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Scottish & Newcastle group's innovative "Pathclearer" approach to commercial agrements

Option agreements with developers are unlikely to safeguard the interests of selling landowners, and promotion agreements offer a better solution

Solicitors should be aware of new duties for landlords in relation to disabled people, including making "reasonable adjustments"

Introducing the Society's online survey on the single survey and other matters, which will help inform the Society's representations

A row over "Star Wars" costumes illustrates the need to protect all intellectual property rights in written agreements

President's message: As work on the Legal Profession Bill enters a new phase, sellers' surveys and developments in England & Wales have also been engaging the Society

Opinion that it is time to split the Lord Advocate's roles of government adviser and head of the prosecution service, and reform the method of appointment

Research into the legal aid fixed payment scheme for summary criminal cases reveals some unexpected effects on firms' incomes and the overall legal aid bill

A survey of the requirements for qualification as a solicitor in some other jurisdictions, as the Society consults on the future for Scotland

Roger Mackenzie surveys family lawyers' views on how to enforce contact orders; John Fotheringham highlights a provision that may help to win some financial support

The experience of the Glasgow pilot domestic abuse court in its first two years, and its prospects for reducing the risk of offending behaviour

A Scotish Law Commissioner explains the recently published proposals to reform the law on rights to interest

The most significant features of the Queen's Speech as affecting Scots law, and the Society's position on the bills in question

Money laundering problems frequently raised with the Society, and software systems available to help with money laundering checks

In his second article on fraud and fraud prevention, the author offers some dos and don'ts as the first steps when suspicions of fraud begin to emerge

An introduction to podcasting and what it could do for the legal profession

A review of how practices might have improved their risk management in 2006

Latest criminal cases, including Crown appeals; deforcement of messengers; jury seclusion; insanity; corroboration; alternative charges; fairness

Beleaguered landlords have some cause to cheer at least in relation to grazing leases, following recent court decisions

The decision in L'Oreal SA v Bellure NV strengthens the hand of brand owners against attempts to market copycat products

The government's decision to opt out of Rome III has spared family lawyers a few headaches

Those who negligently cause sporting injuries could find themselves paying out to more than just their opponent

Some guidance for advisers of trustee shareholders on the status of shares allocated in the Standard Life demutualisation this year

Reports relating to Alexander Muir; Deryck de Maine Beaumont; Norman James Cowie