31.10.07 Solicitors wanted for Will Relief 2007

Scheme founder urges more to sign up for charity initiative

31.10.07 Fixed penalties proposed for planning breaches

Councils feel prosecutions are too lengthy and expensive

31.10.07 Sunbed ban for children coming

Government to include restrictions on sunbed use as part of Public Health Bill

31.10.07 Man walks free after collapse of child sex trial

Crown Office blamed for wrongly worded charges in Alloa case

30.10.07 Ferguson revives Property Factors Bill

Consultation now running on proposals for registration and dispute resolution

30.10.07 Councils breaching Data Protection Act

Online planning applications display too much personal information

30.10.07 Late returns charities named and shamed

New list on website highlights voluntary bodies not complying with legislation

29.10.07 MacAskill wants traffic law change

Scottish Government requests amendments to legislation to free up police time

29.10.07 Top manager appointment at Lindsays

Brodies' finance director poached as chief operating officer

29.10.07 Tennis doubles challenge

Law firms battle it out for title in fund-raising event

26.10.07 Ian Smart elected Society Vice President

Cumbernauld lawyer will serve until May 2009

26.10.07 Public Health Bill unveiled

Bill will update law on infectious diseases and contamination

26.10.07 Parliament offers Brussels briefings

Fortnightly updates on key dossiers

25.10.07 Ministers to review antisocial behaviour controls

Prevention-enforcement balance among points of focus

25.10.07 Privatisation limits information access: Dunion

Information Commissioner wants legislation extended to safeguard public money

25.10.07 Lords' ruling extends reach of slopping out cases

Human rights claims against Scottish ministers not subject to 12 month time limit

24.10.07 Edinburgh infirmary PFI contract must be disclosed

Information Commissioner rejects claim of confidentiality for lack of support

24.10.07 Siddique lawyer under threat of contempt charge

Judge considering remarks said to misrepresent trial outcome

23.10.07 Graduate Endowment Abolition Bill published

Bill will extinguish liabilities falling due after 1 April 2008

23.10.07 Prisons Commission members announced

First meeting of eight-strong review group takes place tomorrow

23.10.07 Law Lords uphold parking servitude right

Nine year battle ends in victory for access right holders

23.10.07 HQ growth for Aberdeen firm

Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace in two stage expansion plan

22.10.07 Zimbabwe Law Society President seeks UK support

Society's report details abuses suffered by lawyers for defending rule of law

22.10.07 Specialist sex offences team for south east

"Amethyst" unit to improve coordination between police and Crown in Lothian and Borders

22.10.07 Two specialists join McClure Naismith

David Montague joins firm's London office, while Thomas Morrison starts in Edinburgh

19.10.07 New IT system for Victim Support

Toolkit will allow more tailored services for victims of crime

19.10.07 Taskforce to tackle 'cancer' of organised crime

Government body brings together different crime-fighting experts

18.10.07 Advocates move to Glasgow

Mackinnon stable heads west to deal with city's high number of criminal cases

17.10.07 No compensation for pleural plaques sufferers

Law Lords exclude asbestos-related condition from insurance firm pay-outs

17.10.07 Councils not obliged to pay for personal care

Lord Macphail overturns ruling ordering council to pay for elderly man's care

15.10.07 Four new advocate deputes

New appointees will take total to 27 by the end of October

15.10.07 New act targets kerb crawlers

But campaigners worried about consequences of ending prostitution tolerance zone

15.10.07 Society launches strategy for would-be lawyers

Initiative aimed at supporting students and trainees

12.10.07 Lord Advocate addresses French conference

Guest speaker at Cour de Cassation event on future of the public prosecutor

12.10.07 Court rules against supported placing request

Act makes no provision for request to another local authority, say appeal judges

12.10.07 National rape helpline launched

365-day freephone service for those affected by sexual violence

11.10.07 Law firm organises green initiative

National Green Day to promote sustainability to primary and secondary schools

11.10.07 Cheating lawyer fined £10,000

But Paul Kirk will not face prosecution for legal aid overcharging

10.10.07 Court lays down rules on dock ID

No rule that witness must always be asked to identify accused directly, say appeal judges

09.10.07 Group seek Lord Advocate's intervention on Trident

Opinion sought by campaigners including former Lord Advocate Lord Murray

08.10.07 Legal sector says go for green

Law Society of England and Wales in initiative to promote sustainability

08.10.07 Two join McGrigors from DLA Piper

Ian McCarlie and Shannon Rousson join firm's energy team

08.10.07 Patrick Bell joins Shepherd and Wedderburn

Partner appointment for finance lawyer as nine promoted to associate

08.10.07 Government seeks views on whisky legislation

New rules proposed to increase protection against imitation brands

05.10.07 Review of wildlife crime prosecution

Environment Minister announces move that will also look at the investigation of such crimes

05.10.07 Stolen painting turns up in law office

Da Vinci's Madonna recovered as firm insists arrested lawyer was acting properly

05.10.07 Lateral hires for Brodies

Two partners join firm from DLA Piper

04.10.07 Step up for company lawyer

Murray International Holdings' David Horne joins company board

04.10.07 IHT procedure changes

New process from 5 November 2007 for making an initial payment of inheritance tax by cheque

04.10.07 OISC and solicitors' files

The Society's obligations to the Immigration Services Commissioner when she is investigating complaints

04.10.07 Society to look out for late PC renewals

A note of the subscription fees for 2007-08, and a warning that late renewal of practising certificates may be treated as professional misconduct

04.10.07 Defective records bar partnership claim

Legal firm fails against former partner due to inability to value work

04.10.07 Drop in numbers released on parole

Parole Board for Scotland's work continues at busy level, says annual report

04.10.07 Angiolini and Hamilton agree on independence

Lord Advocate and Lord Justice General meet over parliament statement

04.10.07 Conflict of interest waivers

Supporting evidence that will be required with any conflict of interest waiver application in relation to provisions of the Companies Act 2006

03.10.07 Driver rules relaxed to tackle animal backlog

Truckers can spend more time on the roads to transport animals following foot-and-mouth crisis

03.10.07 Bail set at $10 million for Richey

Scot in US jail will need to raise 10% of sum to be freed

03.10.07 £1.8m legal aid fraud to be repaid

SLAB report reveals that money will be paid back by January 2008

02.10.07 Lord Advocate's meeting request with Lord Hamilton

Meeting intended to clear the air after public spat

02.10.07 Justice Secretary snubbed by London

UK ministers take all places at EU legal meeting despite claims of Scots law

01.10.07 Commissioner orders release of witness statements

Balance of public interest shifts over unsolved 1912 murder, says Dunion

01.10.07 Summary criminal legal aid up for reform

Scottish Legal Aid Board consultation paper proposes better early fees

01.10.07 SLAB reports rise in legal aid grants

Scottish Legal Aid Board publishes annual report for 2006-07

01.10.07 Two join HBJ Gateley Wareing from Harper Macleod

Partner and associate will make up new specialist team