Legal news
Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland publishes annual report
2016-17 report records refinements to recruitment procedures
Lateral partner hire for Anderson Strathern
Iain Grieve joins commercial real estate team
Solicitors may face retrospective VAT bills, accountants warn
Tribunal win lets HMRC revise treatment of electronic property searches
Lady Hale sworn in as Supreme Court President
Deputy Lord Mance and three new Justices also take oaths
More than 900 abusers disclosed under "Clare's law", police reveal
Second year of operation sees total requests top 2,000
Public boards need to raise their game, Holyrood committee claims
Letter to ministers says dissenting voices must not be silenced
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