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Young people have given me the best experiences of my first month: the Donald Dewar Debate, the Law Clinic conference and the latest admission ceremony indicate a promising future for our profession

Registers of Scotland page: Keeper acknowledges an applications backlog, and outlines action being taken

Collected news of new appointments and practice changes

His firm is marking 250 years, but Shepherd and Wedderburn’s chief executive Stephen Gibb knows that what comes next is what really matters. He tells the Journal how he sees the changing market

An impressive lineup of keynote speakers will appear at this year’s Leading Legal Excellence, the Society’s annual conference – headed by the President of the UK Supreme Court

An open letter to Martyn Evans, of the independent strategic review of legal aid, challenges the reasoning behind the conclusion that there was no evidence to justify a general increase in fees

This follow-up to the Commercial Court Conference 2018 (an edited version) argues that there is a need for guidance dealing specifically with recovery of electronic documents in commercial actions

Although in ParkingEye the Supreme Court set tests for the recovery of parking penalty charges, subsequent lower-court decisions appear to have significantly widened the rights of parking operators

Did the chair of the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland make a convincing case for the Board’s selection processes in her Journal interview last month? One solicitor thinks not

Latest civil cases, including simple procedure; skilled witnesses; contempt; legal aid; pleadings; jurisdiction; diligence; reponing; default; foreign law; tenders; sanction and other expenses; appeal

Licensing briefing: after 11 years, and some recent less formal guidance, the Scottish Government is preparing new statutory guidance for licensing boards. But will it heed practitioners' concerns?

Tax briefing: the longrunning uncertainty over the retrospective application of LBTT group relief where the transferee company has granted a pledge of its shares, is finally to be resolved

Property briefing: ongoing efforts by Registers of Scotland, working with the profession, to cut the number of rejected applications are having results, and the new application form should also help

The Property Standardisation Group has amended some of its documents to take account of the new community right to buy abandoned or neglected land

Planning briefing: with the Planning (Scotland) Bill having passed stage 1, this article highlights the calls made for amendments at stage 2 and the Scottish Government’s response

The 2018 In-house Annual Conference provided plenty of stimulating content for individuals and teams striving to keep up with legal and regulatory changes affecting their sector

In-house counsel the world over are facing similar challenges: the message from this year’s World Summit in Toronto

The Scot invited to co-chair the ICW summit reflects on the standout themes from the conference for him

The new relief created by the higher first-time buyer threshold, and how to claim it

Recent work of the Society's policy committees, including Scottish Crown Estate Bill; insolvency and corporate governance; prescription; inheritance tax

Report on this year's quadrangular match, and an invitation to join in future events

The Court of Appeal ruling in Dreamvar, which imposed liability on both parties’ solicitors for a fraud committed by one party, the implications, and mitigating actions conveyancers might consider

Advice column: I've learned that someone I don't get on with is battling cancer. How do I react?

Disputes continue to arise over the recovery of judicial expenses where there has been a change of agent during litigation. The Professional Practice team advises dealing with the issue at the outset