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The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission is working to assist sole practitioners in dealing with complaints

While the various social media can bring benefits and opportunities, they need to be used carefully to comply with professional standards and safeguard against the maliciously inclined

The Word of Gold: it's fine to be a specialist, but don't ignore the world beyond

Advice from the Society, and comment from the Office of the Public Guardian, following the sheriff court decision holding invalid a widely used form of continuing power of attorney

Recent work of the Law Reform Department, including assisted suicide; housing; air weapons and licensing; courts reform; disabled parking badges

Registered paralegals can now be searched for on the Society's website in a similar way to solicitors

European Economic Area nationals are better placed than British nationals in relation to immigration of family members who are third country nationals

The sometimes overlooked family action procedure rules that now require parties to take certain steps before a case comes to court, on pain of sanctions

A study of the different types of post-adoption contact, and the criteria by which a psychologist may make a recommendation in a disputed case

How should solicitors respond to the discovery of the Heartbleed bug? Our series on IT threats continues

A cautionary tale of a business with a flawed partnership agreement

This month's selection of leisure reading chosen by the Journal's Book Review Editor

As the nation marks the centenary of the outbreak of World War 1, should we not erect a memorial to those lawyers who gave their lives for their country?

Reviews of Planning; Scots Law Tales

This month's profile features Richard Hothersall, member of the newly formed Energy Law Committee

Reflecting on the important work of the past year, and the handover to incoming office bearers – with an immense thank you to all for help and support during the year

Registers of Scotland page: end of year registration results; annual customer survey results

What issues in the independence debate are of most concern to lawyers? If the “Scotland's Constitutional Future” conference is anything to go by, they are as diverse as the profession

Revenue Scotland page: some of the main features of the tax that replaces stamp duty land tax in Scotland from next April

The Minister for Legal Affairs addresses some of the concerns expressed in April's lead feature regarding resources and whether the reforms will impede access to justice

Interview with incoming President, Alistair Morris, the longest serving Council member: have the changes that he wanted happened, and where should the Society go next?

In association with Voice Technologies: Scottish law firm sees flexible remote working with iPhone dictation

A few points of interest from the important conference co-hosted by the Society, reviewing the law dealing with support for adults with mental health or incapacity issues

The importance of social enterprises to charities – and other organisations – is growing, as is their likely need for legal advice