Journal online news archive for March 2015
- Posts in March, 2015
Jury manual is only guidance: appeal court
Appeal allowed where insufficient directions given on jury's question
Four English judges go for using work IT for porn
Three sackings and a resignation for "inexcusable misuse"
Scotland should make refugees welcome: Lord Advocate
Support offered for work to help integration and inclusion
Court reporting restrictions rules about to change
Media given right to be heard before any order made
Optimism growing in Scottish profession, Society survey finds
61% now report confidence in the future for solicitors
Five new partners among Harper Macleod promotions
Partnership strength now 62 as seven advance
Survey points to further changes in Scottish legal scene
Better fee income, but further mergers and insolvencies predicted
Pre-recorded witness interviews should be evidence: report
SCS Evidence and Procedure Review calls for new trial procedures
Stronger controls needed on email surveillance, MPs report
Committee calls for new offence for abuse by GCHQ
Swinney promises new property information hub
"One enquiry" system to deliver comprehensive information
Judge entitled to find bank in breach of loan promise: Supreme Court
First instance decision restored in claim for loss of profit
Doctor-patient relationship under strutiny following Supreme Court ruling
Firm calls case ‘the most significant medical negligence judgment in 30 years’