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Recent work of the Society's Law Reform Department, which continues to consider numerous consultations despite the election period

Second article aimed at helping trainees get their careers off on the right foot, focuses on the basics of good communication - and the importance of being someone people can rely on

The Scottish legal profession and the wider economy has a unique, take-it-or-leave-it opportunity to create jobs and growth by keeping legal process outsourcing within Scotland

Advice column: how should I relate to friendly non-legal staff when a senior partner wants to maintain a class barrier?

The risks arising from mistakes by individuals in a practice, and how effective supervision can help manage these risks

Latest criminal cases, including desertion pro loco; diminished responsibility; money laundering defences; discretionary life sentences

The new legislation threatening banning orders on anyone found selling tobacco to under-18s appears not to be as effective as was intended

Courts are applying s 176A of the Insolvency Act in a pragmatic way to secure that unsecured creditors get at least some dividend where possible

A summary of the changes brought about by the planning obligations and good neighbour agreements regime

Reports of cases relating to David Eric Sutherland; Brian Travers

A survey of online assistance for non-medics seeking to understand medical conditions and terminology

Reviews of International Private Law (Crawford & Carruthers); Criminal Evidence and Procedure: An Introduction (Brown)

Big changes may be ahead for EU public procurement rules, in the wake of a wide ranging green paper from the European Commission

Property lawyers with business clients now have to be alive to competition law issues when concluding any agreements relating to land - and assess their effects on agreements already in force

The Property Standardisation Group has revised its dispositions creating new real burdens and servitudes

The arrival of renewable energy has transformed the prospects of many Scottish farms and estates, but potential tax problems lie in wait unless the right form of agreement is in place

Fuller version of the opinion article in the February 2011 Journal

300-strong body increases its profile as an expert resource for public discussions

Rights of children relating to orders for their keeping in secure accommodation have been held to be ECHR compliant, but have been added to in the new Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011

President's message: members have an important decision to make on whether to adopt the Society's new constitution

Advice on avoiding the most common causes of rejected applications to the Registers, and on the personal presentment service

The cases for and against the Law Society of Scotland's proposed new constitution

An in-depth critique of the Gill review proposals for the civil courts has been published by the Civil Justice Advisory Group under Lord Coulsfield

The options available to employers during and after the transitional period to the abolition of the default retirement age, and the rules that will apply to retirement policies in future