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A new Court of Appeal decision has cast some light on the rights of partners and LLP members in relation to their firm

Advice column: Someone is spreading rumours about me. How can I stop them?

The Society has a new campaign to promote the services offered by its members

An appeal for members to serve on the newly formed Health and Medical Law Subcommittee

Recent work of the Law Reform Department, including on charitable donations, self-directed support, Groceries Adjudicator, financial services; criminal verdicts; crime and courts; environment

Frequent questions, persistent myths and misconceptions concerning Master Policy cover, and the current claims experience

Responding to those "left field" events: initiating or responding to a merger proposition

Recent developments in the EU, including in-house lawyers; banking reform; Energy Efficiency Directive; limitation in road traffic compensation claims

Are you a “player”? These are the people, it is said, who are key to taking their businesses forward, which means in particular, of course, smart use of IT

Could other public sector debt recovery mechanisms be used to collect summary criminal legal aid contributions?

The tax implications of acquiring, letting and disposing of residential property ("When the agent answers", in this issue, is an extract from this article)

A recent case highlights the specialities of family businesses

Planning briefing on important legislative and policy reforms announced by the Scottish Government

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

Provisions currently before the Parliament to establish a Scottish Civil Justice Council need amending if they are to conform to established principles of public law and administration

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

Reviews of Local Government Licensing Law in Scotland (McGowan); The Business of Law: Strategies for Success (ed IBA)

Government has surely underestimated the effects on defence solicitors of requiring them to collect legal aid contributions in summary cases

Registers page: a new publication provides best guidance on preparing deed plans; a team has been set up to prepare for the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 2012

The Scottish Court Service consultation on restructuring the courts, discussed with Stuart Naismith, convener of the Society's Access to Justice Committee

The keynote speakers at the "Law in Scotland" conference posed some challenges, and offered some insights, for solicitors attempting to cope with a changing business environment

Discussion of the emerging shape of the Scottish land and buildings transaction tax, and issues surrounding the Scottish rate of income tax

Explaining the Non-Resident Landlord scheme, under which agents for landlords resident abroad can reduce the level of their duties to HMRC if the landlord is permitted to receive their rent gross

Report of a seminar where family lawyers took up Lord Reed's challenge in B v G to find better ways of resolving parental disputes over the care of their child