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2019 Scottish legal award winner blogs

30th July 2019 | Law Society news
Support Team of the Year prove that hard work, innovation and research can reap rewards.

Revenue Scotland Scottish Electronic Tax System upgrade

30th July 2019 | Professional support
Revenue Scotland have now upgraded the online tax collection system, known as SETS. We are aware that users are experiencing difficulties with the new system and have some suggested workarounds from our Tax Law Sub-Committee convener, Isobel d'Inverno and Property Law Convener, Deborah Lovell.

Public policy highlights

29th July 2019 | Research and policy
Our policy committees have had a busy month responding to proposed changes in the law. Recent highlights include comments on the regulation of short-term lets, online harms and more.

FairBnB?

29th July 2019 | Research and policy
Our policy executives, Gillian Mawdsley and Alison McNab, discuss the Scottish Government's proposals to regulate the short-term letting market.

Lord Reed to become Supreme Court President

25th July 2019
Law Society President welcomes the announcement that Lord Reed is to become President of the Supreme Court in 2020.

2019 Scottish legal award winner blogs

23rd July 2019 | Law Society news
Duncan Milne, Trainee solicitor at Blackadders tells us how use of social media has resulted in upturn in fortunes

My time as an intern at the Law Society of Scotland

19th July 2019 | Law Society news
The career ready programme gave Taylor a unique opportunity to work with the Law Society of Scotland.

Unified approach to cross border AML supervision

19th July 2019 | Law Society news , Regulation , Business support
A memorandum of understanding to make sure there is a lead regulator for AML supervision where firms have a presence both in Scotland and in England and Wales has been agreed, primarily based on the location of law firms’ registered offices.

Glasgow solicitor and school pupil win art competition

18th July 2019 | Law Society news
Artwork created by Glasgow-based solicitor Graham Mitchell and ten-year-old Helena Xu has been selected as commemorative covers for the July edition of the Journal magazine which marks the Law Society of Scotland's platinum anniversary.

2018 Law awards of Scotland winners blog

16th July 2019 | Law Society news
Claire McFadzean, Lecturer in Law at Glasgow Caledonian University tell us how their law clinic looks to widen legal access and provide a learning experience to young people.

Cost of regulatory compliance survey

16th July 2019 | Professional support , Regulation , Law Society news
We are asking Scottish law firms to help us better understand the costs of regulatory compliance by completing a short online survey.

Edinburgh solicitor wins Innovation Cup

16th July 2019 | Law Society news
A tool designed to help solicitors when preparing to terminate commercial leases at the end of their contractual term, is the brainchild of an Edinburgh solicitor who has won this year’s Innovation Cup.

Law Society pays tribute to Past President Denys Andrews

10th July 2019 | Law Society news
The Society's President John Mulholland pays tribute to Past President Denys Andrews

2019 Scottish legal award winner blogs

4th July 2019 | Law Society news
Jamie Apted, winner of the Rising Star Award at the Scottish Legal Awards 2019 tells us how his positive contributions to the profession helped him win prestigious award.

Revenue Scotland Scottish Electronic Tax System upgrade

2nd July 2019 | Law Society news , Professional support
Revenue Scotland will be upgrading the online tax collection system, known as SETS (Scottish Electronic Tax System) in July. This will affect the submission of Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) returns.

Public policy highlights

2nd July 2019 | Research and policy
Our policy committees have had a busy month responding to proposed changes in the law. Recent highlights include comments on the Planning (Scotland) Bill, Management of Offenders (Scotland) Bill and more!

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