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Cashroom employee faces jail for taking £178,000

22nd April 2015 | criminal law
MMS ledger supervisor ran scheme for making double payments

Society, Faculty greet Bonomy report

21st April 2015 | criminal law
Welcome for support for post-corroboration safeguards

Bonomy reports on proposed post-corroboration safeguards

21st April 2015 | criminal law
Measures include audio-visual recording of all suspect interviews

Immigration marriage cases must look at both spouses' rights: Inner House

21st April 2015 | immigration
Two appeal decisions go against Home Office refusals

Which? lodges super-complaint over supermarket price offers

21st April 2015 | consumer
Consumer body alleges "confusing and misleading" practices

Thorntons gears up for Edinburgh expansion

20th April 2015 | planning/environment
Office move paves way for new staff and practice areas

Morton Fraser promotes four to partner

20th April 2015 | careers
Eleven now advanced in past year

Court rejects contention that football sectarian singing law unclear

17th April 2015 | criminal law
Accused lose appeal against conviction for singing "Roll of Honour"

Advocate and solicitor appointed sheriffs

16th April 2015 | careers
Robert Weir QC and Joan Kerr to join bench

Glasgow 2015: Commonwealth Law Conference reports

15th April 2015
Blogs and tweets from the Journal

Law reformers hold Edinburgh conference

10th April 2015
Scottish Law Commission hosting Commonwealth meeting

Commonwealth lawyers gather in Glasgow

10th April 2015
More than 700 expected to attend biennial conference

Ledingham Chalmers named "Investor in Young People"

9th April 2015 | employment , practice management
Claim to be first law firm to gain accreditation

Lord Advocate releases draft human trafficking victim guidelines

9th April 2015 | criminal law , immigration
"Strong presumption against prosecution" where compulsion evident

SYLA to hold further "Women in Law" event this month

9th April 2015
Inspiring professionals named who will share their experiences

Gillespie Macandrew announces new board as Turnbull steps down

8th April 2015 | careers , practice management
Chris West to be chief executive and Murray Shaw chairman

Lawyers honour their Great War dead with new memorial

8th April 2015 | law society of scotland
Society hopes to create full record of those who fell

Prosecution service embarks on customer survey

7th April 2015 | criminal law , government-administration
12 day window to give views on experience of contact

Bank executor not entitled to appoint attorney, sheriff rules

7th April 2015 | executries
Law settled that executor must carry out duties personally

Further private tenancy proposals published for views

7th April 2015 | Housing
Ministers consult on further detail of new legal regime

Two new human rights commissioners appointed

7th April 2015 | careers
Lawyer Susan Kemp and GP Alan Mitchell join SHRC

Four promoted at Digby Brown

7th April 2015 | reparation
Two new partners and two associates at PI firm

Commercial court seminar seeks to promote dialogue

3rd April 2015 | civil litigation
Interested parties invited to register for summer event

Faculty backs specialist environmental tribunal

3rd April 2015 | civil litigation , criminal law , planning/environment
Submission calls for link with proposed Energy & Natural Resources Court
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