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This month we profile Vice President-elect Graham Matthews, one of the two Council members for Aberdeen, Banff, Peterhead and Stonehaven

January saw a series of big events, but something of ongoing significance to look out for will be the launch of the Society’s new Legal Education Trust to help those from disadvantaged backgrounds

Registers of Scotland page: plans to mark 400 years of property registers; application checking service; new Glasgow office; Sasine Register and standard securities

Collected news of new appointments and practice changes

The SLCC is consulting on whether to seek radical changes to its complaint handling procedures. The Journal asked its chief executive Neil Stevenson how it aims to operate in future

Tilney Bestinvest highlight two changes in pension rules which could affect your clients, both now and in the future

The Society is backing an online platform that should enable property transactions across Scotland to be carried out entirely digitally within a few months, as its developers explain

This reply to last month’s feature argues that as the latest decision affecting deeds of conditions rejected most of the challenges to the condition in question, its impact is relatively limited

The Society's inspectors still regularly find firms that do not have the necessary AML policies and procedures in place. This article sets out what is needed, and the consequences of non-compliance

Revenue Scotland: a new CEO will shortly take up post, and among her first challenges will be collecting the LBTT supplement for second homes, also outlined here

Latest criminal cases, including sentencing in rape cases; time spent on remand; dangerous driving; reasonable excuse

Employment briefing: what does 2016 have in store in terms of changes to employment law? We highlight some promised and likely developments

Family briefing: three cases decided last year illustrate the successful invocation of the defences to a petition for the return of a child under the 1980 Hague Convention

Human rights briefing: the European Court of Human Rights has not recognised a right to snoop on employees' emails, but emphasised the restrictions on monitoring by employers

Pensions briefing: the abolition of contracting-out on a salary-related basis is imminent. Is your scheme ready?

Reports of cases relating to David Richard Blair Lyons and Duncan Hugh Drummond; Martha Anne Rafferty; John Fraser Tait

Property briefing: the pendulum has swung back towards landlords as the Inner House upholds the clear terms of a lease, even where it appears to be a bad bargain

Property briefing: the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 2012 still permits some a non domino deeds, though the terminology and procedure are very different. This article explores the process

In-house interview: the Crown Agent, whose role includes developing prosecution specialisms to match crime demographics, and enabling Crown Office to use modern technology to best advantage

Roundup of developments at the Public Guardian, who is now also on Twitter

Maternity or paternity leave poses particular issues for a client-focused business, but new help is at hand in a Society series of best practice guides, based on solicitors' personal experiences

Professional Practice: the team continues to deal with questions regarding the conflict of interest rules, and offers a guide to when they apply, and the situations where they may not

Scottish Paralegal Association column: how can paralegals continue to grow and promote their profession?

The implications of recent payment instruction frauds, essential lessons to be learned from them, and steps that need to be taken to reduce the risk and impact of a fraud of this type