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- in the category: civil litigation
Party litigant's medical certificate found to be forgery
Decree by default for £6.5m granted against former director
Law centres protest mooted civil legal aid restrictions
Society consultation proposals come under attack
Civil Justice Council reports on pre-action protocol feedback
Changes suggested if procedures to become compulsory
Lord President welcomes arrival of Courts Reform Act
Royal assent to measure implementing Civil Courts Review
Society paper proposes "root and branch" legal aid overhaul
Discussion document aims to provoke debate on civil and criminal funding
SLAB reports static cost of legal aid in 2013-14
Criminal grants up but total cost stays at £150.5m
Lords defeat Government over judicial review reforms
Three amendments passed to bolster judicial discretion
Lord President permits laptops; court tightens personal injury practice
Permission no longer required to use laptop or tablet in court
Holyrood backs petition for register of judges' interests
Ministers consider current safeguards sufficient to ensure impartiality
Holyrood passes Courts Reform Bill
Unopposed decision after stage 3 amendments
Parliament House backlogs ended, Lord President announces
Annual address points to court reforms as strengthening Scots law
APIL welcomes Taylor review proposals
Injured people will get "fair crack of the whip"