Legal news
Gillies to succeed Entwistle at head of WJM
Change of managing partner to take effect from 1 April
Listening service aims to help those unsure about attending court
Edinburgh project is first in Scotland and second in UK
Penalties to double for using phone while driving
£200 fine and six points the fixed penalty from 1 March
Lindsays acquires Brodies' personal injury team
Two partners and 18 staff in business move
Truss makes radical change to PI discount rate
Insurers protest at negative rate to apply from 20 March
Lord Keen charged with failing to secure shotgun following police find
UK Government's Scottish law officer regrets "inadvertent" breach
Tributes as Lord Gill says farewell to Supreme Court
Former Lord President comes off judicial panel on turning 75
Third Party Rights Bill goes out to views
Scottish Law Commission measure following special law reform procedure
Call for whole life sentences follows Doherty killer appeal
Conservatives want judges to order that murderers die in jail
MSPs call for views on Child Poverty Bill provisions
Submissions welcome on principle and nature of proposed targets
MacRoberts named as top of the Scottish SMEs
Growth at legal firm sees it rise to no 1
Fast tracking of article 50 bill should not set precedent, peers report
Committee calls for full scrutiny of future Brexit legislation
Tax manager hire for Murray Beith Murray
Kerry MacBeth joins from Turcan Connell
SLAB challenges Society claims over legal aid lawyer earnings
"Serious concerns" about methodology and calculations in report
Legal aid lawyers fail to earn living wage, Society research finds
Warning of "deserts" if public unable to find firms willing to act
Supreme Court upholds immigrant spouses' minimum income principle
Rules held illegal to extent that they ignore child welfare duty
MSPs confirm 2017-18 income tax rates
Higher rate threshold to be frozen but rates match rest of UK
Mackay announces measures to limit business rate rises
Licensed trade and Aberdeen area to benefit from new package
Tayside Commercial Court to sit from April
Three courts and sheriffs to operate commercial rules procedure
Insurer's statement not waiver of right to time bar plea, court rules
Statement of intention at early stage did not bar change of mind
Working people most likely to complete community payback, figures show
Social work statistics also show completion rate rises with age
Judges split as mixed sex couple lose civil partnership appeal
Court accepts discrimination but gives ministers time to review law
Women in Law to debate "failure" of legal profession
International Women's Day event puts track record under scrutiny
Scottish arbitration head appointed to IBA committee role
Andrew Mackenzie to be co-vice chair of access to justice group