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The first of a new series from the SLCC provides an update on trends in conveyancing complaints

Advice column: how can I deal with a particularly manipulative member of our team?

What are the most significant claims risks for the profession at this time, and what should firms prioritise in risk management training and risk controls?

Professional Practice column: advice on how trainees should style themselves

Recent work of the Law Reform Department, including Criminal Justice Bill; patent court; cameras in court; Housing Bill; bankruptcy and debt advice; defective buildings; community empowerment

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"