Press releases - May 2010
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.