News reel
31 Jan 05
Special Constables are to be paid £1,000 a year under new scheme
31 Jan 05
Concluded criminal appeals have fallen to the lowest figure in a decade
31 Jan 05
Families of murder victims should receive expenses to attend courts, says a new report
31 Jan 05
Dundas & Wilson has recruited a new director of human resources from the US
28 Jan 05
Sheriff Hugh Neilson has resigned from office
28 Jan 05
Shocking new figures show the number of cases of domestic abuse reported to police has soared 10%
28 Jan 05
A murder-squad detective is facing a long jail sentence for causing the death of a driver in a head-on crash
27 Jan 05
Opposition grows to Sewel motion allowing Westminster to legislate for restricted areas
27 Jan 05
Moves in Lanarkshire and Ayrshire as Jim Brisbane heads for Crown Office
27 Jan 05
Glasgow solicitor Vincent Smith appointed to vacant post
26 Jan 05
Deputy Crown Agent appointed to Lothian and Borders
26 Jan 05
Aberdeen firm Cooper & Hay has been acquired by one of its neighbours
26 Jan 05
Inquiry hears that Reliance security staff failed to put at risk prisoner on suicide watch
26 Jan 05
The number of offenders tagged electronically rose by 54% last year
25 Jan 05
A man who admitted having "cybersex" has been jailed for two years
25 Jan 05
Executive has adopted nearly 40 new measures to regulate Scotland's marching culture
24 Jan 05
Three lawyers among eight new members of Parole Board
24 Jan 05
Certificates of excellence for Journal and website at Scottish Corporate Communications Awards
24 Jan 05
MacRoberts plays major role in £1 billion British Energy relisting
24 Jan 05
Report shows half Scotland's prison population comes from 155 council wards
21 Jan 05
Audit Scotland says no evidence that £30 million spend prevents reoffending
21 Jan 05
Children's Commissioner believes youngsters now "too hot to handle" with affection
20 Jan 05
New system achieves benchmark of 90% completion within nine months
20 Jan 05
Campaign launched to overcome cultural taboo to seeking help
20 Jan 05
Firm announces two more local authority contracts
19 Jan 05
Further Scottish Executive guidelines on dealing with children and other vulnerable witnesses
19 Jan 05
Lawyer threatens Lord Advocate with legal action over hepatitis C patients
19 Jan 05
Matthew Gray joins Pagan Osborne as Group Property Sales Director
18 Jan 05
Full bench upholds Crown plea that accused barred by acquiescence
18 Jan 05
Appeal against slopping out compensation to begin
17 Jan 05
Scottish Law Commission calls for views on running of interest
17 Jan 05
Advertising Standards Authority refuses to act on "offers-over" house prices
17 Jan 05
Second special advocate resigns over terrorist suspect detention system
17 Jan 05
Morton Fraser chief Linda Urquhart is only Scot in Lawyer magazine's top list
17 Jan 05
"Second record year in a row" sees turnover up 10 per cent at Tods Murray
17 Jan 05
Reminder that only in exceptional circumstances does the Society permit assignation of a training contract
17 Jan 05
Financial Services Authority has amended its rulebooks to clarify the duty of an authorised professional firm to comply with the rules of the FSA and/or its designated professional body
17 Jan 05
Society's Council has approved new practice guidelines on gazumping, gazundering and closing dates
14 Jan 05
High error rate with both guilty and innocent, warns new report
14 Jan 05
New report highlights poor treatment of prisoners in legalised police cells
13 Jan 05
Victim Information and Advice national rollout completed on schedule
13 Jan 05
Council wins battle to act as legal guardian for woman with rare eating disorder
13 Jan 05
Man who attacked lawyer's office with a sledgehammer spared jail
12 Jan 05
Leading construction lawyer one of nine new appointees
12 Jan 05
Appeal court upholds refusal of claim by drunk, disabled when pushed away by taxi passenger
12 Jan 05
Retail crime costs revealed in a new survey
11 Jan 05
Elderly widowed mother awarded £10,000 after son dies of mesothelioma
11 Jan 05
New figures show drop in number of festive drink drivers
10 Jan 05
Executive extends electronic monitoring contract with Reliance
10 Jan 05
A student is taking legal action against executive in a bid to end higher fees for English
10 Jan 05
Legislation to protect children comes into force today
10 Jan 05
Corporate law firm Henderson Boyd Jackson appoints outsider and non-lawyer as chief executive
7 Jan 05
Dr Norman Oliver has joined Harper Macleod
6 Jan 05
Deliberately started fire closes sheriff court for the day
6 Jan 05
Neighbouring councils challenge fairness of congestion charging scheme
5 Jan 05
Executive to review social housing sector tenants' right to buy their homes
5 Jan 05
Glasgow Council leader calls for change in law on begging
5 Jan 05
Victim Information and Advice service now available in Arbroath and Forfar procurator fiscal offices
4 Jan 05
National library, museums, art galleries face big revenue loss through Charities Bill
3 Jan 05
Excluding public from committee business said to run against open government
3 Jan 05
ACPOS report recommends officers be freed from responding to car crashes and neighbour disputes