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Seven new solicitor advocates admitted

18th September 2018 | careers
Court ceremony follows gaining of extended rights

Hijab exclusion from court a human rights violation, judges rule

18th September 2018 | human rights
Human Rights Court finds restriction not justified by public order grounds

Inksters adds Edinburgh base to growing network

18th September 2018 | practice management
Property lawyer Steven McDonald to head new office

Human rights defenders deserve Nobel Prize: Faculty

17th September 2018 | human rights
Advocates back Peace Brigades International campaign

One in three solicitors at risk of violence, survey finds

17th September 2018 | client relations , law society of scotland
Assault, threatening behaviour or communications commonplace

Faculty believes new support fund is helping diversity cause

17th September 2018 | education-training
Devilling interest leaps in wake of scholarship launch

Bill to combat fuel poverty goes out to views

17th September 2018 | consumer
MSPs begin stage 1 scrutiny

Ministers under fire for failing to launch Victim Surcharge Fund

17th September 2018 | criminal law
£1m support fund still not operational nearly five years after Act

MSPs seek evidence of Brexit negotiations impact

14th September 2018 | europe
Committee invites views to inform ongoing scrutiny

Two solicitor advocates among nine new QCs

14th September 2018 | careers
James Cormack and Richard Goddard among those to achieve rank

Human rights have made real difference over 20 years, Commission insists

14th September 2018 | human rights
Briefing to UK Parliament highlights benefits in many contexts

Morton Fraser in private client deals with Addleshaw Goddard

14th September 2018 | practice management
MF focuses on tax and succession as property moves to Coulters

Fife firms Morgans and Macbeth Currie in merger

13th September 2018 | practice management
Combined business to practise as Morgans

Expansion drives DWF revenue growth

13th September 2018 | practice management
Turnover up 18% in year to 30 April

Harper Macleod becomes STEP Gold Employer Partner

13th September 2018 | executries , practice management , trusts-asset management
Recognition for standard of training and development

MEPs approve controversial new copyright law

13th September 2018 | europe , intellectual property
Campaigners vow to continue fight until final version settled

Edinburgh bar pulls out of JP court duty scheme

12th September 2018 | criminal law
Shortage of members and low legal aid rates blamed for decision

MacRoberts sponsors Social Enterprise World Forum

12th September 2018 | practice management
Edinburgh gathering hosts 1,000 delegates

Eleven begin their training at Thorntons

12th September 2018 | education-training
Ten offices share supervision of intending solicitors

CMS recognised for young people development work

12th September 2018 | education-training
"Employer of the Month" award for business-education links

Dentons teams up with Women Returners scheme

12th September 2018 | careers
Paid placements will help qualified lawyers re-enter profession

Geoff Clarke QC to chair Faculty Services Ltd

12th September 2018 | careers
Peter Gray QC steps down after four years

Sheriff wrong to make final contact order when proof not over: Appeal Court

11th September 2018 | civil litigation , family-child law
Proper case management might have prevented delays that occurred

"Arbitration's Age of Enlightenment" theme for Edinburgh 2020

11th September 2018 | dispute resolution
ICCA announces first programme information for global event
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