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- in the category: professional regulation
Former solicitor wins appeal against jail term for interdict breach
John O'Donnell admonished by appeal court
SLCC budget before Holyrood confirms levy proposals
£312 baseline levy for year from 1 July
SLCC calls for improvements in conduct complaint handling
Recommendations follow analysis of Society's five year performance
Judges refuse request for barrister to lead in VAT appeal
Court "does not have power" to grant one-off rights of audience
Society and Faculty call for better client confidentiality protection
Professional bodies' consultation responses call for stronger safeguards
Solicitor struck off for scheme to obtain early legal aid payments
Dishonesty of invented outcomes demonstrated lack of fitness
Discipline Tribunal report shows cases becoming more complex
Renewed appeal to profession to heed duties under CML Handbook
Former solicitor given three months for breach of interdict
O'Donnell jailed for continuing to hold himself out as entitled to practise
Fewer complaints, but more needing resolved: SLCC half year figures
Numbers down but fewer rejected at initial stage
Problem conveyancing cases do not mean systemic issues: Bowen report
Former sheriff principal's conclusions published on Brebner/Happy Valley
Solicitors' views sought on SLCC fee and budget plans
Society opens short consultation on 2015-16 proposals
Complaints Commission proposes general levy cut
Informal resolution helping to reduce costs