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Reports of cases relating to Alan Strain; Noemann Farooq Butt; Sophina Mehmood Ali

Scottish ministers are backing a project to set up a comprehensive land and property information service for Scotland, to go live next year. This article explains what practitioners can expect

The legal director of an oil company with global interests provides another illustration of the wider commercial role that in-house lawyers are well qualified to play

Practices give feedback to law students presenting ideas in enterprise workshops

The monthly column from the Scottish Paralegal Association

Recent work of the Law Reform department, including smoking and tobacco control; investigatory powers; Lobbying Bill; organ transplants; impact of EU referendum; imprisonment; prison sentences

Amendment incorporates new concepts of binding offer and reflection period

Outline of the recently introduced Parenting Apart programme

A personal tribute to a leading Turkish lawyer, killed as he stood up for peace and human rights in the Kurdish region

The Word of Gold: how to make those new year (or any other) resolutions stick

A review of the risk headlines which featured in the risk management column during 2015, and a look forward to 2016 with a forecast that cyber risk issues will dominate the risk agenda

Advice column: I'm embarrassed about the Secret Santa gift I bought for my boss

A preview of the year ahead for the Scottish Young Lawyers’ Association, in light of a recent survey of members’ concerns

An update on the SLCC’s plans to publish decisions, and a new support service for client relations managers

How to deal with mistakes you make as a trainee (or after qualifying)? We reproduce this article by the Society's senior policy and development manager, which has won praise on social media

Students on the Aberdeen Law Project explain why the current Immigration Bill raises fears of discrimination becoming rife in the private rented sector

Have courts and tribunals gone further than necessary in implying a duty of mutual trust and confidence in a contract of employment? The author believes they have

What exactly is the nobile officium? Can it still be used? When and how? The author of a new book on the nobile officium encourages practitioners to understand its proper role

This month's selection of leisure reading, chosen by the Journal's book review editor

For the first time we are seeing a real openness about employment issues within the profession such as the gender pay gap, and the time is right for a network such as Women in Law Scotland

Review of The Nobile Officium (Thomson)

Our profile highlights Naomi Pryde, Council member representing Scottish solicitors practising in England & Wales

The Society's engagement with – and provision of services for – members is taking another step up with the appointment of a new executive director. And its new office facilities promise much as well

Registers of Scotland page: a year after the 2012 Act regime came in, the Keeper reflects on what has been achieved – and the next goals that the Act makes possible