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TWITS IN: Troubled times at Scots law firms as solicitors take to social...
Insults included - Law Society says members are turning to social media.NEW FIGURES from the Law Society of Scotland have shown that more solicitors are using social media platforms professionally with...
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Law Society says Traineeship numbers "relatively steady"
Traineeships steady claim Law Society of Scotland.Commenting on the publication of the number of traineeships started in 2012/13, Katie Wood, manager in the Law Society of Scotland's Registrar's team,...
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Scottish Parliament Petition asking for declaration of secret society...
Withdrawn to be filed again at a later date – petitioner Mr Minogue. A PETITION to the Scottish Parliament calling on decision makers including judges & tribunal members to declare their membership...
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DO IT OUR WAY OR NOT AT ALL: Law Society of Scotland’s Fair Access to the...
Qualification as a solicitor in Scotland is strictly controlled by the Law Society.AMID accusations the Law Society of Scotland have traditionally made it difficult for solicitors & barristers...
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MSPs gained little from Lord Gill in private meeting as Scotland’s top judge...
Click to watch: little gains from Lord Gill at private meeting with MSPs. IT HAS EMERGED Scotland’stop judge, Lord Brian Gill held a private meeting with two MSPs from the Scottish Parliament’s Public...
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Corroboration to remain for now: Holyrood’s Justice Committee rebel against...
Corroboration to stay for now, says Justice Committee report.CORROBORATION, a long held safeguard against miscarriage of justice in Scots law where evidence in a criminal trial is required from two...
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Concern as figures reveal nearly £2Million spent on prosecution of Child...
Campaigner Robert Green re-arrested after alleged breach of interdict obtained by ex Lord Advocate Angiolini.A LONG running case involving allegations of child abuse in Aberdeen which has now become a...
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NO JUSTICE: Victims of crime often end up as victims of secretive Crown...
Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland – Crown Office failed to explain dropped rape prosecution.AS questions grow over the Crown Office & Lord Advocate’s role in the dropped prosecution of footballer...
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Scottish Parliament hear calls to drop ‘toxic brand’ ATOS benefits test...
MSPs hear company linked to deaths of disabled claimants should be dropped from Commonwealth Games sponsorship.A PETITION to the Scottish Parliament calling on the organising Committee of the 2014...
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CONTRACT KILLED: ‘Toxic brand’ ATOS exit work assessment contract early as...
Benefits test company ATOS to leave work assessment contract early. ATOS, the French IT company contracted out by the Tory led Condem Westminster Government to cut the sick, disabled & elderly’s...
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FREQUENT FLYER: Law Society Chief Exec Lorna Jack gets £7K a year publicly...
THE Scottish Government has announced the appointment of Lorna Jack, chief executive of the Law Society of Scotland as one of two new non-executive directors appointed to the board of Highlands and...
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Publicly Funded Scottish Arbitration Centre lawyers to ‘arbitrate’...
A TEAM of lawyers who receive tens of thousands of pounds of taxpayers money each year will ‘arbitrate’ or ‘settle’ disputes between contractors and the Scottish Government, says Minister for Community...
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Son of Scotland’s Solicitor General pleads guilty to drink driving & no...
Son of Solicitor General Lesley Thomson convicted, banned on drink driving.ANDREW THOMSON (26), the son of Lesley Thomson, Scotland’s Solicitor General, has been convicted of criminal offences after...
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MSPs to question Scottish Information Commissioner over proposal to amend law...
Scots FOI Chief to face grilling over lack of powers to deal with inaccurate data from public bodies. SCOTTISH Information Commissioner Rosemary Agnew has been called to appear before Holyrood’s Public...
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Scottish Information Commissioner rejects call for honesty in Holyrood...
Scots FOI Chief rejects calls for honesty over lack of powers to deal with inaccurate data from public bodies. APPEARING to reject calls for new ‘honesty powers’ to deal with Scots public authorities...
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All rise for 18th Century as Scottish Court Service announce cull of local...
Delivery of justice in Scotland set back 300 years say critics.THEScottish Court Service (SCS) has announced it is creating a new court structure “for the future” in the restructuring of court services...
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The Lord President’s £60Million stained glass window - Parliament House &...
Axe Nurses First: No austerity for £60m spend on Scotland’s main court & judiciary IN the midst of huge cuts to public services including hospitals, the Judiciary of Scotland& Scottish Court...
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Scottish Government spend £800K of public cash on the appointment of 6 new...
Six new sheriffs added to Scotland’s burgeoning judicial elite. the AS local courts across Scotland close, allegedly to ‘save money’ and tens of millions of pounds are spent on maintaining the...
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EXPOSED: The Court of Session Clerk who downloaded child porn & whispered in...
Court of Session was workplace of clerk who admitted downloading child porn. A HIGH COURT clerk & close confidante of Scotland’s top judges in the Court of Session has admitted downloading child...
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Lady Smith appointed as head of Scottish Tribunals as Scottish Government...
Judge Lady Smith now head of Scottish Tribunals.COURT OF SESSION judge Lady Smith has been appointed as the first President of the Scottish Tribunals by Scotland’s current top judge – the Lord...
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