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December 2021

Growth pains
A buoyant sector, with that bringing its own pressures on fee-earners and demands on managers: the picture that emerges from the Journal Employment Survey 2021
In the victim's shoes
If childhood sexual abuse survivors sue for compensation, does the civil process support them? How should defenders respond? The pursuer in A v Glasgow City Council shared his views with the Journal
Time orders: has their time come?
The seemingly underused time order provisions of the Consumer Credit Act can prove their worth in relation to car finance agreements
Keeping it clean
Introducing Environmental Standards Scotland, the new post-Brexit regulator monitoring compliance with the law, which welcomes engagement from the profession as it develops its operations
Post-pandemic practice positives
A survey by the Society, and the latest traineeship figures, indicate a profession well on the road to recovery from the economic effects of COVID-19

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Regulars

  • People on the move: December 2021
  • Book reviews: December 2021
  • Reading for pleasure: December 2021

Perspectives

  • Opinion: Amanda Masson
  • President's column: December 2021
  • Editorial: Look after your people
  • Viewpoints: December 2021
  • Profile: Anne Follin

Features

  • Growth pains
  • In the victim's shoes
  • Time orders: has their time come?
  • Keeping it clean
  • Post-pandemic practice positives
  • Whether or not there’s a will, there’s a way

Briefings

  • Criminal court: OLRS – life means life
  • Corporate: Will a deal impact on national security?
  • Intellectual property: IP and AI – the latest
  • Agriculture: Securing successor crofting tenant status
  • Succession: Back of an envelope – testamentary intent?
  • Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal
  • Data protection: Google off the hook
  • Property: Beautifully presented tedium
  • In-house: Lawyers in uniform

In practice

  • Your Law Society of Scotland Council members
  • Legal services regulation reform – have your say
  • The Word of Gold: Whither goest thou?
  • Coaching: help in a fast changing world
  • The earlier the better
  • Family mediation accreditation: a view from the panel
  • The Eternal Optimist: Just to say thanks…
  • Appreciation: Albert Vincent Sheehan
  • Ask Ash: A broken work circle

Online exclusive

  • Executor disputes and the insolvency solution
  • COP26: unpacking the Glasgow climate pact
  • Passivhaus – the golden ticket to net zero?
  • The court, the IPO and the judge's discretion

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