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28 Feb 05 Civilians to help patrol motorways

Private firm to help police clear up Glasgow's motorways after accidents

28 Feb 05 Star signing for Bishops

Football pundit Jock Brown joins Bishops from April

28 Feb 05 Committee gets lay members

Two non-solictors have been appointed to the Law Society's professional practice committee

25 Feb 05 'Phenomenal' response to survey

More than 750 people have already replied to the Women in Legal Profession survey

25 Feb 05 Adult entertainment role for Baker

Legal watchdog Linda Costelloe Baker is to chair group looking at lap dancing clubs and sex shops

25 Feb 05 Shopkeepers beware

Lord Advocate allows under 18s to 'test-buy' cigarettes and fireworks

25 Feb 05 Public sector wins for law firm

Harper Macleod has won two new Scottish Executive contracts

24 Feb 05 New blood test plans

Victims will be entitled to know whether their attacker is carrying hepatitis or HIV under new proposals

24 Feb 05 Commissions want better small print protection

Joint Law Commission report wants clearer unfair contract terms law and more small business protection

24 Feb 05 Death crash detective jailed

Former murder squad detective given four years for causing death by dangerous driving

24 Feb 05 Minister's nephew newspaper claim

Cathy Jamieson's killer nephew has boasted he will be paid £7,000 for his story

23 Feb 05 Victims to be given "loud" voice

National Standards for Victims of Crime published by Scottish Executive

23 Feb 05 Homelessness applications find a ceiling

Single men dominate the 28,000 requests for assistance

23 Feb 05 Mental health tribunal appointments made

Advocate Eileen Davie to preside over new review body

23 Feb 05 Justice Minister tells of blackmail threat

Jamieson's criminal nephew tried to undermine her career

22 Feb 05 Single survey fails to impress

Only 73 people have opted to conduct a single survey of their property

22 Feb 05 Gay "weddings" from December

New civil partnership law to come into effect on 5 December

22 Feb 05 Call for change in rape law

Women's groups call for action to secure more rape convictions

21 Feb 05 Commission launches new reform agenda

Intestacy and criminal defences back on the menu for Scottish Law Commission

21 Feb 05 Leading firms continue LLP trend

40% of top 25 law firms now LLPs or said to be converting

21 Feb 05 Solicitors General share rape case ideas

Angiolini and Harman discuss specialist rape centres for Scotland

21 Feb 05 New controversy for McLetchie

Fresh paid advocacy complaint about Scottish Tory leader made to watchdog

18 Feb 05 Lawyer said arrest would end career

A lawyer accused of plane bomb scare told police arrest would finish his career as a sheriff

17 Feb 05 New powers to protect wildlife

New laws have been introduced to protect rare birds of prey from poisoning

17 Feb 05 Fiscal sues lord advocate

A 'stressed' fiscal is suing Scotland's senior law officer for £120,000

17 Feb 05 Sheriff in the dock

Court told sheriff frightened passengers with 'bomb on the plane' remarks

16 Feb 05 Post mortems pass standards test

First review of national practice gives high marks

16 Feb 05 Public urged to shop dealers

First Minister urges public to speak out against drug dealers

15 Feb 05 OFT drops Master Policy probe

Surprise move clears Society of anti-competition complaint

15 Feb 05 Court rules against disabled taxi provision

"Unmet need" in licensing law refers to whole community, says split appeal court

15 Feb 05 Legal director leaves bank

Mark Chidley, director of group legal services at Royal Bank of Scotland, has left

14 Feb 05 Buckfast firm threaten to sue Jamieson

Drink distributors consider legal action against Justice Minister over shopkeepers plea

14 Feb 05 Davies to join D&W

Dundas & Wilson bolsters financial sevices business with new partner

14 Feb 05 Panel gets results for aggrieved clients

Society's panel takes up 60 negligence cases against lawyers

11 Feb 05 Executive slopped out of court

Failed appeal raises hopes for hundreds of prisoners' claims

10 Feb 05 Crown drops secrecy code

Victims to be allowed to hear reasons for not prosecuting

10 Feb 05 Walker quits VC boards

Chairman of Scotland's biggest law firm resigns as director of two investment funds

10 Feb 05 Drink-driver caused lawyer's death

Driver almost three times over the limit when he killed a leading legal academic

9 Feb 05 New director of PDSO

Matthew Auchincloss is new director of Public Defence Solicitors’ Office

9 Feb 05 Executive gets tough on knife crime

Maximum sentence for carrying knives to be doubled under new proposals

9 Feb 05 New appointment to state hospitals

Professor Sandy Cameron has joined the State Hospitals Board for Scotland

9 Feb 05 Prisoners' solitary confinement case goes ahead

Proof allowed in action for compensation for solitary confinement

9 Feb 05 Right to roam becomes law

New legal access rights come into force today

8 Feb 05 Executive unveils Family Law Bill

New legal measures to be backed up by initiatives to support family relationships

8 Feb 05 Morton Fraser expands in Glasgow

Sasan appointment strengthens Glasgow litigation team

7 Feb 05 Dewar schools competition hots up

Twenty schools through to regional finals of debating tournament

7 Feb 05 Lawyers' fears over profitability

Many fear growth is at the expense of profit, says survey

7 Feb 05 Family Law Bill timing challenged

Scottish Executive to launch bill for "quickie" divorces in National Marriage week

6 Feb 05 Cuthbert awards name Tods top firm

Tods Murray win Firm of the Year title in Scottish Legal Awards 2005

4 Feb 05 Brussels Agenda

Updates from Society's Brussels office on cross-border mergers; child witnesses; Working Time Directive

4 Feb 05 Nominee company commissions

Table of fees has been amended so that where a legal firm has its own nominee company, the normal range of commission in relation to stocks and shares applies

4 Feb 05 Watch the new Acts

Society has written to all criminal law practitioners drawing attention to the new Criminal Procedure and Vulnerable Witnesses Acts, and inviting comments on how they operate

4 Feb 05 Status reminder

Reminder to firms authorised for investment business to confirm their status as Scottish solicitor firms to the FSA

4 Feb 05 Sentenced by mobile

Judge hands out sentence to a man over the phone

4 Feb 05 Lawyer who lied to clients fined

Lawyer who faked court documents fined and restricted by Discipline Tribunal

4 Feb 05 Panel referrals soar

Rising offending and lack of parental care leads to big rise in children's hearings

3 Feb 05 New complaints committees

Three new committees have been set up to speed up the handling of complaints against solicitors

3 Feb 05 Miller quits from SCRO

Alan Miller resigns as Principal Reporter

3 Feb 05 Court rules expenses claimed in time

Defender allowed to claim in action that was never served

2 Feb 05 Five new judges appointed

Record number of judges for Scotland following new appointments

2 Feb 05 D&W appoint pension expert

Dundas & Wilson beefs up pensions team with appointment of David Knox

2 Feb 05 Trespass law retreat

Ministers forced into U-turn over plans to introduce trespass law in Scotland

2 Feb 05 First appeal under new Act

Green Party MSP launches first appeal in Scotland under freedom of information laws

1 Feb 05 Schools prepare for war of words

Over 40 schools contest second round of Society-sponsored debating tournament

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