Legal news archive for January 2022
- Posts in January, 2022
Advocacy service opens for disabled benefit claimants
Support available for people seeking Social Security Scotland benefits
SLCC proposes 5% levy cut in draft budget
Lower complaint numbers, and efficiency savings, prompt second cut
Kenyans win right to sue firm in Scotland
Tea pickers say conditions damaged their health
Council loses £6.5m claim over bin lorry crash
Judge rules that bus firm didn’t provide reference
Gibson Kerr brings operations under one new roof
Move to Randolph Crescent will support further growth
Bill introduced to confirm pandemic reforms
Bill makes permanent some measures and extends temporary justice provisions
LawCare passes 10,000 people helped over its 25 years
2021 figures show stress as fastest growing problem
Sentencing young people guideline applies from today
Court must assess maturity, with rehabilitation as top consideration
Commissions' self-driving regime removes driver fault
Proposed automated vehicles law adopts regulatory, not criminal approach
MSPs seek early action on gender conversion therapy
Report on petition calls for full and comprehensive new law
Courts lift Omicron COVID restrictions
Less physical distancing and more in-person hearings from 31 January
Commission calls for greater role for land taxation
Report sets out potential for supporting net zero and diverse ownership