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law agent

any person entitled to practise as an agent in a court of law in Scotland. Scottish solicitors are law agents.

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Michael Sheridan is secretary of the Scottish Law Agents Society.

Michael Sheridan: Legal firms need assurance over law review implications

In Scotland, which had a system based more on Roman law, Margaret Hall in 1900 "applied to the Society of Law Agents for permission to enter for the Solicitors' Preliminary Examination" and won some support; but the courts decided she was not a "person" as intended by the Solicitors' Act.

PORTIA ANTE PORTAS: WOMEN AND THE LEGAL PROFESSION IN EUROPE, ca. 1870-1925

The Scottish Law Agents Society (SLAS) aims to start the ball rolling by calling for a meeting of all interested parties to coincide with its own AGM on Thursday, 20 June 2019 from 5:30pm at the Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow.

Michael Sheridan: Regulation of legal profession should surely be independent

A HSE spokesman said: "This report has been completed and has now been examined in detail by the HSE and its law agents.