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Leading figures will address the question: "Merit and diversity – compatible aspirations in judicial appointments?"
Though essentially an academic exercise, the statement of private law principles in the Draft Common Frame of Reference has achieved a status such that it is now being consulted by law reformers and judges
The Internet Watch Foundation is responsible for deciding which material should be blocked from public access for criminality, but is a private body a desirable form of regulation?
With controversy surrounding Edinburgh’s proposed change of policy over granting entertainment licences to premises used for sexual activity, this article considers the licensing issues involved
Why the Scouting movement is looking for professional people to help organise its activities
This month's selection of leisure reading chosen by the Journal's Book Review Editor
The proposal to extend the contribution period in bankruptcy from 36 to 48 months is unsupported, and arguments contradict ministerial statements relating to protected trust deeds
Reviews of Agency (Macgregor); Breach of the Peace (Ferguson)
This month's Council profile features Glasgow member and former President Austin Lafferty
Not just the independence referendum, but economic, business, legal aid and access to justice issues are set to dominate the Society's and the profession's thoughts in 2014
Registers of Scotland page: service standards; 2012 Act update
Sixteen legal practitioners provide a range of predictions for the hugely significant and challenging year for the legal profession, and for Scotland, that is 2014
The Scottish Government has opened its promised five year review of home reports, with a consultation on their objectives, operation and content
Later this year, the legislation permitting conveyancing transactions to be carried out fully electronically will come into force, and solicitors will soon have the opportunity to get up to speed
Interest rate hedging products are decimating the UK's SMEs, but obtaining redress for alleged mis-selling involves overcoming a number of hurdles
The Scottish Human Rights Commission's new National Action Plan aims to transform the planning, budgeting and delivery of public services. What does it involve, and what are its prospects?
Latest civil cases, including personal injury actions; undertakings; pleadings; interlocutors; recovery of heritage
Licensing boards are taking a renewed interest in overprovision of licensed premises as a ground for refusing an application
Scottish ministers are proposing to introduce a new presumption in planning in favour of "development that contributes to sustainable development"
HMRC has published its draft legislation to clamp down on tax avoidance through limited liability partnerships
If a decision to permit a child to relocate with the residential parent is not suspended pending appeal, and relocation takes place, the court may decline to hear the appeal on the merits
Reports of cases relating to Peter MacIntosh Aikman; Forbes Gillies Leslie; John Raymund MacDonald; Roderick G Mickel; Colin George Horne Watson
Profile of the in-house legal team at Orkney Islands Council, both its general legal work and its role in the new "Our Islands Our Future" campaign
What sort of warranties can be given in insolvency sales? This article examines the position in relation to letters of obligation