Legal news
Minister stands by Scottish human rights record
Statement published on Government position ahead of UN review
High hedges law not working, affected neighbours tell Holyrood
Committee hears of problems getting local councils to act
Resource concerns over Childhood Abuse Bill highlighted by MSPs
Stage 1 report on limitation measure also flags up impact on survivors
Lawscot Foundation opens to applications
Funding available to law students from disadvantaged backgrounds
Defender insurance firm Keoghs to open in Scotland
Two partners set up Glasgow office with two more to come
Faculty finds flaws in Commission's Prescription Bill draft
Consultation response highlights potential anomalies and ambiguities
No place for report from Sheriff Appeal Court on further appeal: High Court
Judges reject self-defence claim based on police statement
RGU students win Scottish place in International Negotiating Competition
Team comes top in Scottish contest
Ministers need to raise game on human rights, Commission claims
Evidence to UN review calls for all rights treaties to be given effect
Holidaymaker fails to cut five year sentence for disguised stun guns
Appeal Court rules no exceptional circumstances to avoid minimum term
Final legal challenge to plain cigarette packaging fails
Supreme Court refuses leave to appeal rejection of property rights claim
Society Council nomination deadline approaches
Elections in May for one third of constituency places
Asylum seeker's human rights claim over dropped prosecution refused
No article 8 breach where evidence of matter properly a crime, UKSC rules
Solicitors appointed to justice bodies
Members named for Community Justice Scotland and Risk Management Authority
Private client partner to join Balfour+Manson
Karen Phillips moving from Brodies
Seven lawyers join Parole Board for Scotland
Solicitor general member and six legal members appointed
Limited success for state hospital smoker in Supreme Court appeal
Board should have considered patient freedoms ahead of possession policy
Committees unite to demand clarity over welfare powers transfer
Joint Holyrood/Westminster letters point up need to safeguard claimants
UK Supreme Court confirms Edinburgh sitting dates
Five judges to hear three appeals from 12-15 June
Society seeks members' help as ministers plan AML evaluation
Survey aims to find firms' level of exposure to risk of abuse
Ministers propose new energy standards for private rented sector
Views invited on plans to require efficiency level E by 2019
Standard security assignation must state sum due, sheriff rules
Creditors refused order for possession – but debt still owing
Leadership award for Society chief executive Lorna Jack
UK Association Excellence Award cites delivery of change
Woman photographed urinating on Trump estate loses data protection case
Sheriff holds only breach of law founded on did not cause distress