Journal online news archive for February 2018
- Posts in February, 2018
Solicitor wins Supreme Court appeal against lender duty ruling
"Not reasonable" for creditor to rely on misstatement regarding discharge
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"
Commission publishes law reform annual report for 2017
"Productive" year saw three reports and bills
Is simple procedure working, SCJC asks?
Consultation opens on experience to date
Jennifer Henderson to be next Keeper of Registers
Career civil servant has wide executive experience
Further fall in prosecutions last year, official figures show
Most types of crime down, with 8% drop overall
Harrington succeeds Brown as BLM senior partner
Board member elected to three year term from 1 March
Ministers to push ahead with court fee rises
Minor changes only despite consultation objections
Lawscot Foundation wins European silver
Student support fund recognised in European Association Awards
Appeal court rejects separate divorce treatment of house and land
Ownership separate from whether property was matrimonial
Scotland's new third party rights contract law comes into force
Act simplifies and restates common law