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Death announced of former Sheriff Principal Macleod

6th March 2018 | obituary
Service next week to celebrate his life

Ministers consider options to prevent pay docking for snow absence

5th March 2018 | employment
Complaints from workers over employers' threats

Society and Parliament offer this year's student blog prize

5th March 2018 | education-training , law society of scotland
Work experience and £500 for best entry on committee engagement

Women in Law Scotland announce Women's Day debate details

5th March 2018
Prominent figures to take sides over need for quotas

Advocacy support for rape victims to be extended

1st March 2018 | criminal law
Pilot scheme to be expanded over next two years

Sheriff allows VAT and dues with simple procedure expenses

1st March 2018 | civil litigation
Capped expenses not exhaustive of what successful party may recover

Two sheriffs appointed to Grampian, Highland & Islands

1st March 2018 | careers
Former fiscal and litigation solicitor to join shrieval bench

Proposed rules published for First-tier Tribunal mental health chamber

1st March 2018 | mental health-adult incapacity
Transfer scheduled to take place in November

Solicitor wins Supreme Court appeal against lender duty ruling

28th February 2018 | commercial property , reparation
"Not reasonable" for creditor to rely on misstatement regarding discharge

Society welcomes review call for new legal aid approach

28th February 2018 | civil litigation , criminal law , law society of scotland
"Much to support" in report, but some caveats

Legal aid review calls for "fundamentally new approach"

28th February 2018 | civil litigation , criminal law , government-administration
Ministers' response to be published "in due course"

Commission publishes law reform annual report for 2017

28th February 2018
"Productive" year saw three reports and bills

Is simple procedure working, SCJC asks?

27th February 2018 | civil litigation
Consultation opens on experience to date

Jennifer Henderson to be next Keeper of Registers

27th February 2018 | careers
Career civil servant has wide executive experience

Further fall in prosecutions last year, official figures show

27th February 2018 | criminal law
Most types of crime down, with 8% drop overall

Harrington succeeds Brown as BLM senior partner

27th February 2018 | careers
Board member elected to three year term from 1 March

Ministers to push ahead with court fee rises

27th February 2018 | civil litigation
Minor changes only despite consultation objections

Lawscot Foundation wins European silver

26th February 2018 | law society of scotland | Charities
Student support fund recognised in European Association Awards

Appeal court rejects separate divorce treatment of house and land

26th February 2018 | family-child law
Ownership separate from whether property was matrimonial

Scotland's new third party rights contract law comes into force

26th February 2018
Act simplifies and restates common law

Ministers confirm 50p minimum alcohol price plan

26th February 2018 | licensing
Proposal to be put to MSPs ahead of 1 May start date

Sharp rise in Scots human trafficking cases uncovered

26th February 2018 | criminal law , immigration
Majority of victims men as labour exploitation dominates

Advice services need better planning, review finds

23rd February 2018 | consumer , government-administration
Recommendations made for providers, funders and policy makers

Judge says divorce should be annulled – but lets parties negotiate

23rd February 2018 | family-child law
Three months to sort out property issues where wife remarried
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