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- Solicitor General to address SSA Training Course
- SLC publishes trustee liability paper
- Kirkintilloch and Rutherglen District Courts - consultation
- Prison rules review
- Solicitors approve ABS plans
- Consumer laws tightened
- Civil legal aid increase announced
- IBA calls for abolition of death penalty
- Appointment of new Sheriff
- June 2010 Newsletter
- Bullying in the profession
- Imprisonment is last resort for fine defaulters
- SLCC publishes new rules
- New CEO for Law Society
- Unified courts progress
- Scottish legal profession super-complaint
- Eleven part-time sheriffs appointed
- Mental health in prison – report
- Hepatitis C inquiry – deadline
- Sherieval appointments
- New floating sheriff appointed
- Law Society HQ on market
- Three new judges appointed
- Supreme Court fees – consultation
- SLC paper on double jeopardy
- Debt and damages consultation launched
- Former Lord Advocate becomes solicitor advocate
- Senior Solicitor Advocates - Criminal Legal Aid
- Fine dodger crackdown
- Victim Statement Scheme announced
- Lady Cosgrove to chair Hep C inquiry
- Alternative Business Structures - paper published
- Record overcrowding, despite high prison spend
- Crown appeals - possible reform
- New part-time sheriff
- Douglas Mill to step down
- MSPs support pleural plaques bill
- Flexible working extension
- Police and the public - critical report
- No charge for use of defective goods, says ECJ
- Tribute to Lord Macfadyen
- Armstrong elected Vice-Dean
- Six new Advocate Deputes
- BECOME A SOLICITOR ADVOCATE
- Prosecutions reach ten year high
- OFT looks at professional service loans
- Judicial appointment for Woolman
- Fast-track international patent process extended
- Privacy watchdog gets new powers
- Increase in civil court fees
- Comparative advertising - trade mark ruling
- Increase in civil legal aid threshold
- PI claims likely to increase
- Court Costs recoverable in new CEDR mediation agreement.
- Revised Banking Codes take effect
- Bar to be hit by Legal Services Act
- Spooked couple seek compensation
- Civil Justice Review response
- Concerns about Judiciary Bill
- The Society's AGM - 17 November
- Lawyers vote for action
- Prison for bid riggers
- Young offenders - a new framework
- Tighter rules on criminal evidence
- Solicitor Advocates Dinner
- Spousal compellability repeal
- Boost for judicial independence
- Immigration points system goes live
- New guidelines for rape investigations
- Consumer Credit Appeals Tribunal opens its doors
- Law Society to relocate?
- Progress for Parliament House refurbishment
- Software firms referred to OFT
- SLC annual report published
- Special measures for summary proceedings
- AGM and Dinner 2007
- Diversity of judicial appointments under scrutiny
- SCS fee consultation
- Information Commissioner – candidate picked
- Council tax to be replaced?
- Out with the obsolete
- Civil justice system review announced
- Updated guide for QC applicants
- Freedom of Information appeals highlighted
- Corporate killing law in force
- Disgruntled divorcee shares property
- Increased disputes likely, warns Law Society
- Legal services to become business friendly
- New Lord Lyon
- Summary justice reforms
- PACE review published
- Cumming takes over as Auditor of Court
- New 'palimony' provisions tested in court
- Sentencing guidelines - proposals published
- EHRC Scotland Commissioner
- Lord Bonomy takes on Karadzic role
- Supreme Court CEO appointed
- Responses to judicial independence paper
- First Chief Exec for SLCC
- Options for tribunal reform in Scotland
- UK-wide tribunals framework set out
- Scottish disclosure law to be reviewed
- Three new part-time sheriffs
- Reform of bribery and corruption laws
- Alcohol licensing - leeway
- QC appointments - 2010
- Sheriff court users survey
- Proposed wrongful death Bill - consultation
- E-Justice position paper
- Reduced practicing certificate fee?
- Lockerbie release debate set
- Domestic abuse courts needed, says police chief
- One solicitor makes new QC list
- Council considers conduct complaints
- FAIs up for review
- Extraordinary General Meeting
- New Justice of the Peace Courts
- New driving offences
- Introductory training course - 12th June 2009
- District Procurator Fiscal appointments
- Vulnerable Witnesses Act - is it working?
- New District Procurator Fiscal for Edinburgh
- New floating sheriff appointed
- Summary Justice Reform - update
- New Area Procurator Fiscal for Central
- Finally - the Mixed Doubles Rule is Revoked
- Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 in force
- All Solicitor Advocates now Eligible for Judicial Office
- QC appointment
- Double jeopardy report published
- Review of Sheriff and Jury procedure
- Elections for Area Procurator Fiscals?
- Health & Safety offenders face tougher penalties
- Consumer Rights Directive - consultation
- Murray Macara appointed QC
- FAI consultation
- Insolvency practitioners – ethical code
- Stronger powers for Information Commissioner
- Legal reform proposals published
- SSA Committee meeting - reminder
- New floating sheriff
- Society of Solicitor Advocates welcomes call for review
- SLC publishes Annual Report
- Age of criminal responsibility to rise
- Solicitor Advocates call for open debate
- Human rights warning from ICJ
- Witch hunt for debtors?
