Press releases - September 2010
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.