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Author's wish that all separated parents give their children a positive example this Christmas

The legal work behind Glasgow's successful bid for the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Author's view of the legal issues behind the recent developments on alternative business structures, from the super-complaint to the EU implications of MDPs

The regulation of legal markets elsewhere in the world and how the ethical issues resulting from alternative business structures have been addressed

Some possible avenues through which advisers of tenants facing eviction for rent arrears can retrieve their clients' financial position

The second article on summary justice reform looks at bail, undertakings, warrants and other procedural changes, and the increased sentencing powers of the summary court

An in-depth contribution to the debate about the processes and skills needed to achieve an effective resolution of family related disputes

A reminder from the Society of some of the main issues from the new money laundering rules, which have generated many enquiries

A report on corporate social responsibility initiatives from solicitors' firms, including the "Lions' Den" challenge, on which the final whistle has just blown

A sole practitioner writes on his experiences of going paperless, including some lessons learned the hard way

A family law practitioner offers some advice on risk management techniques particularly relevant to work in this area

Latest criminal cases, including ECHR decisions (one on culpable homicide); defining "reasonable"; pleas not accepted; suspending warrants

The High Court has upheld a previously untested submission as to statutory protection for decisions of temporary sheriffs

Two further court decisions relating to agricultural tenancies have caught the attention recently

How the TUPE rules affect client services provided by legal firms - the law and the practice

The English High Court has given some useful guidance as to when disclosure may be ordered of the identity of individuals contributing to online discussion forums

Redress for injuries sustained on the sporting field has become a hot issue following a French decision against an English rugby player

Reports of cases relating to Edward Lindsay Acton; Angela Margaret Baillie; Alan Desmond Baxter

Reviews of websites offering to identify expert witnesses of different specialisms

Review of Residential Evictions (Barrowman)

Report of the In-house Lawyers Group's annual symposium, including addresses by the Lord Advocate and Law Society of Scotland President

Commentary on the House of Lords decision in the servitude case Moncrieff v Jamieson, which the author believes will be of great benefit to the law

A report back on the successful series of conveyancing conferences run by the Society jointly with the Registers of Scotland

President's message: the consultation on business structures raises issues as fundamental as whether we want a legal profession, and if so, what it might look like