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Consumer costs could rise from SLCC budget plans: Society

31st January 2019 | professional regulation
Response to proposals calls for priority for process reforms

SLCC proposes shifting levy burden towards principals

31st January 2019 | professional regulation
Annual consultation opens with two models for overall 9% rise

Lorna Jack confirmed as Highlands & Islands Airports chair

31st January 2019 | careers , law society of scotland
Interim post becomes three year appointment

Report backs Offender Management Bill, but warns of need for resources

31st January 2019 | criminal law
Enforcement measures required along with support for individuals

SYLA Spring Ball early bird rate about to close

31st January 2019
Glasgow venue on 23 March for popular event

Withdrawing from success fee agreement should not bar payment: Faculty

31st January 2019 | civil litigation
Advocates respond to consultation on rules under 2018 Act

Supreme Court refuses Home Office appeal over conviction disclosure rulings

30th January 2019 | criminal law , human rights
Schemes disproportionate in two respects, including young offenders

Judges to be trained ahead of new domestic abuse law

30th January 2019 | criminal law
Judicial Institute to deliver package before 1 April start

Dentons' latest accounts confirm 2017-18 performance

30th January 2019 | practice management
Revenue up 21% and profit 27% following MMS merger

Large sums unpaid in criminal compensation orders, figures reveal

29th January 2019 | criminal law
Freedom of information request finds £837,000 out of £9m still due

Criminal proceedings down 11% in 2017-18, official figures show

29th January 2019 | criminal law
Falls in summary cases driving downward trend

JABS to introduce annual shrieval competitions

29th January 2019 | careers
Spring round of appointments each year to fill vacancies

Death announced of legal historian David Sellar

28th January 2019 | obituary
Former law teacher and Lord Lyon passes away at 77

Women in the Law UK launches in Scotland

28th January 2019
DWF to host Edinburgh event this week

MSPs again reject ministers' proposed debt payment calculator

28th January 2019 | insolvency
Common financial tool should be stalled pending wider review: committee

Solicitor advocate joins Aberdein Considine Dispute Resolution team

28th January 2019 | careers
Carly Stewart moves from Clyde & Co in Aberdeen

Two Judicial Appointments Board members given further terms

25th January 2019 | careers
Deirdre Fulton and Stephen Tierney to serve four more years

Next Commissioner for Standards in Public Life named

25th January 2019 | careers
Caroline Anderson nominated to succeed Bill Thompson

Commercial property partner joins Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie

25th January 2019 | careers
John Smart moves to Inverness office from Ledingham Chalmers

Competition law blamed for anti-fair trade practices

25th January 2019
Foundation claims businesses inhibited from offering better terms

94-year-old wins privacy human rights case against UK over data

24th January 2019 | human rights
Police wrong to retain personal data without proper safeguards or review

Society agrees partnership deal with tech supplier Amiqus

24th January 2019 | information technology , law society of scotland
ADR support among products to be developed jointly

Justice Committee calls for "more ambitious" child evidence law

24th January 2019 | criminal law
Stage 1 report on bill wants full adoption of "Barnahus" model

Scots school age welfare payment to come on stream in June

23rd January 2019 | welfare/benefits
£250 to help families with costs of child starting school
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