Legal news
Ministers consult on scope of domestic abuse offence
Forms of controlling or threatening behaviour could be criminalised
Scottish courts score again in user survey
Overall satisfaction rating for services at 89%
Regulations to bar blacklisting offenders from public tenders
New legal requirement will replace guidelines
Ban fixed odds betting terminals, Holyrood committee says
Report calls for full powers to tackle "crack cocaine" of gambling
DWF to relocate in Glasgow as German office announced
Firm will become second practice to choose 110 Queen Street
Car smoking restriction passed without Society-backed amendments
Smoking, but not e-cigarette use, to be offence when children present
Lord Carloway confirmed as next Lord President
Lord Justice Clerk to step up as head of Scottish judiciary
Legal aid spending falling, SLAB annual report reveals
Criminal caseflow changes and lower civil takeup behind 8% drop
Investment hits Digby Brown profits as revenue rises
Results for 2014-15 show 5% growth, and record recoveries
Solicitor seeks support for budget judicial review
Cuts to council funding could breach duties to the disabled
Inverness to be given new justice centre
Funding approved for purpose built hub over next three years
Scottish Magazine Awards win for Journal editor
Third success in Business and Professional Magazine editor category
Society hits out at fresh legal aid cuts
"Unrealistic" budget proposes lowest cash total for over 20 years
Make tribunal rules easy for lay people to follow, Faculty urges
Consultation response calls for clarity in appeal time limits
Supreme Court refuses disclosure challenge to firearms convictions
High Court applied correct test to undisclosed witness statements
Sentencing Council starts mapping out work programme
First meeting agrees on public consultation for guidelines
Trump loses UKSC appeal over offshore wind farm near golf resort
Applicant for consent did not require to hold licence in advance
Wait before changing civil partnership law, advocates urge
Faculty response calls for five year assessment of same sex marriage
Overhaul of Scottish welfare system needed, MSPs report
Holyrood committee calls for "huge cultural shift"
Two family law specialists join Morton Fraser
Associate and consultant for Glasgow and Edinburgh offices
Landlords succeed in dilapidations valuation appeal
Lease provision for cost of repairs given effect
Lobbying Bill deficient in scope, MSPs report
Stage 1 call on ministers to include further communications
Strathclyde's Paterson wins Inner Temple Book Prize
Work on Law Lords and Supreme Court takes top award
Cross-party group calls for council tax replacement
"No one ideal local tax", so multiple source option proposed