30.06.05 Top award for Scots disability lawyer

DRC's Lynn Welsh takes employment team award for success in Archibald case

30.06.05 Groundbreaking order against double glazing firm

OFT wins first order under Enterprise Act for company to improve customer service

30.06.05 Richey to hear verdict

Death row Scot will learn if he is free today

29.06.05 Planning reforms unveiled

New structure aims to treat applications according to their size and impact

29.06.05 More controls on knives proposed

Retailer licensing scheme and extended bans in new consultation on stemming weapons culture

29.06.05 Court Service took action against website

Written answer admits ISP contacted over content of anti-lawyer site

28.06.05 EAT entitled to refuse hearing

No automatic right to full hearing on allegation of error of law, says Inner House

28.06.05 Conference focuses on cross-border work

Criminal law reform meeting continues with day on international co-operation

28.06.05 Aptitude tests coming for law applicants

Glasgow University to become first in Scotland to set tests for applicant law students

24.06.05 Leading lights arrive in capital

Scotland hosts major international legal conference

24.06.05 Weapons crime court sits

The first three cases were heard at a special weapons court in Greenock

23.06.05 Licensing Forum members announced

National body to monitor new licensing regime holds first meeting on 4 July

23.06.05 Fingerprint and DNA debate

Debate called for on whether records should be kept of those not convicted of crime

22.06.05 Hood joins licensing trade body

Former licensing board clerk crosses to other side

22.06.05 Door of reoffending still revolving

Reconviction rate down but still too high, according to new statistics

22.06.05 New moves at Bishops

Three more appointments in commercial and litigation

22.06.05 Decision looms for Death Row Scot

Prosecutors will meet today to discuss whether to retry or free Kenny Richey

21.06.05 Hearings shakeup for youngsters in need

Executive proposes new grounds for referral and tighter procedures to curb child offenders

21.06.05 Commission wants views on early release

Sentencing Commission launches public consultation on releasing prisoners before sentence fully served

21.06.05 Survey highlights business communication

Shepherd+ Wedderburn/Scottish Leadership Foundation survey finds communication is key to successful business partnership

21.06.05 New appointments for Thorntons

Three new partners following merger with Dundee firm

21.06.05 Drugs campaign nets £1.5m

Nearly 600 arrests made and £1.5m seized in six week drive against drugs

20.06.05 Poor record for Perth court

Only one out of every 20 trials at Perth District Court takes place on scheduled date, justices report

20.06.05 Reliance costs rising

Cost of using private prisoner escort service up 20%, analyst warns

17.06.05 Society, SLAB renew legal aid pledges

First responses to consultation paper affirm commitment to further modernisation

17.06.05 Big shakeup of legal aid on the cards

Extended civil eligibility, unified criminal process and strategic body to succeed SLAB all in Executive paper

17.06.05 Changes at Anderson Strathern

Nine promotions announced at Edinburgh firm

17.06.05 Fourteen new Scots QCs

Twelve advocates and two solicitors join ranks of Queen's Counsel

17.06.05 Special conditions for sex offenders

Unconditional early release of sex offenders may be scrapped

16.06.05 Revised date for new feeing arrangements

Query over rules gives Table of Fees a stay of execution to 1 August

16.06.05 Special needs child funded to challenge SLAB

Sheriff principal grants legal aid for judicial review of means decision

16.06.05 One airgun crime a day

There is more than one airgun crime a day according to official figures

16.06.05 Findlay quits over Pope joke

Donald Findlay resigns from Faculty of Advocates post following misjudged speech

15.06.05 Good marks for youth court

Hamilton pilot for young offenders extended to a third year after study suggests good results

15.06.05 Public cannot sue under Workplace Regulations

Appeal court rejects customer's claim and settles differences between earlier cases

15.06.05 First case for emergency workers law

Drug addict jailed under new Act after hospital disturbance

14.06.05 New post for Sheriff

Sheriff Derek Pyle to transfer to Inverness

14.06.05 Blame moves from Reliance

New report says Reliance was to blame in fewer than half of wrong prisoner releases

