Professional Practice Updates - July 2017
Professional Practice Updates - July 2017
John Brannigan studied at the University of Glasgow and completed his traineeship at Gallen & Co Solicitors. He now works at Russels Gibson McCaffrey Solicitors in Glasgow, specialising in all criminal and civil litigation matters.
Professional Practice Updates - July 2017
Our committees' work in relation to Bills and consultations including driving offences and penalties relating to causing death or serious injury, pension scams and the Commission on Parliamentary Reform.
Professional Practice Updates - July 2017
Society comments on plans to reform summary court practice
Professional Practice Updates - July 2017
Scott King, accelerated LLB student at Glasgow University, explains what to expect on the accelerated LLB and gives advice on how to get through it.
Professional Practice Updates - July 2017
Street Law, an education programme for pupils at Scottish schools in disadvantaged areas, has taken home the title of Best Training Initiative at the prestigious European Association Awards.
Professional Practice Updates - July 2017
In the first part of a two-part series, Vlad Valiente explains how Midlothian Council weighed up the potential pros and cons of bringing more legal work back in-house.
Professional Practice Updates - July 2017
Lorna Stephen, a diploma graduate from the University of Edinburgh who will start a traineeship at Standard Life in September 2017, explains how any skill – in her case dancing – can be transferred and applied in a work context.
Professional Practice Updates - July 2017
New report on legal aid shows some of the smallest firms are carrying out legal aid work at a loss
Professional Practice Updates - July 2017
The Society has received an application to create a new category for accreditation of ‘regulation of professional conduct’ and we are keen to measure interest from potential applicants.
Professional Practice Updates - July 2017
Stephen Parker from Tilney highlights the recent ruling from The Court of Appeal in relation to bankruptcy and pensions.
Professional Practice Updates - July 2017
A law firm based in Inverness has received calls from a ‘Brian Johnston’ claiming to be from the ‘Bankline Fraud team’.
Professional Practice Updates - July 2017
We’ve been made aware that Scottish law firms have recently been targeted by a new email scam.
