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The concluding article on the 2007 Cost of Time Survey looks at the profit trends of recent years and offers some key points to improving financial management

A warning of the changes affecting inheritance tax on tusts, and capital gains tax, as from 6 April, which may be avoidable if action is taken before then

First of three articles directed to effective advocacy by reviewing court methods of assessing testimony. This month: evaluating credibility

The OPG responds to the concerns raised over the fee changes since last year, and previews some further changes in law and practice

As the Society-sponsored CSR Firm of the Year is announced at the Scottish Legal Awards, the Society launches a web resource to help increase solicitors' involvement

Controversies over public sector data gathering obscure the often necessary role of data sharing. In reviewing practice we must look beyond the Data Protection Act

The skills and practices required to conduct an effective investigative interview with an employee under suspicion of fraud

Experience of litigation-related claims against the Master Policy does not relate only to missed critical dates

Latest civil cases, including unincorporated associations; delarator; joint and several liability; decree; sist; pre-action recovery; curators ad litem; caution; expenses

IP rights owners are anxiously watching the progress of litigation over the screening of football matches in pubs

Despite what appears to be a prevailing belief, the Land Court is not the only available forum for resolving agricultural tenancy disputes

The Coleman case will provide a landmark advance in disability discrimination rights, if the Advocate General's opinion is followed by the European Court

The Andy Webster appeal shows the Court of Arbitration for Sport attempting to bring a consistent approach to the FIFA Regulations

Outline of the radical new points-based system for intending immigrants to the UK

First of two reviews of websites of the relaunched Faculty of Advocates stables

Review of Delict (ed Thomson)

Local government employers are studying the detail of the proposed new pension scheme for their staff

New rules require charities to make their status clear in a specified range of documents

The potential difficulties that can arise in a family law context where one of a couple provides personal funds towards the purchase of a property in joint names

President's message: the Society's members must have the final say in the policy for the future of the profession and in proposed standards of conduct and service

Opinion that it is possible to regulate the proposed new forms of business structure, but it requires a whole new, and more modern, approach

Interviews with Richard Keen, Colin Boyd and Michael Jones on professional relationships between solicitors and advocates, and possible new career paths

Why the Voluntary Pre-Action Protocol for Personal Injury Cases is not working as it should to encourage early settlement of claims

The Keeper recommends that solicitors use deeds of conditions rather than dispositions to create real burdens, if the burdens are to be mutually enforceable