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Latest criminal cases, including Moorov doctrine; sentencing: bail curfew; withdrawal of guilty plea; dockets; non-harassment orders; sex offender registration; sentencing: firearms; consent defence

Employment briefing: the news regarding the President's Club charity event, coinciding with the Fawcett Society's Sex Discrimination Law Review, emphasises the deep seated issues the report raises

Family law briefing: a post-cohabitation capital payment award has been made in a case where both parties had substantial means, on findings that there were disadvantages to be compensated

Human rights briefing: the European Court of Human Rights has determined that covert surveillance of employees in the workplace constitutes a breach of privacy rights

Pension briefing: a decision on liabilities to the Scottish Solicitors Staff Pension Fund has clarified some issues regarding transmission, while leaving other points for future debate

Report relating to Torquil MacLeod

Applications for 2018 grant/scholarship invited

The three-year anniversary of land and buildings transaction tax on 1 April 2018 means that non-residential tenants begin to come under an obligation to submit periodic lease review returns

Handling all the legal-related work of First Milk, this month’s in-house interviewee has the interests of many individual farmers as part of his job

Award to Andrew Robertson, former senior partner of TC Young

Recent EU developments: new rules giving tax authorities access to data about companies and trusts are now in force

The SPA can help if you struggle for CPD

Recent work of the Society's policy committees, including Brexit; Offensive Behaviour etc (Repeal) Bill; court fees; Competition & Markets Authority

The Word of Gold: saving expense sounds less exciting than boosting turnover, but done well, there’s nothing dull about its effect on profits

The Law Society of Scotland has presented its recommendations for reform to the independent review of legal services regulation. Here it summarises its approach and its main recommendations

Solicitors’ firms should look out for the 2018 financial benchmarking survey, which launches this month

The Criminal Finances Act 2017 introduces a new corporate offence of failing to prevent tax evasion. This Lockton article explains details of the offence, the defence and what firms should do now

Advice column: I’m unhappy in my current role but I’m fearful of accepting a temporary contract elsewhere

What is the Society doing in response to accounts of sexual harassment within the solicitor profession? Here it offers some advice for firms, and individuals

Professional Practice advice: when to retain old principal wills; and what to do with residual client balances

Has the level of awards for the wrongful death of a family member become more consistent, or are the complexities increasing? This article surveys recent cases

A new DWP consultation, with an early response date, sets out plans for revised calculation and better collection in current cases, but writing off of many old debts

An outline of the Trade Bill, part of the Brexit legislative framework, which also contains some of the controversial features of the main EU (Withdrawal) Bill

A civil practice casenote on the importance of the procedure rules of court and the rules surrounding an appeal against an extract decree