Legal news
Aberdein Considine secures McSherry as dispute resolution head
Solicitor advocate joins as partner from DWF
  Three join Shoosmiths' Edinburgh office
PSL and two solicitor appointments boost separate teams
  Faculty to re-run Christmas appeal for poor families
Home-Start Glenrothes to benefit for fourth year
  MSPs open call for evidence on anti-smacking bill
Member's bill begins its stage 1 scrutiny
  Kennedys warns of risk of claims inflation from Civil Litigation Act
Civil Justice Council urged to counter risk of increased costs
  Faculty to stage rape complainer representation debate
Event with Rape Crisis Scotland argues need in interests of justice
  Marshall Ross & Munro and John Jackson & Dick in Lanarkshire merger
Charles Bow to become consultant prior to retiral
  ACEs documentary to be screened for Glasgow lawyers
Judges and practitioners invited to film show with panel discussion
  Aberdeen spinoff to create student law project in Inverness
Harper Macleod to provide support for legal advice services
  Protected trust deed ended despite later PPI claim payout: Supreme Court
Debtor and agent held entitled to money in preference to trustee
  CCW Business Lawyers merges into Wright Johnston & Mackenzie
Deal gives WJM commercial property and corporate strength
  Post mortem protocol will speed up release of bodies for burial
New arrangements agreed between Crown, Society, Faculty and pathologists
  High Court approves Sentencing Council's first guideline
General principles and purposes comes into force next month
  Gilson Gray picks up two as Addleshaws-Morton Fraser deal unravels
Several Private Client team members choose to look elsewhere
  Child evidence facility to open next year
Vulnerable adults also to benefit from safe centre
  "Flag It Up" campaign highlights money laundering signs
Solicitors believed at greatest risk of being targeted
  Gilson Gray's charity GRACE banquet raises £100,000
Two children's hospital charities benefit from high profile event
  Cyclist prosecutions unlikely at common law, Faculty believes
Response to consultation on new offences doubts carelessness is enough
  Event marks advocates' scholarship launch and SEMLA birthday
Lord Hope of Craighead Scholarship to broaden access to bar
  Funding to help with EU Settlement Scheme announced
£9 million to help organisations inform vulnerable individuals
  ‘Compatibility issues’ review is published
Report outlines recommendations of group chaired by Lord Justice General
  Is Scotland Fairer?
New report highlights concerns in important areas, including justice
  Home detention curfew changes under way
Justice Secretary responds to Inspectorates’ recommendations
  Review asks if learning disability and autism are mental disorders
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