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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"