- Rome II guidance
- Sheriff Rosie Morrison
- Cybersquatting cases rise
- Solicitor Advocates claim strong support in advance of EGM
- Unified Patent Litigation System moves forward
- Judicial time - impact of judiciary bill?
- Progress for Commonwealth Games Bill
- In-court mediation pilots launched
- Three solicitor advocates appointed part-time sheriff
- Crown Office posting
- Further delay for Parliament House redevelopment?
- STANDING JUNIOR APPOINTMENTS
- Puzzling jurors disrupt trial
- New SLC Commissioner
- Trade Mark Rules consolidation
- UK prosecution for child sex offences abroad
- Anonymising personal data - Lords rule
- Judicial training under scrutiny
- LILA lifts insolvencies
- Advocate Deputes - Solicitor Advocate applications invited
- Time bar abuse ruling
- New member of Judicial Appointments Board
- Plans unveiled for English ‘Business Court’
- MEPs back European Small Claims Procedure
- Part-time sheriff appointment
- Trade Mark Rules consultation
- SLCC complaints time bar
- New judge appointed
- World's first canine witness
- Proceeds of Crime - codes of practice
- Parliament House redevelopment review concluded
- Introductory Course - 19 May 2006
- Joint Society/NITA Training Course in Dublin
- Society of Solicitor Advocates reaffirms commitment to independence and client choice
- Resolution
- Welcome for new solicitor advocates
- Judicial comments complaint
- Pleural Plaques Act
- 15-strong Scottish jury to remain
- Consumer remedies for faulty goods
- Human rights on the battlefield - ruling
- Copyright licensing reform
- Legal services to lose 11,000 jobs by 2010
- D-Day for The Gill Review!
- Award for solicitor advocate
- Tenant repossession protection?
- Text of SSA Submission to the Justice Committee - continued
- Justice Committee Appearance
- Text of SSA Submission to the Justice Committee
- Lord Macphail dies
- Solicitor Advocate QC appointed Specialist Crown Counsel
- AGM - 25th November 2009
- Green light for disclosure plans
- Thomson Review - Final Report
- Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Bill
- Rights of Audience Review - Response
- Solicitors responsibilities - affidavits in lieu of verbal testimony
- Rights of Audience Review - draft report published
- Impact of the Supreme Court - report
- Second Standing Junior
- Referendum on legal services reform
- Double jeopardy - consultation
- Committee changes for Society of Solicitor Advocates
- MSPs support Children's Hearings body
- Police station interviews
- Criminal Justice Bill passed
- Consultation on key civil justice questions
- Five more solicitor advocates
- Standing Juniors
- Welcome for rights of audience review
- Royal Assent for Justice Bill
- Appointment of Queen's Counsel
- 29th October 2009 - Introductory Training Course
- Reconviction rates
- Fines collection improves
- Solicitor Advocate appointed to Law Society Board
- Cases of interest...
- NITA training - March 2011
- 14th September 2009 - Advanced Advocacy Course
- 29th October 2009 - Introductory Training Course
- NITA training - May 2010
- Training - 3rd March
- AGM - 25th November 2009
- Training - 19th October
- 14th September 2009 - Dinner
- National Institute of Trial Advocacy - 11 April 2008
- Introductory Course - 19 May 2006
- Training Course 18 May 2007
- 7th - 11th September 2009 - NITA Training Course
- The Woodside Opinion: the way forward
- 12th June 2009 - Introductory training course
- Society Meeting- 25th January 2005 21st Jan 2006
- Joint Society/NITA Training Course in Dublin on 24/26 March 2006
- The Society's AGM and Dinner 2007
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Documents
- Training Day Programme 2006.DOC
- Judicial Appointments Consultation paper.pdf
- Advocates Conduct.pdf
- Standing Juniors Outline Information.doc
- Civil Mock Appeal Guidelines.PDF
- Criminal 2006.PDF
- Criminal II 2006.PDF
- Application Form - Civil .doc
- Application Form - Criminal.doc
- Code of Conduct.PDF
- Civil SA Rules 2002.PDF
- QC Application.pdf
- Civil 1 2003.PDF
- Civil 1 2002.PDF
- Civil 2 2003.PDF
- Civil 2 2002.PDF
- Criminal Training Day Programme 2006.PDF
- Criminal SA Rules.PDF
- THE MODERN SCOTTISH JURY IN CRIMINAL TRIALS.pdf
- JURY CONSULTATION RESPONSE.doc
- R v Yeu.pdf
- Response to Yeu Criticism.pdf
- Civil Flowchart .doc
- Criminal Flowchart.doc
- Standing Juniors Notice.doc
- Second Standing Junior Advert.pdf
- Second Standing Junior Information Sheet.pdf
- Preliminary Report to the Thomson Review.pdf
- Application form.pdf
- May 2010 course.pdf
- June 2010 Newsletter.pdf
- Guide for Applicants.pdf
- Accreditation Criteria.pdf
- Response to the Thomson Review .pdf
- Application for Silk - Solicitor Advocates.doc
Outside Links
- Solicitors Association of Higher Court Advocates
- The Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet
- Scottish Law Online
- Law Society of Scotland
- Scottish Law Commission
- Scottish Law Agents Society
- World Legal Information Institute
- Scottish Council of Law Reporting
- Scottish Court Service