Promotions and a new start at Mackinnons

Two move up as Kate Longmuir joins firm

Childhood abuse limitation rule lifted from today

Act to remove three year requirement now in force

Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland publishes annual report

2016-17 report records refinements to recruitment procedures

Lateral partner hire for Anderson Strathern

Iain Grieve joins commercial real estate team

Solicitors may face retrospective VAT bills, accountants warn

Tribunal win lets HMRC revise treatment of electronic property searches

Lady Hale sworn in as Supreme Court President

Deputy Lord Mance and three new Justices also take oaths

More than 900 abusers disclosed under "Clare's law", police reveal

Second year of operation sees total requests top 2,000

Public boards need to raise their game, Holyrood committee claims

Letter to ministers says dissenting voices must not be silenced

Land rights statement confirms ministers' desire to diversify

"Human rights approach" also underpins vision for reform

Lords reject ministers' approach to EU Withdrawal Bill scrutiny

Report also criticises "excessively wide" delegated powers

Debtor bankruptcy applications go online only

No paper applications accepted from tomorrow

SCTS report takes forward vulnerable witness reforms

Further proposals made for children and vulnerable adults