14.06.05 Society launches complaints pack

New information pack to make process simple and accessible for dissatisfied clients

13.06.05 Kenneth Reid becomes CBE

Honour for leading property law expert

13.06.05 Move to raise tobacco age

Under 18s could be banned from buying cigarettes

13.06.05 Deals on horizon for law firm

Pagan Osborne reported to be in acquisition talks

13.06.05 Rise in low-level crime

New recording method said to account for much of 20% rise

10.06.05 Executive plans adoption overhaul

Most recommendations of Cox review group to be accepted

10.06.05 Charity law passed

Plans to modernise charity regulation and fundraising pass final parliamentary stage

10.06.05 Jails to be replaced?

Executive considers new prison to replace Peterhead and Craiginches

10.06.05 New Dawn for Balfour & Manson

Employment associate joins expanding litigation team

09.06.05 Stirling wins LLB accreditation

Stirling University accredited by Law Society of Scotland to provide LLB degree

09.06.05 Case study: pragmatic approach to complaints

Report of a lengthy, and unsuccessful, defence to a client complaint over a trivial sum

09.06.05 Client Relations Office: recent changes

Update on third party complaints procedure; information pack; IPS compensation limit

09.06.05 Cornton Vale: new agents' rules

Booking requirements from 25 July 2005 for visiting clients in custody

09.06.05 New office bearers take up roles

Caroline Flanagan and Ruthven Gemmell become President and Vice President of the Society; report of President's first address to Council

09.06.05 £25m Edinburgh prison block opens

Slopping out has ended at Edinburgh Prison

09.06.05 Jamieson takes on Whitehall over guns

New airgun legislation doesn't go far enough, says Justice Minister

09.06.05 "156 mph" driver cleared on technicality

Failure to serve notice of intended prosecution fatal, says sheriff

08.06.05 SLAB sets improvement targets for coming year

Corporate Plan 2005-06 commits to increasing access to advice and assistance

08.06.05 Safer town centres scheme launched

Safe City Centres Initiative to be rolled out to towns

08.06.05 Tax saving for farmers

Single farm payments confirmed as exempt from stamp duty land tax

07.06.05 Bill tackles organ retention abuse

Laws on post mortems, organ retention and transplantation to be tightened

07.06.05 First anniversary for CAB pilot scheme

Successful first year for Citizens Advice Bureau in courts

07.06.05 Law firm faces negligence claim

BP to sue Scottish and English advisers over 1990 Shetland incident

06.06.05 Lawyer sued for unpaid Update fees

Perthshire solicitor in hot water over £464 in seminar dues

06.06.05 Findlay may resign as business chair

Donald Findlay is considering quitting Faculty of Advocates business post

06.06.05 Ledingham opens Mayfair office

Ledingham Chalmers has launched into London

03.06.05 Anti-paedophile law passed

Protection of Children and Prevention of Sexual Offences Bill clears Scottish Parliament

03.06.05 Proof denied to Nazareth House claimants

Judge rejects plea that equitable to allow children's home abuse cases to be heard late

03.06.05 Latest enrolment ceremony admits 56

New solicitors welcomed in Playfair Library ceremony

02.06.05 Lawyer loses unfair sacking claim

Dundee solicitor who admitted to fraud has failed to win her unfair dismissal claim

02.06.05 Charity donation from law firm

Shepherd+ Wedderburn gives support to Special Olympics

02.06.05 Parole Board report shows drop in releases

Chairman insists each case considered on merits, as report shows 10% fall

01.06.05 New role for Duff

Pagan Osborne partner Susan Duff to play key role in Solicitors for the Elderly

01.06.05 Hope for families of hep C victims

Health committee votes to lift restrictions on hepatitis C payouts

01.06.05 Fears over sex offenders on community work

Row breaks out as prison allows offenders on work party