Journal online news archive for 2018
- Posts in 2018
Advocacy support for rape victims to be extended
Pilot scheme to be expanded over next two years
Sheriff allows VAT and dues with simple procedure expenses
Capped expenses not exhaustive of what successful party may recover
Two sheriffs appointed to Grampian, Highland & Islands
Former fiscal and litigation solicitor to join shrieval bench
Proposed rules published for First-tier Tribunal mental health chamber
Transfer scheduled to take place in November
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