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Advice corner: The trainee I'm supposed to be mentoring is tryng to run things her own way. How should I tackle this?

Sponsored column on the use of social media in recruiting

Risk management lessons to be learned from recent claims in the corporate and commercial law claims experience

Latest criminal cases, including evidence against a co-accused; finality of interlocutors; assault and robbery; devolution issues

The proposals in Lord Justice Jackson's Review of Civil Litigation Costs, though confined to England & Wales, could influence policy in Scotland

Could the new licensing regime offer more flexibility to the trade in some situations than used to be the case?

Liability for rent in trading administrations has featured as an issue in the English courts recently

A new Supreme Court decision is a useful reminder of a potential remedy for a spouse prejudiced by a foreign divorce settlement

A new Scottish Government circular aims to modernise and streamline the policy and procedures relating to planning agreements

The new tax year prompts a look at some websites covering the subject

Reports of cases relating to Malcolm Keith Macaulay Cameron; David Baird Macadam; Michael Gerald Rourke and John Knox Aitken; Lynne Helen Craig or Sim

Reviews of Legal Systems in Scottish Churches (MacLean); Drafting Wills in Scotland (Barr, Biggar, Dalgleish & Stevens); Scottish Land Law (Gordon & Wortley)

Tensions between the courts, HMRC and the European Commission relative to privileged communications

Argument that solicitors, apparently with the blessing of the Society, are currently providing insufficient help to clients in relation to environmental issues potentially affecting their property

Reply to the argument that insolvency practitioners should be comfortable with granting fact and deed warrandice, suggesting great care should be taken when considering any such grant

The late Alfie Phillips’ fight for a better deal for commercial tenants faced with irritancy, and an assessment of how the resulting reforms have served

A new regime to penalise late payment of PAYE and NIC money due comes into effect on 1 April

President's message: the Society's current policy on ABS allows all firms to practise in the manner they choose, and that aim should be supported at the SGM

Devolution jurisprudence has resulted in there being few, if any, Scottish criminal cases that cannot be appealed to the UK Supreme Court

Interview with JUSTICE Director Roger Smith as he visited to help a group of Scots lawyers planning to launch a Scottish equivalent

Registers of Scotland figures for the final quarter of 2009 show the first year-on-year overall rise in 15 months

Yes-no contributions on whether we should permit ownership of businesses authorised to carry out reserved legal work to be vested in non-solicitors, plus Society and Government statements

The intent and main provisions of the important reforms to the Court of Session Rules on Inner House causes, about to come into force

Part 2 of the analysis of the 2009 Cost of Time Survey highlights the trends in cash flow and partner capital, and some techniques for effective cash management