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WEB5 days ago · Scotland's news service for lawyers. The Scottish Solicitors’ Bar Association recently conducted a survey of its members that found that despite the solicitor profession now being majority female, 70 per cent of SSBA members are male, less than two per cent identify as BAME and only three per cent are members of the LGBTQ+ commun
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WEB1-10 of 18 Jobs. PREV. 1. 2. NEXT. Find the latest legal vacancies in Scotland for solicitors, advocates and other legal professionals on the Scottish Legal News website.
Property Standardisation Group celebrates 20th anniversary
WEB29 Jun 2021. Reading time: 3 minutes. A group established by four Scottish law firms to benefit clients and lawyers by creating free, standardised template documents to streamline the process for buying, selling and leasing property in Scotland is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The Property Standardisation Group (PSG) launched in 2001 with ...
Dentons welcomes seven NQs to Scottish offices
WEBAug 22, 2024 · Dentons welcomes seven NQs to Scottish offices. 22 Aug 2024. Reading time: 2 minutes. Jennifer Quigley. Dentons’ UK, Ireland and Middle East (UKIME) region has retained 78 per cent of trainees and solicitor apprentices who applied for newly qualified roles in the UK in 2024, with a quarter of its new lawyers taking up roles in Scotland.
Personal injury court refuses motion to treat final interlocutor as ...
WEBMay 8, 2018 · In the case of Louise Halligan v Sutherland’s Fruit & Veg Ltd and Wilko Stores Ltd, sheriff in the All Scotland Personal Injury Court outlined the procedure to be adopted where a “Williamson tender” has been lodged an explained the circumstances in which an interlocutor may be treated as pro non scripto.
New award celebrates Scotland’s legal sector pioneers
WEBAug 22, 2024 · The Law Society of Scotland is launching a new award to celebrate legal pioneers within the sector as part of its 75th anniversary commemorations. Nominations for the Legal Pioneer Award are open to both solicitors and non-solicitors - past or present - who have made a significant contribution to Scotland’s legal sector. Susan Murray ...
Blog: Tacit relocation explained - Scottish Legal News
WEBOct 20, 2017 · In practice this usually means that tacit relocation operates unless either the landlord or the tenant have given written notice to the other of their intention to bring the lease to an end. The landlord would do this by serving a notice to quit, and the tenant by serving a notice of intention to quit. The period of notice will usually depend ...
Summary sheriff failed to properly consider prejudice to accused …
WEBAug 11, 2016 · The Sheriff Appeal Court deserted the complaint simpliciter after ruling that the sheriff failed to “balance the prejudice” to the accused with the interests of the prosecutor and the public interest when he adjourned the third trial diet.. Sheriff Principal Mhairi Stephen QC, sitting with Sheriff Principal Marysia Lewis and Sheriff Peter Braid heard that the complainer John Archer was ...
Possession of class A drugs effectively decriminalised in ‘brilliant ...
WEBSep 23, 2021 · Possession of Class A drugs may incur a police warning rather than prosecution under a new “diversion from prosecution” policy for drugs announced by the Lord Advocate, Dorothy Bain QC. In a statement, Ms Bain said: "I have decided that an extension of the recorded police warning guideli
Court of Session rules legal professional privilege not overridden …
WEBOct 11, 2022 · A Court of Session judgment has reaffirmed the principle of legal privilege between solicitors and their clients. A hearing at the Inner House of the Court of Session determined that the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) is not entitled to recover legally privileged information in a solici
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