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Anomalies and inconsistencies in practice under the new licensing regime would be greatly added to if some of the latest government proposals come to pass

Court rules place unnecessary obstacles in the way of separating cohabitants who wish to make a counter application for financial provision

Regulations are pending that will introduce new duties to avoid, or remedy, damage to the environment - and it can sue

Two English cases appear to settle the question of which creditors are entitled to share under the new "prescribed part" provisions

The next phase of the points-based immigration system will come into force shortly, with the rules applying to skilled workers with a job offer

Reviews of sites covering news of matters relating to Scots law and lawyers

Reviews of Gloag & Henderson (12th ed); Evidence (Davidson)

In-house lawyers have the chance to see their unique talents recognised through the latest expansion of The Signet Accreditation

The Society has issued advice to in-house lawyers over the granting of a non domino dispositions in favour of their employers

With energy performance certificates about to arrive across the property market, the author explains what they require, and some issues they raise particularly in letting

Fuller version of the Opinion article, Journal, June 2008: critique of the system for appointment as Queen’s Counsel in Scotland

President's message: The challenge at conference was to keep pace with change; the AGM business structures vote signals a new phase of work to make it happen

Opinion that the system for appointment as Queen's Counsel in Scotland is flawed in leaving the power of selection to one person and in being shrouded in secrecy

Report of Professor Richard Susskind's keynote address to the Society's conference on the legal profession in five years' time: the best way is to invent your own future

An overview of questions that regularly arise relating to planning for possible charges under the personal care scheme

A forensic accountant outlines the Crown's approach to confiscation proceedings on both sides of the border, and the role his profession can play for the defence

Registers of Scotland is ready to take up the challenge, if asked, of the Register of Crofts, as it also prepares to maintain the new Register of SSSIs

Introducing cl@n childlaw, a new type of law centre that aims to achieve practical delivery of legal advice and access to justice for children and young people

The decision in the first round of the bank charges test case brought by the OFT: who won on which point, and what happens next

The importance of giving proper advice at the outset to the client in a medical negligence claim, and of taking the correct initial steps

How a chance find in an executry led to an important addition to the national archives

Report of this year's AGM of the Society, which covered an unusual number of weighty matters concerning the profession, not only the ABS debate

A call has gone out to solicitors in rural practices to join forces in order to attract new recruits to work outside the cities

Author tells of the issues that arose when he decided to leave the law without having done much forward planning - and his advice with the benefit of hindsight (1 of 2)