Legal news
No-fault medical redress scheme only for lower value cases: Society
Cap should be £25,000 rather than £100,000, response argues
Advocates oppose defamation threshold test in reform response
Scotland "needs more cases" to be attractive as forum
Rise in urgent and important cases at UK Supreme Court
Annual report shows more cases heard in fewer sitting days
McWilliams elected to lead in-house lawyers
Standard Life solicitor beats joint ticket for ILC convenership
Boyd Legal returns to estate agency as Fife firm comes on board
Gibson, Spears, Dow & Son becomes part of practice
O'Brien resigns from child abuse inquiry as removal process loomed
Row over comments said to be "incompatible" with post
Court action seeks to ensure Parliament approves article 50 notice
Lawyers argue authority required before Government exercises power
Two promoted to partner at Miller Hendry
Caroline Fraser and Donnie Macleod join top team
Pinsent Masons figures show further advance
Global revenue up 5.5% and profit 2.3% in 2015-16
Double digit growth again at Brodies
Revenue up 12% and profit 14% in year to 30 April
Smarter tagging practices for offenders needed, report finds
Stirling research urges more "innovative and tailored" approach
Brodies takes Regional Law Firm title at The Lawyer awards
Clyde & Co take top title at annual ceremony
Succession (Scotland) Act to commence from 1 November
Order brings Act fully into force
Tribunal fees and welfare caps raise human rights concerns: UN report
EHRC calls for Government to be held to account
Sheriff Appeal Court accepts power to admit late appeal
One party litigant given leave; another refused
Lady Carmichael joins the bench
Ailsa Carmichael QC becomes 10th female senator
Bribery self-reporting scheme extended a further year
Crown Office initiative now to run until June 2017
Lawyer calls for united business front to keep Scotland in EU
"Explore every avenue", Burness Paull chairman writes
Killers win human rights ruling over Scottish court delays, but no damages
Nine years in Scots courts for prosecution and appeals held excessive
Gillespie Macandrew results show 2015-16 growth
Turnover up 6.7% and profit 18% in year to 29 February
Maclay Murray & Spens profits hit despite turnover rise
Net profit in 2015-16 down 23% as revenue grows 3%
Gordon Jackson QC elected Dean of Faculty
Current Vice Dean comes top in three way poll
Parts of Land Reform Act in force from today
Common good, business rates and deer management changes made
Courts should control curator ad litem fees, Inner House rules
Local authority's appeal seeking panel fees fails