New laws on regulating the Scottish legal sector can be strengthened further to better protect the public, the Law Society of Scotland has said. A majority of MSPs voted today to agree to the principles of the Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) following the bill's stage one debate in the Scott
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Ahead of the Stage 1 debate on the Regulation of Legal Services Bill in the Scottish Parliament, the Scottish Liberal Democrats have urged the government to follow through on their promise and remove unchecked ministerial powers currently included in the legislation. As presently drafted, the Regula
A new report from a cross-party committee of MSPs has shown how Scottish government plans to try and control the way the legal profession operates were wrong and risked undermining the rule of law, the Law Society has said. The news comes as this week the SNP's John Swinney took lawyers because they
The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has maintained its performance and "consolidated historic lows in complaint handling time on reduced resource", according to its annual report. The report also highlights work to improve customer service, to use its expertise to inform parliamentary sc