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Problems tracing missing beneficiaries? Sometimes good old-fashioned police work is what is needed
A review of the difficulties with the current position and the options going forward, against the author's view that a rule change is needed
What is market abuse, and how does the civil enforcement regime work? This article highlights some issues and the recent leading Punch Taverns case
When a client in a capital case no longer values his life, what is the appropriate role of the defence lawyer? The question arose sharply for a Scottish graduate on a clerkship in the United States
A blog type comment on the growth of partnership claims before employment tribunals
A note of the tribute delivered at the funeral of one of the first female partners in a Scottish law firm
This month's selection of leisure reading chosen by the Journal's Book Review Editor
A LawCloud special industry report: 2012 economic insight following feedback from high street law firms in Scotland
Solicitor estate agents should use their local property centre websites rather than other marketing portals
Reviews of Risk and Compliance for Law Firms in a Changed World (Maher); Mediation: A Practical Guide for Lawyers (Mantle)
This month's Law Society of Scotland Council member profile: Hamish Watt (Arbroath and Forfar)
Government plans that are likely to mean the closure of a number of local courts around Scotland are the utmost priority for the current presidential year
Registers of Scotland page: annual survey of land registered in the Land Register predicts 25% coverage by the end of the year
High street firms can take initiatives to improve their prospects even in the current climate, says Debra Clapham, who chairs the business improvement district for her community of Clarkston
Discussion of the five-judge decision in Hamilton, where the court attempted to bridge the gulf between judge and jury awards in fatal cases
David Cruickshank and Richard Cockburn of Maclay Murray & Spens explain the regulatory and other challenges currently facing the offshore wind sector
In rejecting a human rights challenge to the provisions for dispensing with parental consent to an adoption application, the Supreme Court has provided important guidance on the Act
Protecting "protected conversations" with an employee may prove problematic, despite Government moves to legislate in this area
Latest civil cases, including abuse of process; delay; abandonment; permanence orders; recovery of heritage; intimation; insolvency
The jurisdictional difficulties arising from the fact that European patents are not truly pan-European in scope, as illustrated by a recent CJEU case
Developments relating to the Scottish Government's reform agenda for agricultural tenancies
Effects of the new rule requiring details of assets and liabilities to be lodged at the outset of a sheriff court divorce or dissolution case where financial provision is sought
Why there are still advantages to using standard missives for residential property, despite the effects of the recession in giving rise to chains of transactions
Some further guidance on the pending online system for acceptance of NHBC Buildmark cover