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The Scottish Legal Aid Board's Client Legal Services (CLS) Directorate has welcomed three trainee solicitors who will be the first to undertake a new traineeship in both ...

Britain’s equality watchdog has concluded a legal agreement with the Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB), after the public body responsible for administering legal assistance in Scotland improved ...

New legislation is needed to ensure Scotland's legal aid system remains modern, responsive and targeted, the Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) has said as new figures show ...

There was a significant recovery in most areas of legal aid activity in 2021-22 following the substantial drop the previous year, according to the annual report of ...

The Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) has signed a legal agreement with the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), committing it to improving its assessment and review ...

General awareness of the interim fee arrangements regime for legal aid is "very high" and lawyers are positive about it, according to the Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB). ...

The Law Society of Scotland has responded to an open letter published in yesterday's edition of Scottish Legal News that decried the paltry fees paid by the ...

Scottish Legal News is saddened – and angered – to have to reprint the open letter sent by Glenrothes solicitor Yvonne McKenna to the Scottish Legal Aid ...

The Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) has published new guidance on interim payments for practitioners. From 1 April interim payments can be submitted for A&A (incl. ABWOR), ...

The Scottish Legal Aid Board has developed a four-point plan to address arrangements during the coronavirus outbreak. SLAB chief executive Colin Lancaster said: "People may be turning ...

The Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) has been asked to look urgently at additional steps to improve cashflow and support businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic. In a ...

The Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) has published guidance to address concerns surrounding COVID-19. This update sets out a number of issues SLAB has changed or clarified in ...

The Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) will continue to publish details of solicitors and advocates’ legal aid earnings despite the equivalent body in Northern Ireland discontinuing the ...