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"Anger and frustration" among solicitors at SLCC levy proposals: Society
Response challenges reasons given for higher budget
Discipline Tribunal annual report published
Misconduct findings drop from 25 to 22 in 2015-16
Legal aid rates mean "imbalance" in service levels: SLCC
Complaints body sees few cases, but warns of growing risk
Solicitor Cameron Fyfe loses appeal against striking off ruling
Tribunal entitled to impose sanction for office malpractice over cheques
SLCC proposes £40 general levy increase
Rising demand and court costs blamed for 12.5% hike
SLCC time limit to rise to three years for new business from April
Move "brings process closer" to other complaint bodies
Court wins show we test complaints properly, SLCC argues
Three December decisions turn down complainer appeals
Scot takes over as President of European Bars organisation
Ruthven Gemmell to head CCBE for 2017
SLCC backs need for price transparency in legal services
Support for CMA report calling for better consumer information
More price disclosure needed to boost legal market competition, CMA reports
England & Wales study concludes consumers still in the dark
Scottish firms hampered by lack of ABS options, chairman warns
Turcan Connell's Mackintosh says practices vulnerable to English takeover
Supreme Court vetoes Inner House approach to pharmacist discipline case
Post-suspension review of fitness cannot revisit original punishment