16 December 2010The Scottish Legal Aid Board has issued its annual report for 2009/10
01 December 2010The title Editor of the Year (Business and Professional) was awarded to Journal editor Peter Nicholson at the Scottish Magazine Awards last night.
18 November 2010Society to consider rule change following Lloyds decision on panel
17 November 2010Society comments on Scottish budget
15 November 2010Society seeks responses to bullying research
28 October 2010Emergency legislation on the way police suspects are dealt with raises concerns
27 October 2010The Supreme Court's decision to uphold the appeal in Cadder v Her Majesty’s Advocate reinforces a ‘sea change in the way police suspects are dealt with.’
18 October 2010Law Society and Scottish Government host joint event
01 October 2010Society welcomes the decision of the High Court in London on legal aid.
01 October 2010Jamie Millar, President of the Law Society of Scotland, comments on the Lord Advocate stepping down.
29 September 2010Society concerned over plans to create a new offence during an evidence session on the Protection of Workers (Scotland) Bill.
24 September 2010The Society;s budget and corporate plan for 2010/2011 were presented at its SGM.
23 September 2010The FSA has investingated Thornton financial services business
22 September 2010Solicitor advocate Colin Dunipace has been elected to the Society’s Council to represent members within the Airdrie Sheriff Court district.
22 September 2010The new Registered Paralegal scheme, is to be marked by an event at the Scottish Parliament.
22 September 2010The Society submit proposals for final amendments to the Legal Services (Scotland) Bill prior to the Stage 3 debate in October.
21 September 2010The Judicial Office for Scotland launches a new website for judges
20 September 2010The Society's Access to Justice committee states unprecedented welfare cuts in Scotland will cause serious hardship
15 September 2010ECJ dismisses the Akzo Nobel Chemicals appeal
15 September 2010Digby Brown solicitor Dawn McCafferty has been accredited as a specialist in personal injury law and Alisdair Matheson from Brodies has been accredited as aspcialist in construction law.
15 September 2010Jamie Millar, president of the Law Society of Scotland comments.
10 September 2010Will Relief Scotland, the Scottish Solicitors charitable venture, will be running again in September thanks to the generosity of the legal profession in Scotland.
09 September 2010Society publishes its corporate plan
08 September 2010Society comments on First Minister's programme of proposed bills
02 September 2010Paul McConville, of McConville O’Neill, 18 Waterloo Street, Glasgow, has been sequestrated and his practising certificate automatically suspended.
27 August 2010Ian Bryce elected to Society's board.
26 August 2010The Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 is now fully in force, and the Law Society of Scotland is hosting a one-day conference.
25 August 2010Fraud, Home Reports and electronic land registration are among the issues up for discussion at a series of conveyancing roadshows organised by the Law Society of Scotland and Registers of Scotland.
19 August 2010The Society chairs an event at the Festival of Politics
09 August 2010Research company Equality Works is looking for participants to take part in a study on bullying
06 August 2010Council decides to further consider proposed revisions to its constitution and standing orders
26 July 2010Law Society Director invited to sit on Calman Implemetation Group
23 July 2010Society consultation on its constitution which has run for 6 weeks closes today 23 July.
19 July 2010Criminal defence solicitor Robert Mitchell of Tod & Mitchell in Greenock and Procurator Fiscal Martin Ricardo Macari were granted Rights of Audience in the High Court of Justiciary
07 July 2010The Society will inform members that the Government have agreed out-of-hours payments for solicitors
01 July 2010The Law Society of Scotland has written to MSPs to express concerns about aspects of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Bill prior the stage 3 debate which took place yesterday.
29 June 2010Justice Committee MSPs backed government commitment to secure solicitors’ independence by dropping proposals to allow ministers to set the criteria for non-lawyer membership of the Society.
29 June 2010The Society expressed strong concern at the lack of consultation over proposed new regulations for payments to solicitors attending police station interviews.
28 June 2010The Glasgow school took the trophy for the second year running as they saw off competition from the other three teams of finalists at the Society's debating tournament.
25 June 2010Communicating with the Law Society of Scotland by post
24 June 2010Constructive talks with the Crown Office to resolve issues around interim guidelines
23 June 2010An international law conference welcomes the new Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010, which came into force on 7 June.
22 June 2010Law Society meets Kenny MacAskill to discuss guidelines on police station interviews.
22 June 2010Society welcomes decision to regulate will writers
17 June 2010The top four debating teams from Scottish schools will compete in the Law Society of Scotland Donald Dewar debate final tonight Thursday 17 June
17 June 2010The Society seeks to resolve conflict issues between new guidelines and solicitors' code of conduct
16 June 2010The Law Society of Scotland has welcomed MSPs’ decision to adopt a compromise position on ownership of alternative business structures today, 15 June.
15 June 2010The Justice Committee is to discuss the second set of stage 2 amendments to the Legal Services (Scotland) Bill today, Tuesday, 15 June from 10am.
15 June 2010The Law Society of Scotland welcomes the Scottish Governments Regulatory Review Group review of the Licensing Scotland Act 2005.
11 June 2010Law Society informed late this afternoon of new guidelines as a consequence of the Cadder v HMA case appeal.
10 June 2010MSPs give their backing to the Alcohol Etc. (Scotland) Bill
08 June 2010The Parliament's Justice Committee backs the Society's proposals to Legal Services Bill
07 June 2010The Society has proposed changes to Legal Services (Scotland) Bill to be discussed by the Justice Committee
04 June 2010The Law Society of Scotland welcomes the commencement of the Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010
02 June 2010Law Society supports proposals to regulate will writers in Scotland
27 May 2010Jamie Millar, a partner with Lindsays solicitors, has become the President of the Law Society of Scotland.
27 May 2010Two of three motions narrowly passed in favour of allowing ABSs but divisions remain .
26 May 2010Scottish solicitors have been urged to form a united front to fight a looming threat to legal aid budgets – because any cuts will have a hugely damaging effect on access to justice.
