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Personal injury discount interest rate decision expected next month

7th December 2016
Ministry of Justice to confirm outcome of review

Faculty choir to give Christmas concert for homeless support charity

7th December 2016
Special guests add to Queens Hall event

Holyrood members' bills proposed against fracking and on football club liability

7th December 2016 | planning/environment | Sport
Consultations running on two MSPs' projects

Too early to judge impact of LBTT, Holyrood report concludes

6th December 2016 | property (non-commercial) , tax
Finance Committee agrees transition "operationally successful"

Gilson Gray makes senior conveyancing hire

6th December 2016 | careers
Julian Scott joins from Aberdeen Considine

Digital future for employment tribunals among UK Government reform plans

6th December 2016 | employment
Consultation indicates changes will take place round devolution transfer

Pregnancy/maternity discrimination to be tackled as new group meets

6th December 2016 | employment
Working group to create guidelines and encourage best practice

Society backs ministers' approach to disability rights

6th December 2016 | human rights , mental health-adult incapacity
Delivery plan strong on mental health and disability

Scottish solicitor Ruthven Gemmell to lead Europe-wide lawyers' body

5th December 2016 | careers , europe
Former Society President confirmed as 2017 President of CCBE

Government, press raise the stakes as article 50 appeal begins

5th December 2016 | europe , government-administration
Published warnings to judges not to "defy" the people

SLAB spending standstill masks year-on-year changes

5th December 2016 | civil litigation , criminal law
Annual report explains variations within total paid out

Adult can be “accepted as child of family” for damages claim

5th December 2016
Deceased's partner's adult children allowed to join action

Property partner joins Blackadders in Glasgow

5th December 2016 | careers
John McKie moves from DWF

Society welcome for domestic abuse-related procedure reforms

5th December 2016 | criminal law , law society of scotland
Warning that extra criminal court resources may be needed

Smoking ban in cars with child passengers now in force

5th December 2016 | criminal law , family-child law
Fine of up to £1,000 for offenders, but questions over enforcement

Employment lawyer to head Pinsent Masons in Aberdeen

5th December 2016 | careers
Katie Williams to become first woman in the post

Associate promotions at Balfour+Manson

2nd December 2016 | careers
Four in litigation team advance

Minimum criminal age to rise to 12 - by 2018

2nd December 2016 | criminal law , family-child law
Ministers confirm long-awaited legal change

Housing and Property First-tier Tribunal now in operation

2nd December 2016 | civil litigation | Housing
New body takes over work of rented and homeowner housing panels

Registered landlords in line for FOI inclusion under new proposals

1st December 2016
Ministers consult on extension of legislation

Two promotions at Wright Johnston & Mackenzie

1st December 2016 | careers
Associate and senior associate named in Glasgow and Edinburgh offices

Justice Secretary hails pilot Aberdeen Problem Solving Court

1st December 2016 | criminal law
First year progress in changing behaviour of those with chaotic lifestyles

Justice Committee opens scrutiny of Limitation (Child Abuse) Bill

30th November 2016 | civil litigation , reparation
Call for evidence on provisions to remove three year time limit

Scotland's new Bankruptcy Act in force from today

30th November 2016 | insolvency
Consolidation provides coherent single legislative code
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