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Dorrian sets out vision for 21st century court
System must continue to adapt, Lord Justice Clerk tells SYLA

Glasgow Bar Association joins protests against court fee rises
"Litigants not 'service users', because they have no choice"

Full cost recovery for courts "unjust and unjustifiable": Society
Response to consultation predicts damage to access to justice

No review competent of refusal to grant warrant to cite
Further setback for solicitor claiming interest in adult's affairs

Three practice notes issued for All-Scotland PI Court
General directions come with recording of proceedings, and taxation

Time to make the reforms work, Lord President says at legal year opening
Success will depend on "continued commitment" of all

Debtors had relevant damages claim for post-Wilson enforcement: sheriff
Common law right if execution unjustifiable though formally regular

Court of Session direction ends summer vacations
Traditional terms abolished from 2017-18 for flexible programming

Court rules changing for non-lawyer representation of legal entities
Authorisation process to apply from 28 November

Edinburgh AWI applications given dedicated web support
Guardianship Court hub links from sheriff court home page

Government to ignore opposition to immigration tribunal fee rises
Decision to go ahead with sixfold increases condemned by practitioners

Judicial review not open to disciplined nurse, judge rules
Contractual dispute did not give rise to necessary relationship

Briggs proposes move towards online courts for England & Wales
Internet service proposed for money disputes up to £25,000

Court fees: Society adds voice to concerns
Courts should be public resource, President affirms

Dean voices Faculty concern over planned 24% court fees rise
"No change should adversely affect access to justice": Jackson

Huge fee hike on the cards for Scottish courts
Ministers planning early move to full cost recovery

November date for mandatory damages pre-action protocol
Claims up to £25,000 to attempt settlement before action

Court performance has improved despite closures, report concludes
Evaluation study says gains achieved despite increase in business

Appeal sheriffs refuse Court of Session remit in "novel" case
Set-off issues not sufficiently complex or important

Advocates oppose defamation threshold test in reform response
Scotland "needs more cases" to be attractive as forum

Rise in urgent and important cases at UK Supreme Court
Annual report shows more cases heard in fewer sitting days

Tribunal fees and welfare caps raise human rights concerns: UN report
EHRC calls for Government to be held to account

Sheriff Appeal Court accepts power to admit late appeal
One party litigant given leave; another refused

Courts should control curator ad litem fees, Inner House rules
Local authority's appeal seeking panel fees fails