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Give yourself a chance to win a valuable prize by submitting a CPD plan with networking as a feature

Despite the continuing challenges of the current economic climate, this is not the time to relax risk management systems and procedures

Advice column: My boss expects me to put up with a degree of flirting from clients at social events, but I don't agree. What should I do?

Six questions with which to review your business model - now is a good time, even if economic recovery still seems distant

The role of the named person under the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003, and possible changes being considered by the Government

In the unregulated world of private investigators, the Association of British Investigators is attempting to maintain ethical standards, and with them the business reputations of instructing firms

Discussion of the ECJ ruling on the patentability of processes relating to embryo stem cell research

A level playing field for airport users is one of the aims of new charges regulations governing operators of major airports

Author challenges the current legal approach to outdoor prostitution in Scotland, as conflicting with the political approach to it as violence against women

This month's Law Society of Scotland Council member profile: Bruce Beveridge

Volunteering to represent destitute asylum seekers has revealed a parallel universe alien to the justice system with which most lawyers are familiar

Reviews of Drafting for Succession (Kerrigan); The Evolution of EU Law (ed Craig & de Burca)

From a month that has taken in a trip to the northern faculties, and the latest Admission Ceremony, Lord Carloway's proposals will require the most ongoing work

Registers page: Registers of Scotland has joined with other interested bodies to create a forum to consider best practice in all plans matters relating to registration of titles

In one consultant's view, overriding the wishes of a small child resolutely opposed to contact with a parent will in most cases result in bonds being forged

The Journal's 2011 employment survey, in association with Thorpe Molloy Recruitment, shows up some sharp contrasts between sectors, despite a stable overall picture

Interview comments from Lord Carloway, and other interested professionals, on the main recommendations in his review of criminal procedure

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

The Inner House decision in the SM v CM child relocation case marks out a distinct position for Scots as opposed to English law

Separating cohabitants in England & Wales still await legislation to support a financial claim, but the Supreme Court has recently advanced their cause

Latest criminal cases, including police interviews; wilful acts and murder; search warrants; DNA samples

A new Outer House decision has set out the rights of joint landlords in relation to one another, and how resumption may be effected

The first case of its kind to come before the European Court of Justice sheds light on the infringement of community registered design rights

Discussion of Phee v Gordon, on the liability of a golfer and golf club to a player injured by a driven ball