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The legal obstacles to separated siblings seeking contact with each other: something for the Scottish Government to act on as part of the promised bill on children’s rights

The emergence of a legal rights claim from an unexpected source can cause serious difficulties for executry practitioners and their clients. What steps might one take?

One lawyer's experience in setting up an online legal services business through the “E-Spark” scheme to support entrepreneurs

The results of, and some thoughts prompted by, the survey of In-house Lawyers Group members ahead of this year’s annual conference, as seen by the ILG vice chair

An Inner House decision prompts a discussion of the duties that may be owed by a driver being overtaken

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

The Scottish Government is calculating that solicitors will learn to live with the reduced income following the legal aid changes. Is there anything the profession or the Society can do?

Reviews of Discrimination (Rubenstein); Misuse of Drugs and Drug Trafficking Offences (Fortson)

This month's Law Society of Scotland Council member profile: Christopher Fraser (non-solicitor member)

Lawyers have never staged a protest like they did over the Government's legal aid proposals, but I was proud to join them at the Parliament

Registers of Scotland page: the past year has seen some significant developments for Registers of Scotland, in the wake of new legislation

A look at some of the controversial questions as to where Scotland would stand legally, post-independence, and how they might be resolved

An important recent decision, while rejecting a claim based on breach of solicitors' implied warranty of authority, illustrates again the importance of knowing your client

A special feature looking at some current issues concerning expert witnesses, and the influence of cross border developments

The ongoing battle between Apple and Samsung has produced useful guidance from the Court of Appeal on when a company may be ordered to publicise an IP judgment against it

This year's Journal employment survey reveals some hope of better things to come, after a difficult year with many people in or close to some serious business restructuring

Latest criminal cases, including youth crime and sentencing; football banning orders; delay

Two recent developments in company law, concerning security registration and limited company status

Some issues arising under the Forced Marriage Act, in the light of the first cases brought under the Act

Social media are revolutionising how sport projects its image - bringing a new set of legal responsibilities

An update on land and agricultural law reviews currently underway, and a case that appears to have found a way round farming security of tenure

Interview with Janet Hood and Colin Anderson, retiring from office in the In-house Lawyers Group, about the changed status of the Group, and its members, during their time

The UK Supreme Court has decided on a practical solution to a hitherto unresolved question regarding the law of warrandice

Interview with Bruce Ritchie and Coral Riddell, retiring and successor heads of the Society's Professional Practice Department, on how the team is changing