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WEB1 day ago · Scotland's news service for lawyers. The number of criminal legal aid solicitors dropped from 1,459 in 2007 to 966, the Scottish Solicitors Bar Association (SSBA) has said as it warned the system was heading for collapse.
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WEBWJM’s private client team triumphs at Scottish Legal Awards. 26 Sep 2024. 1 minute. Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) has been named Private Client Team of the Year at the Scottish Legal Awards. 1-15 of 25351 Articles.
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WEBUpper Tribunal concludes First-tier Tribunal erred in upholding refusal of placement request for additional needs education. 26 Sep 2024. 5 minutes. A woman who had a placement request for her child with additional support needs refused by her local authority had successfully had an appeal against the refusal ...
Excellence recognised at Ian Moir and Company with rebrand
WEB9 Sep 2019. Reading time: 2 minutes. Ian Moir and Company has undergone a rebrand to recognise the work of partner Paul Sweeney. The firm, now known as Moir and Sweeney Litigation, offers a full range of services in criminal defence, family law, proceeds of crime and regulatory work. In 2014 the firm was one of a small number accredited by the ...
Legal jobs in Scotland - Scottish Legal News
WEBLord Justice Clerk. Court of Session. 1-10 of 13 Jobs. PREV. 1. 2. NEXT. Find the latest legal vacancies in Scotland for solicitors, advocates and other legal professionals on the Scottish Legal News website.
Our Legal Heritage: The Branks or Scold’s Bridle
WEBJan 18, 2019 · Its purpose was to humiliate as well as to provide a painful punishment. While there are recorded cases of men being sentenced to wear the ‘branks’, as the Scold’s Bridle was also known, it was a misogynistic device applied by men on women who were said to be gossips or disputatious. Frequently the …
Scottish Legal Complaints Commission reports strong performance
WEBNov 29, 2021 · The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has published its annual report, showing strong overall performance. The 2020-21 SLCC annual report covers performance in the July 2020 to June 2021 operating year, and was laid before the Scottish Parliament today, along with the 2020-21 SLCC annual a.
Thorntons and Watts Law enhance east of Scotland law offering …
WEBJun 18, 2015 · Thorntons is to merge with Montrose-based Watts Law, combining resources from 1 July. The merger will enhance Thorntons’ current offering and give the merged firm – to be known as Thorntons – a footprint stretching across Angus, Tayside, Perthshire, Fife and Edinburgh. All former Watts Law partners, solicitors and support staff will ...
Personal Injury Court issues guidance on motions for sanction for ...
WEBJan 10, 2020 · The All-Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court has issued a judgment to give some guidance on motions for certification of skilled persons and sanction for the employment of counsel made under new court rules introduced in 2019.. Sheriff Kenneth McGowan said the terms of motions should reflect “as closely as possible” the wording of the rule or law under which the application is being made ...
Full bench overrules authority on breach of interdict review after ...
WEBDec 10, 2015 · A five-judge bench in the Inner House of the Court of Session held that a previous case in which it had been held that a breach of interdict could not be taken as an ordinary civil appeal was “wrongly decided”.. The issue of the proper mode of review of a finding of breach of interdict arose in an appeal against an interlocutor of the Sheriff Principal of Tayside Central and Fife at Dundee.