Society proposes trainee pay boost

Recommended rates to rise to £18,000 and £21,500

Six more appeal sheriffs named

Lord President makes five-year appointments

Thousand-partner CMS announces merger completion

Tie-up with Nabarro and Olswang delivers sixth largest global firm

Reconviction rates hit 18-year low

Fall in rates for under-25s drives improvement

Lord Arthurson takes place on bench

New senator welcomed by Lord President

Publish human rights advice, Commission proposes to Holyrood

Reform submission calls for stronger checks on legislative competence

Three Scots among CMS global partner promotion round

Two advance in Edinburgh and one in Glasgow

Commissioner questions future of freedom of information law

Special report calls for "radical rethink", including over duty to publish

No contest at stage 1 for Limitation (Childhood Abuse) Bill

Approval without vote after first parliamentary debate

Justice Committee split over Railway Policing Bill

Stage 1 report favours general principles but notes evidence against

Thorntons targets Edinburgh expansion

Further recruitment promised to add to recent growth

Solicitors thanked for "amazing" support for challenge to SLCC budget

More than 6,700 emails sent to MSPs following Society appeal