Press releases September 2011
30 September 2011Lawyers, social workers and those working for women’s aid organisations are set to discuss the impact of new legislation outlawing forced marriage in Scotland at a Law Society of Scotland conference.
30 September 2011From this Saturday, 1 October, temporary agency staff will be entitled to the same pay and benefits as permanent staff, after 12 weeks of employment.
29 September 2011New laws come into force this Saturday, 1 October 2011, which will ban “irresponsible promotions” in supermarkets and a ban on the advertising of alcohol promotions.
26 September 2011Cabinet Secretary for Justice Kenny MacAskill is to officially open legal charity LawWorks Scotland’s first advice clinic in Haddington on Monday, 26 September.
23 September 2011Solicitors voted to maintain the practising fee at the current level when they met today for the Law Society’s special general meeting in Edinburgh.
22 September 2011Members research part two
21 September 2011Law Society of Scotland president, Cameron Ritchie, is to meet with Western Isles solicitors when he flies into Stornoway on Wednesday, 21 September.
21 September 2011Comment on public spending review
16 September 2011The Law Society of Scotland released the following statement today following the publication of the Scottish Legal Aid Board’s annual report 2010-11.
14 September 2011The final report by Lord McCluskey’s Review Group examining the relationship between the High Court of Justiciary and the UK Supreme court in criminal cases has been published today, Wednesday 14 September.
13 September 2011The 10 members of the Law Society of Scotland’s access to justice committee have been confirmed.
08 September 2011The Law Society of Scotland today, Thursday, 8 September, welcomed the publication of the Scottish Government’s consultation on the Rights of Children and Young People Bill, which aims to enshrine in law the duty on Scottish Ministers to recognise the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) when exercising its responsibilities.
07 September 2011Following the First Minister’s statement this afternoon, in which 15 new bills were announced for the legislative programme for the year ahead, the Law Society of Scotland has today emphasised that the need to ensure access to justice and delivering justice should be at the heart of any legislative reform.
06 September 2011The Law Society of Scotland has today published its new strategy for the decade ahead at its annual conference, ‘Law in Scotland – One Profession’.
01 September 2011Changes to traineeship