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A piece of history has disappeared from the Faculty of Advocates with the ending of the system of boxes for counsel’s instructions

Blog on a gathering on the subject addressed by Lady Hale of the UK Supreme Court and other leading figures, academic and practising

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

A hierarchy of strict liability in favour of vulnerable road users offers Scotland the chance to lead the UK on cycle safety

Reviews of Arbitration (Davidson); Pleading in Arbitration: A Practitioner's Guide (Walker and Clark)

This month's Law Society of Scotland Council member profile: Colin Dunipace (Airdrie)

Despite the challenges and criticisms, my year as President has been an overwhelmingly positive involvement with a profession that remains in good heart, and I thank everyone

Registers of Scotland page: RoS has been set reformulated service standards for 2013-14

Interview with Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill, putting the profession's concerns over perceived threats to the Scottish justice system

Courts have tended to take a broad axe in quantifying financial claims by separating cohabitants, but various methods are open to practitioners attempting to achieve a more reasoned award

Overview of the construction adjudication decision that has been held to contravene the right to enjoyment of possessions under the Human Rights Convention

Interview with incoming President Bruce Beveridge, whose career in the Government legal service has given him a remarkable variety of exposure to legal practice

The background to, and the effects of, the accession treaty by which the European Union becomes subject to the European Convention on Human Rights

History and effects of the new Act by which a Scottish partnership can now be prosecuted notwithstanding its dissolution

Latest civil cases, including res judicata; decree by default; tenders; jurisdiction; witnesses; expenses; division and sale; sequestration; permanence orders; solicitors' duties; McKenzie friends

A consideration of the status in modern practice of Whittome v Whittome (No 1), on matrimonial property and company restructures

Advice to employers where changes need to be made to occupational pension schemes in preparation for auto-enrolment

Government plans to enable employees to transfer small pension pots to a new employment when they change jobs

Report relating to Joy Patricia Dunbar

In-house legal teams can claim excellence in many respects, and should take advantage of legal awards events to showcase their abilities, as did the Scottish Legal Awards 2013 joint winners

Collaboration can simplify the coming developments in e-conveyancing, and solicitors can play their part in dealings with their software providers and through a new online forum

The fourth in the series asks what is that "something extra" that clients value most

The latest annual report on the Master Policy shows just which areas have been the most significant sources of claims and other intimations

Advice column: my new department colleagues don't seem very sociable