Legal news
Four English judges go for using work IT for porn
Three sackings and a resignation for "inexcusable misuse"
Scotland should make refugees welcome: Lord Advocate
Support offered for work to help integration and inclusion
Court reporting restrictions rules about to change
Media given right to be heard before any order made
Optimism growing in Scottish profession, Society survey finds
61% now report confidence in the future for solicitors
Five new partners among Harper Macleod promotions
Partnership strength now 62 as seven advance
Survey points to further changes in Scottish legal scene
Better fee income, but further mergers and insolvencies predicted
Pre-recorded witness interviews should be evidence: report
SCS Evidence and Procedure Review calls for new trial procedures
Stronger controls needed on email surveillance, MPs report
Committee calls for new offence for abuse by GCHQ
Swinney promises new property information hub
"One enquiry" system to deliver comprehensive information
Judge entitled to find bank in breach of loan promise: Supreme Court
First instance decision restored in claim for loss of profit
Doctor-patient relationship under strutiny following Supreme Court ruling
Firm calls case ‘the most significant medical negligence judgment in 30 years’
Cycling group presents petition calling for change in law
Road Share report calls for introduction of presumed liability into Civil Law
bto solicitors appoints consultant in Northern Ireland
James Ferguson will service insurance clients’ needs from Belfast
JABS steering group tackles barriers to the bench
Group outlines proposals to help increase diversity in judicial appointments
DWF to go international with Dubai office
Move responds to demand from major clients
Watermans to expand into Glasgow
Personal injury firm to open city centre office
Faculty of Advocates defends appeals system for business rates valuation
Faculty says existing structure should be retained
Proposals over Scottish Parliament are ‘political rather than legal’
Society highlights challenges of Smith Commission recommendations over permanency of parliament
Relaunched adoption website offers improved matching process
Better information sharing speeds up rate of success
Morris joins Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland
Society President one of two new members
QC appointed Scottish Tax Tribunals President
Andrew Stewart to lead new body
Discipline Tribunal report shows cases becoming more complex
Renewed appeal to profession to heed duties under CML Handbook
Pinsent Masons to open Down Under
Five-partner practice to launch in Melbourne and Sydney
Warning over new risk of pension frauds
Scams on the rise as new freedoms set to come in