Legal news
Trainees get 2% rise in recommended rate
Society's Council agrees increase from 1 June
Air Weapons and Licensing Bill backed at stage 1
No votes against but some MSPs abstain
Justice Committee backs Human Trafficking Bill
Stage 1 report supports general principles
Society's Neil Stevenson to head Complaints Commission
Director of representation to be next SLCC chief executive
Two more firms become "Investors in Young People"
Anderson Strathern and Shepherd & Wedderburn accredited by IIP
Montgomery to retire from Scottish Legal Aid Board
Chief executive will step down in August after 16 years
Scots personal insolvencies at lowest level for 10 years
Company failures also down in latest figures
WJM's David Boyce to become consultant
Partner retiring after over 40 years in practice
Gillespie Macandrew makes up two to partner
Eight others advanced in latest promotions round
Three-way partnership creates Scottish Women's Rights Centre
First advice centre for Scottish survivors of gender-based violence
Ministers abandon corroboration abolition provision
Criminal Justice Bill to go ahead without controversial section
Cashroom employee faces jail for taking £178,000
MMS ledger supervisor ran scheme for making double payments
Society, Faculty greet Bonomy report
Welcome for support for post-corroboration safeguards
Bonomy reports on proposed post-corroboration safeguards
Measures include audio-visual recording of all suspect interviews
Immigration marriage cases must look at both spouses' rights: Inner House
Two appeal decisions go against Home Office refusals
Which? lodges super-complaint over supermarket price offers
Consumer body alleges "confusing and misleading" practices
Thorntons gears up for Edinburgh expansion
Office move paves way for new staff and practice areas
Morton Fraser promotes four to partner
Eleven now advanced in past year
Court rejects contention that football sectarian singing law unclear
Accused lose appeal against conviction for singing "Roll of Honour"
Advocate and solicitor appointed sheriffs
Robert Weir QC and Joan Kerr to join bench
Glasgow 2015: Commonwealth Law Conference reports
Blogs and tweets from the Journal
Law reformers hold Edinburgh conference
Scottish Law Commission hosting Commonwealth meeting
Commonwealth lawyers gather in Glasgow
More than 700 expected to attend biennial conference
Ledingham Chalmers named "Investor in Young People"
Claim to be first law firm to gain accreditation