26 May 2010The 2010 AGM will highlight year of change and challenge
25 May 201073% vote yes to Society's dual role
21 May 2010The Tax Law Committee of the Law Society of Scotland has submitted a document to the new UK government setting out areas it believes the government should focus on in relation to the UK Tax System.
20 May 2010Motions from the Society, Govan Law Centre and SLAS will be debated and voted on at AGM on Thursday, 27 May 2010
20 May 2010A Scottish law firm has signed an innovative partnership deal with a world-leading Canadian company to provide specialist tax advice to businesses undertaking research and development.
18 May 2010Partners in some of Scotland's major law firms were among dozens of solicitors who took advantage of one-to-one coaching designed to help them focus on the way they have been personally affected.
13 May 2010New Glasgow and Perth members join the Society's Council
13 May 2010The legal profession has been urged to improve its service to family businesses by attending a series of training sessions aimed at raising understanding of the huge and complex sector.
07 May 2010The founder of the world’s first virtual law firm will be one of the speakers at a conference which will look at the impact of alternative business structures on legal services in Scotland.
06 May 2010Electoral Reform Service to run referendum on the representative and regulatory role of the Society.
30 April 2010The Council of the Law Society of Scotland today voted to change its policy on alternative business structures (ABSs)
28 April 2010Msp's gave their backing to the Bill but agreed amendments were needed to address concerns
22 April 2010Law students are in with a chance of winning a rare opportunity to work in the legal department of the Scottish Parliament.
21 April 2010Solicitors voted against the introduction of alternative business structures (ABSs) in Scotland as proposed in the Legal Services (Scotland) Bill at a Law Society of Scotland SGM today.
16 April 2010Ian Smart, President of the Law Society of Scotland, said: “We regret that the President of the Scottish Law Agents Society has chosen to step down.
16 April 2010The Society was advised by representatives of SLAS(Friday, April 16) that around 30 solicitors attended a meeting in Edinburgh this morning, which those present claimed was a Special General Meeting.
13 April 2010The Society has today (13 April) sent a notice to all members confirming that the reconvened SGM will not now go ahead on 16 April but will take place instead on 21 April.
07 April 2010Solicitors narrowly vote in favour of Society's policy on alternative business structures
06 April 2010The date for the reconvened SGM on alternative business structures will be held at the Sheriton Grand Hotel in Edinburgh on Friday, 16 April at 9.30 am.
06 April 2010The Digital Economy Bill enters its second reading in the House of Commons.
01 April 2010Reconvened SGM date to be confirmed next week
30 March 2010Society is to hold a referendum on its dual representative and regulatory role following a requisition from members of the Glasgow Bar Association, MacRoberts Solicitors and others.
25 March 2010The Law Society of Scotland SGM on legal services reforms was adjourned today, 25 March. The meeting will be reconvened at a later date following further discussions.
24 March 2010The Law Society of Scotland is to hold a special general meeting for its members tomorrow, Thursday, March 25, to debate and vote on legal services reforms.
24 March 2010The Scottish Government is today (24 March) holding a debate on double jeopardy, following the release of its consultation paper on the reform of the Law of Double Jeopardy
23 March 2010The Society has responded to the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Bill.
19 March 2010Fergus Ewing MSP, Minister for Community Safety, announced to solicitors at Society event tonight, Thursday, 18 March that a contentious aspect of the Legal Services Bill is to be dropped.
18 March 2010Scottish Government Minister for Community Safety, Fergus Ewing MSP, will speak at a Law Society roadshow on reforms to the Scottish legal services market.
17 March 2010The Law Society of Scotland gives evidence on the Alcohol Etc. (Scotland) Bill.
17 March 2010The Law Society of Scotland welcomed the independent Rights of Audience report by Ben Thomson, which the Society had called for in 2009.
12 March 2010The Society welcomes the cross party support for the Legal Services (Scotland) Bill, and is pleased to see the committee has taken a lot of evidence and given the bill close examination.
11 March 2010The Law Society of Scotland received a requisition calling for a referendum on its representative role today, Wednesday, 10 March.
05 March 2010Council calls for referendum.
04 March 2010Ian Smart, president of the Law Society of Scotland, said: From the very outset of discussions on alternative business structures, which has since led to the profession voting in favour of allowin
03 March 2010The Law Society of Scotland starts its series of roadshows to debate the prospect of reforms to the Scottish legal services market in Aberdeen today, Tuesday, 2 March.
25 February 2010The Law Society of Scotland hosted a careers event for Scottish school pupils who are interested in studying law and entering the legal profession yesterday (Wednesday 24 February).
25 February 2010The Society received a Requisition for a Special General Meeting in terms of Article 12 (3) of the Constitution effective 25th February 2010 from The Scottish Law Agents Society.
25 February 2010The Society President, Ian Smart, said: “The Society has now received a requisition to hold a special general meeting (SGM), to consider key aspects of plans to reform the legal services market, parti
22 February 2010The Society has confirmed that it will hold an SGM to debate external ownership of alternative business structures once it has received a requisition from the Scottish Law Agents Society
15 February 2010The Law Society of Scotland has published a consultation on regulatory principles which could apply to Licensed Legal Services Providers as a result of the Legal Services (Scotland) Bill being passed.
15 February 2010Statement from the Society following coverage of alternative business structures in The Scotsman.