Thomson, solicitor and legal aid policy officer at the Law Society of Scotland scans the criminal legal aid landscape and looks at the challenges and motivation for today’s practitioners.
Law Matters - February 2015
Law Matters keeps MSPs and parliamentary staff abreast of the Society's work at the Scottish, UK and European parliaments, highlighting key issues about the justice system and legal profession.