Legal news
Land rights statement confirms ministers' desire to diversify
"Human rights approach" also underpins vision for reform
Lords reject ministers' approach to EU Withdrawal Bill scrutiny
Report also criticises "excessively wide" delegated powers
Debtor bankruptcy applications go online only
No paper applications accepted from tomorrow
SCTS report takes forward vulnerable witness reforms
Further proposals made for children and vulnerable adults
Scottish Information Commissioner's annual report flags up challenges ahead
GDPR and human rights judgment will mean big changes in operation
Thirty lawyers appointed to housing and property tribunal chamber
Recruitment comes ahead of extension of business
Blackadders announces Ken Scott bursary winner
Diploma student takes award in memory of former associate
Exceptional circumstances not needed for interim expenses payment order
Judge orders Burness Paull to pay £1m in complex and high value action
Pagan Osborne owed £185,000 at collapse, administrators report
Registers of Scotland and property related businesses owed largest sums
Solicitor admits £270,000 embezzlement charge with aunt's money
Sentence deferred on Cupar sole principal Walls
Former sole principal joins Boyd Legal
Nigel Geddes to head property team in Kirkcaldy
Society paper proposes justice system videoconferencing standards
Working group looks at privacy, consistency, flexibility and quality
"Significant reduction" in court waiting times, Lord President predicts
Address at opening of legal year charts progress, and room for improvement
Revenue Scotland annual report shows £54m LBTT shortfall
Increased revenue but short of Budget Act estimate
Matheson promises action as figures show rising sexual cybercrime
Recorded crime still falling but sex and violence cases up
MSPs praise public sector anti-fraud drive but call for more
Report on National Fraud Initiative calls for greater public awareness
Kennedys hires insurer liability partner
Peter Demick joins from Brodies
Winners announced to fill new Society Council posts
Solicitor advocate Tom Marshall and Brussels' Siobhan Kahmann to take seats
Research needed into Brexit impact on healthcare, Society claims
Paper calls for Holyrood to undertake separate study of Scottish needs
"So you want to be...": SYLA announces two new events
Employment and corporate law talks set for October
Jury research team appointed by Scottish Government
Glasgow's James Chalmers and Fiona Leverick among team leaders
Lindsays moves to new Glasgow offices
100 Queen Street premises offer scope for expansion
Society publishes new anti-money laundering guidance
Draft awaits final approval but firms told to review procedures
Provoking witness unlikely to lead to desertion, Appeal Court rules
Defence must decide on risks if they "prod a wasps' bike"