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Concerns that young people would be put off from seeking support prompted the successful intervention in the "named person" case, one that shows the value of taking such action in questions of policy

Reviews of Scottish Civic Government Licensing Law (Hajducki and Stuart), Planning (Collar)

This month we focus on newly-elected In-house Lawyers' Committee convener, Graeme McWilliams

International summer conferences demonstrated the extent to which the challenges we face are shared by others – and that Scotland shows well when it comes to devising initiatives to meet these

Registers of Scotland page: across its digital services, Registers is making improvements, steps at a time, working with users who test and provide feedback

Collected news of new appointments and practice changes

She disclaims pioneering ambitions, but became the first woman appointed as one of the two senior judges in Scotland. Lady Dorrian speaks about her career and the changes she is now helping to shape

What is our “chimp”, and how does it relate to our professional lives? The topic is one of many at the Society's annual conference, dedicated to top level individual and professional performance

A brief guide to the new Personal Injury Pre-Action Protocol, which will soon be made compulsory in certain personal injury claims

An advance, without providing all the answers: a litigator’s view of the new Pre-Action Protocol

Can an insurance claim ever survive a fraudulent statement by the party alleging loss? The apparently mixed messages delivered in two recent Supreme Court decisions, explained

Far from being completely illegal under Scots law, squatting is a potential legal minefield for landowners and police alike

Latest civil procedure cases, including pleadings; settlement; remit to Court of Session; civil jury trials; appeals; family actions; expenses

IP briefing: the advice solicitors should be giving to clients now in relation to IP and commercial contracts, before the terms of the Brexit deal are agreed

Corporate briefing: the UK Supreme Court has restated the law on the treatment of payments receivable by an agent following termination of the agency due to the agent’s insolvency

Agriculture briefing: while we cannot yet know the consequences for the sector of the vote to leave the European Union, certain issues can be clearly identified

Sport briefing: the differing treatment of Russian athletes as between the Olympic and Paralympic Games, over the doping controversy, can be explained by the separate governance structures involved

Reports relating to David John Armstrong; Ian Robert Clark

Professional regulation briefing: the Court of Session has held unlawful the classifying of single issue complaints by the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission as “hybrid”. What are the implications?

A question regarding the Keeper's current policy on transferring titles affected by the PMP Plus decision on common property, and Registers' reply

Few in-house lawyers as yet are employed by social care charities, but this month’s interviewee finds the role a full and rewarding one, which others in the sector may be thinking of emulating

A reminder that failure to disburse all historic client balances highlighted though inspections or the accounts certificate process is always now reported to the Client Protection Subcommittee

Recent law reform work of the Society's committees, including legal services market; occupational pension schemes; Policing and Crime Bill; non-compete clauses

What the vote to leave the European Union means for the Joint Brussels Office of the UK Law Societies: business as usual, and a bit more