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Last door shut on Sheridan perjury conviction challenge

9th June 2020 | criminal law
Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal in SCCRC decision review

Stronachs names four in promotions round

9th June 2020 | careers
Three new senior associates among those advanced

Quarantine rules face challenge as they take effect

8th June 2020 | government-administration | Health , Transport
Airlines claim 14 day rule irrational and disproportionate

Conviction quashed on sheriff's untested view of video

8th June 2020 | criminal law | Criminal court work
Parties should have been heard ahead of decision

Legal aid rates should rise due to halted business: GBA

5th June 2020 | criminal law , civil litigation | Criminal legal aid
Letter calls for general increase to keep firms afloat during shutdown

Member's bill seeks to reform corporate homicide

5th June 2020 | corporate , criminal law
Claire Baker's measure would allocate responsibility for fatalities

Pinsent Masons goes live with Mindful Business Charter

5th June 2020 | practice management
Wellbeing initiative rolled out across all Scottish offices

Second Innovation Cup winner goes live

5th June 2020 | commercial property , risk management
Notice to quit calculator works out relevant period

Scottish Building Society reveals mortgage support deal

4th June 2020 | banking-financial services , consumer
COVID-19 package prevents risk of losing home for next 12 months

Megrahi family begins further appeal against conviction

4th June 2020 | criminal law
Case lodged following Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission reference

WJM launches new look brand identity

3rd June 2020 | practice management
"Client service driven" theme to support marketing campaign

Scholarship launched to mark 200 years of Session Cases

3rd June 2020 | education-training
Award open to postgraduate students of Scots law in 2020-21

Two partner recruits for Addleshaw Goddard

2nd June 2020 | careers
Suzanne Moir and Martin Stewart-Smith join Infrastructure & Energy practice

Two more members' bills before Holyrood

2nd June 2020 | Housing
Fair rents, and welfare of dogs, promoted in latest measures

Commission seeks rights based approach to recovery

2nd June 2020 | human rights | Human rights
Papers call for transparent, accountable decisions in planning to rebuild

SEMLA committee members offer career support

1st June 2020 | careers
Video series shows personal backgrounds as one-to-one contact offered

Brodies opens doors to offer virtual training for NQs

1st June 2020 | education-training
"Breakfast with Brodies" series delivers free online seminars

Mental health law needs more focus on young: Faculty

1st June 2020 | family-child law , mental health-adult incapacity | Mental health
Review submission calls for more tailored provisions to safeguard rights

Courts to begin to open up from next week

29th May 2020 | civil litigation , criminal law
"Incremental" increases in business planned as lockdown starts to lift

New advocates call in Parliament Hall ceremony

29th May 2020 | careers
Sixteen admitted to Faculty in unique surroundings

SYLA re-elects office bearers at virtual AGM

29th May 2020
Ayla Iridag continues as President as three new members join committee

Court business going to get tougher: sheriff principal

29th May 2020 | civil litigation
Derek Pyle praises innovations to date, and co-operation of court users

Leaitherland steps down as DWF chief executive

29th May 2020 | careers , practice management
Chairman Knowles moves across as COVID-19 hits performance

Children Bill passes first Holyrood stage

28th May 2020 | family-child law | Children
All-party support for principles of reform bill
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