Legal news
25 April start date confirmed for Civil Online
Digital lodging and hearing of simple procedure cases to become reality
HMO licensing could be extended to protect contract workers
Ministers consult on adding new categories to definition
Further IBA post for Andrew Mackenzie
Scottish Arbitration Centre CEO joins Public Interest section
Appeal revives £14bn Mastercard class action
Tribunal ordered to reconsider refusal to certify
Inverness partner promotions at Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie
Paul Adams and JP Campbell join top team
Crandles appointed managing partner at Turcan Connell
Two further partner promotions at private client firm
Commission calls for new law on real burdens enforcement
“Strong support” for replacing Title Conditions Act provisions
Land Commission surveys owners on community engagement
Aim is to discover level and effectiveness of current practice
Pinsent Masons adds legal director to Aberdeen employment team
Claire Scott joins from Burness Paull
Society questions proposed "serious harm" defamation test
Access to justice warning as consultation response calls for evidence of need
Davidson Chalmers and Kergan Stewart to merge
Davidson Chalmers Stewart comes into being on 1 May
Personal injury partner hire for Allan McDougall
Former Morisons partner Stephen Irvine joins firm
SLAB chair and three members to serve further terms
One legal and two lay members reappointed with Ray McFarlane
Asylum seekers' challenge to Serco lock-changing practice fails
Court finds no breach of statute or Human Rights Convention
Resignations led to Morisons' collapse, administrators report
Firm considered non-viable following partners' notice
Faculty welcomes 2019 Eurodevils
Eight lawyers from six countries to learn about Scottish system
Right to food "should be written into law": report
Scottish Human Rights Commission calls for action to tackle inequality
Glasgow University conference marks role in women in law centenary
Lady Wolffe and Lady Hale lead speakers at commemorative event
MP proposes law to make Scottish banknotes legal tender
Alistair Carmichael wants businesses to have to accept them throughout UK
Sheridan fails with SCCRC judicial review attempt
No error of law in refusal to examine perjury conviction
Gilson Gray hires personal injury legal director
Former Morisons partner Ken Lauder joins firm
Three promotions at Lindsays as two re-elected to board
Lynsey Kerr becomes partner; Peter Tweedie continues as chairman
EHRC embarks on legal aid research into Scots discrimination cases
Victims and advisers invited to take part – deadline now extended
Lady Hale's Macfadyen Lecture published
Supreme Court President sets out three important functions of court