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Blaming young people for unregulated drugs use and sale highlights how low we do go in relation to criminality, says Janine Ewen, Early Career scholar and Harm Reduction Specialist.

Court raises concerns about tools to deal with practitioners not complying with the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) requests. 

Lockton share their latest risk management article on retention rates following the ‘great resignation’.

Recent breakthroughs in aviation have seen the development of innovative autonomous and highly automated systems and vehicles, such as drones, advanced air mobility vehicles and vertical take-off and landing aircraft (VTOLs) which can provide short journeys for a small number of people.

On the 31st December 2024, the immigration landscape in the UK will undergo one of the most major changes in recent history.

In 2016, the Stoddart Review was the first major analysis of the impact of the workplace on productivity. In the legal industry, where every minute counts, understanding how workplace changes impact productivity and client interactions is crucial.

The Society's commitment to diversity and inclusion has been recognised with an improved ranking in the Top 100 Inclusive UK Employers Index for 2024.

The Society has commissioned a new research project to ensure it can best support smaller firms and the essential services they provide.

Sophie McIvor sat down with Kirsty MacArthur to discuss how she started her own environmental consultancy with her husband, her love of Scotland and what she hopes solicitors will learn from climate change being put back on a global stage.

The Scottish Human Rights Commission uncovers challenges with accessing human rights to health, housing, and food across the Highlands and Islands.

We speak to Glen Gilson – chairman and managing partner of Gilson Gray – about the firm’s UK-wide growth and how realism is at the heart of its work culture.

Orkney solicitor Serena Sutherland, who has represented solicitors from Dingwall, Dornoch, Elgin, Inverness, Kirkwall, Lerwick, Lochmaddy, Portree, Stornoway, Tain, and Wick on the Society’s Council since her election in July 2018, has been nominated as president-elect for 2026-27.

At a recent seminar organised by Resolution, Justin Gray of Trinity Chambers shared his thoughts on matters related to this. Susan Oswald, Partner at SKO Family Law Specialists shares her thoughts.

The Society announced last week that Chief Executive Diane McGiffen will step down in April 2025 after more than three years in the role. During her tenure, Diane has been instrumental in advancing the Society’s efforts to support a modern and thriving solicitor profession.

For those who believed the legal profession could remain insulated from the transformative force of new technologies, the swift and widespread adoption of generative AI among UK lawyers has decisively proven them wrong, says Dr Corsino San Miguel PhD.

Would anyone holding or knowing of a will by Patricia Kathleen Murphy please contact Wright & Crawford.

The Scottish Human Rights Commission has laid its Annual Report for 2023-24 before the Scottish Parliament.

In case you missed it, a few weeks ago the Journal covered the publication of the Rough Justice report. Over the course of the past few years the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) has consistently heard from their members about the workload pressures facing them in the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) and the Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service (SCTS). 

Today, legislation to ensure prisons continue to function safely and effectively following a significant increase in the prison population over the past year has been published.

Scotland’s Migration Service, which provides information and advice for people, employers and investors, has been expanded to offer support to a wider range of individuals.

Members of the profession gathered on Friday, 15 November in Glasgow to hear the winners of The Herald Law Awards of Scotland 2024 be announced. 

Last week proved to be a double award-winning week for Macleod & MacCallum, Solicitors, Estate Agents and Lettings Agents, based in Inverness and Portree.

Following the American election, the profession saw a wave of enquiries from US citizens, especially those with existing links to the UK. Jacqueline Moore (immigration partner at Thorntons) shares the three key issues she believes will help solicitors across the sector support US citizens at this historical juncture.

At the Society’s Annual Conference, Fiona Chute discussed strategies for maximising the potential of your existing tech stack.