Search

Land reform part 3: the Inner House has upheld the ECHR compatibility of the crofting community right to buy, as this review of the decision and its implications explains

Continuing our series on alternatives to alterntive business structures, we wonder why a recent cross-border venture by a Cumbrian practice is the first of its kind

How a "back to basics" approach may assist firms in reviewing their risk management systems and procedures

Advice column: I think I may have been appointed to achieve diversity. I want to prove my worth

Recent work of the Law Reform Department, including on the Scottish Civil Justice Council etc Bill; land and buildings transaction tax; landfill tax; post-legislative scrutiny; SEPA funding

Lord Hodge has asked that publicity be given to a recent opinion dealing with a liquidation, to avoid some of the issues that arose reoccurring

First in a slightly tongue-in-cheek new series covers "Talk, don't listen"

Recent developments in the EU, including public procurement; victims of crime; recognition of professional qualifications; company law; insolvency; patents; Year of Citizens; environmental

This month's advice from the Society's Professional Practice team deals with emails sent in error to the other side

Discussion of the Ayrshire betting licence appeal case, and the inability to correct a failure to comply with statutory directions

As the EU debates a proposed directive on the right of access to a lawyer on arrest, the authors provide in-depth analysis of the key battlegrounds and their implications for Scots law

A survey of the recent Land Court decision following the Crofting Commission reference on legal issues relating to common grazings

A LinkedIn group has been debating the use of plain English by lawyers. One participant reports on some investigations of her own

Comment on an English decision highlighting the need to consider IP rights before entering into a collaborative agreement

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

The profession's dominant business model is likely to lead to attrition of independent Scottish legal firms. Is there an alternative?

Reviews of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act (Shiels and others), Confoscation Law Handbook (Eissa & Barber), Scottish Criminal Evidence, Procedure and Practice (Macphail)

This month's Law Society of Scotland Council member profile: Lynda Towers (In-house Lawyers Group member)

The true costs, and effects on the administration of justice, have to be considered when promoting any court closure programme

RoS and Taylor Wimpey have piloted a new process for the conveyancing and registration of new housing developments that aims to reduce the risk factor in relation to titles

A glass half full or half empty? With a Society survey showing solicitors almost evenly divided between optimism and pessimism over the future, the Journal tried to find the reasons for the differing attitudes

Implications of the Supreme Court decision in which a CAB volunteer failed in her claim for protection under the disability dicrimination legislation

Sponsored feature arguing that it is necessary to consider a legal process outsourcing option to leverage on available efficiencies, and highlighting techniques to achieve a successful outcome

Flexible learning is now available at every level of legal education and training, as this overview indicates