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February 2020

Year of transition
The UK has left the European Union, but much remains to be determined. This feature considers the scene in the light of the Withdrawal Agreement Act
CVAs: the retailer's saviour?
Company voluntary arrangements have become much relied on by struggling businesses, especially in the retail sector, but are they fair? The authors offer an overview of how they work
System overload? Licensing short-term lets
Scottish local authorities are to be given the power to require short-term residential lets to be licensed – but what will be the impact on the licensing system, and the supply of properties?
Making a difference? Parenting Apart in Scotland
The authors report on their research into the Parenting Apart service, designed to help separating parents transition to their new situation, and the extent to which it has a positive impact
Opinion: Ben Christman, Malcolm Combe
Since devolution, Scottish Governments have pursued a policy of full cost recovery through civil court fees, but our newly published research study casts doubt on the justifications given
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Perspectives

  • Opinion: Ben Christman, Malcolm Combe
  • Profile: Drew McCusker
  • President's column
  • Letters: February 2020

Features

  • Year of transition
  • CVAs: the retailer's saviour?
  • System overload? Licensing short-term lets
  • Making a difference? Parenting Apart in Scotland
  • Bench marking
  • Be KIND to kids: a pro bono model

Briefings

  • Narrow limits of s 275
  • Are we catering for all philosophical beliefs?
  • Time bars and cohabitants: an equitable solution?
  • A clearer future for pensions
  • Legal tech: claiming back the benefits
  • Catalysts for change
  • Benefit of buying power

In practice

  • How to find the best suppliers for your next generation software
  • Power of the humble email
  • In-house trainees: what sways the decision?
  • SPA roundup
  • Please re-lease me
  • Ask Ash

Online exclusive

  • DAS rings the changes
  • Equality in parenting too?
  • Defamation, social media and the right to insult
  • Urgenda: the urgent agenda
  • First Home Fund: how does it work?
  • Legal challenges and the “bedroom tax”

In this issue

  • Book reviews
  • People on the move: February 2020
  • Journal index 2019
  • Missive attack
  • Reading for pleasure

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