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Advice to an in-house solicitor challenged as to her career aspirations by a friend in private practice

Challenging the notion that alternative business structures under the Legal Services Bill will somehow compromise lawyers' professionalism

Solicitors should look again at financial planning as a possible income stream, according to the support organisation working in the field

Some advice from LawCare to those who like to post their thoughts and views online

Against a background of property-related Master Policy claims, some questions to Registers of Scotland regarding ARTL and risk management

Latest criminal cases, including fresh evidence appeals; witnesses' previous convictions; de recenti statements

The earth did not quite move for licensing lawyers on 1 September, but more issues are still coming to light over the working of the new regime

Recent cases on company voluntary arrangements show them often to have advantages in insolvencies over schemes of arrangement

The new adoption law is in force at last, and brings at least one important question of interpretation

The process of divorce because one party is undergoing gender reassignment has unique features which raise points for practical guidance

Reports relating to Norman James Cowie; John Davidson; Martin Ramsay Longmuir; John Rankine Smith

Reviews of Credit and Security (Goode); Property, Trusts and Succession (Gretton and Steven); Civil Procedure (Hennessy); Land Tenure and Tenements (Rennie)

Advice on intellectual property rights

Preview of In-house Lawyers Group's AGM and symposium with keynote speaker Robert Armour

The recent decision that missives had not been validly concluded by fax goes against accepted practice and clients' expectations

Discussion of the recent case of Grant and Woods v Mitie Property Services (dismissal for personal use of the internet during working hours), and its potential implications for employers

Scottish Government wants power to abolish it or limit its independence, without saying why

The Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility and the challenges and opportunities it presents

President's message: lack of resources to pay for traditional legal representation in lower value disputes places an obligation on the profession to devise alternative methods of resolution

An unheralded proposal to end the role of curators in proofs on children's hearing grounds of referral is a dangerous backward step

Reply to letter in July issue, arguing that the current review will cover the points raised and that the profession can have confidence in solicitor advocates

Society's reply to letter in August issue claiming that trainee recruitment must be more open

With the debate on whether, and if so to what extent, we should permit assisted dying likely to intensify, views from some interested parties help set the scene

News from Registers of Scotland on the Foundation Glasgow exhibition, the new Deputy Keeper, Registers Direct and other topics