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- in the category: civil litigation
Civil Online launches on 13 March, SCTS confirms
First phase allows tracking of simple procedure cases
Prescription Bill goes out to views
Commission's recommendations going through Holyrood's law reform procedure
Sheriff allows VAT and dues with simple procedure expenses
Capped expenses not exhaustive of what successful party may recover
Society welcomes review call for new legal aid approach
"Much to support" in report, but some caveats
Legal aid review calls for "fundamentally new approach"
Ministers' response to be published "in due course"
Is simple procedure working, SCJC asks?
Consultation opens on experience to date
Ministers to push ahead with court fee rises
Minor changes only despite consultation objections
Online case tracker being launched
New system provides "important step on journey to electronic case handling"
Ministers' Prescription Bill adopts SLC proposals
Latent damage test to be redefined, among other reforms
Glasgow and Edinburgh planning Scottish Bar Association
Nationwide body would seek to negotiate on legal aid
Scottish social security appeals rules go out to consultation
Ministers propose procedure for new First-tier Tribunal chamber
Holyrood waves Civil Litigation Bill through at stage 1
Unopposed approval after first debate, but amendments likely