January 2016
Why deeds are commonly rejected by Registers of Scotland, and the new pre-registration checking service that should help reduce the risk
With the appointed day under the Long Leases (Scotland) Act 2012 now past, the author flags up the rights that may still be claimed, and highlights an unexpected issue relating to compensation
From emotional meltdown to effective negotiation: the new Parenting Apart programme for separating couples, and how it works, with reference to some early user experiences
Highlights from the most recent Brussels Agenda briefing issued by the UK Law Societies' joint Brussels office, including public documents; impact assessments; presumption of innocence
This month's selection of leisure reading, chosen by the Journal's book review editor
In this issue
- Cutting the RoS bouncebacks
- Landlords still?
- Split parenting: fewer tears
- Brussels briefing
- Reading for pleasure
- Opinion: Frankie McCarthy
- Book reviews
- Profile
- President's column
- DPA: one year on
- People on the move
- Team building
- Ward's words
- The end of deeds of conditions?
- Human rights and land reform: unanswered questions
- Aye to Brussels
- Appeals: the new landscape
- The 2015 Act: some more thoughts
- Three months in planning
- Buy-to-let: no longer a good bet?
- Scottish Solicitors Discipline Tribunal
- What is ScotLIS?
- Energy input
- Law firms help students' business skills
- Paralegal pointers
- Law reform roundup
- CML Handbook amended
- Service eases stress of separating parents
- Appreciation: Tahir Elçi
- The rocky road to good intentions
- Risk review 2015, risk forecast 2016
- Ask Ash
- What's in store for SYLA in 2016?
- Reflections from the Commission