Accredited Paralegal highlights 2017
Accredited Paralegal highlights 2017
Academically gifted students from less advantaged backgrounds in Scotland are set to benefit from a game-changing quarter of a million pound investment through the Lawscot Foundation.
Accredited Paralegal highlights 2017
In the second part of this series, Vlad Valiente outlines the process involved in restructuring Midlothian Council's legal department following the decision to meet more of its legal needs in-house.
Accredited Paralegal highlights 2017
Pupils from schools in Dundee, Glasgow and St Andrews have earned their places in the final of the Donald Dewar Memorial Debating Tournament.
Accredited Paralegal highlights 2017
The latest news from the Law Societies' Brussels Office.
Accredited Paralegal highlights 2017
The Society believes legislative change on organ donation and transplants would have to be supported by a major public education campaign to boost donor numbers.
Accredited Paralegal highlights 2017
The Society's president, Eilidh Wiseman pays tribute to Kirk Murdoch. Eilidh Wiseman said: "We were extremely saddened to hear about...
Accredited Paralegal highlights 2017
If one of your colleagues or contacts is an in-house Scottish solicitor or trainee; or if you work in an in-house legal role, then you might be eligible to nominate or be nominated for the In-house Rising Star Award.
Accredited Paralegal highlights 2017
In the summer of 2016, the UK Government published details on a new apprenticeship levy. This is due to be introduced in April this year (2017) aiming to raise somewhere in the region of £3 billion per year to help the government meet a target of funding 3million apprenticeships by 2020.
Accredited Paralegal highlights 2017
Plans to increase the SLCC levy by 12.5% have caused unprecedented 'anger and frustration' within the profession
Accredited Paralegal highlights 2017
Read the latest news from the Scottish legal profession in March's Lawscot News
Accredited Paralegal highlights 2017
It was reported to the Society that Co-operative Bank no longer accept Powers of Attorney created under the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 as amended.
Accredited Paralegal highlights 2017
Hannah Kemp, a trainee at Brodies LLP, obtained her LLB from the University of Edinburgh, having studied at Lund University in Sweden for her third year. Hannah returned home to complete her Diploma at the University of Glasgow and is now in her final seat and due to qualify as a solicitor in July 2017.
