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Review of MacRoberts' Scottish Liquidation Handbook (Flint)

A 12 week pilot scheme in nine areas will test a form of seller's questionnaire on different types of "live" property transactions

The hoops that in-house lawyers and their external advisers alike should jump through to establish a successful partnership

View that local authority solicitors responsible for obtaining juvenile antisocial behaviour orders are put in a thankless position due to others' competing priorities

Far from providing clarity, the new regulations will need litigation to decide the effect of the insolvency provisions (longer version of October 2006 briefing article)

Reply to article on selection for Diploma and traineeship places by Michael Torrance in the September 2006 Journal

President's message: Whatever the context, communication and open dicussion is proving the best way of achieving results

The UK Government's U-turn on compulsory home condition reports provided by sellers should be reflected in Scotland by a rethinking on purchasers' information packs

Report on the "Balancing the Scales of Justice" debate on independence of the profession, with summaries of the keynote speeches

Every aspect of legal education and training is about to come up for grabs as the Society launches its biggest ever consultation exercise

The Tommy Sheridan case is only one of four Scottish defamation actions this year that have each thrown up notable issues for the lawyer

Issues in enforcing contact orders against the recalcitrant behaviour of the residence parent, with reference to the recent case involving a lesbian couple

A family lawyer calls for the model of the Glasgow family court to be followed in other parts of Scotland

How the peer review system in civil legal aid has worked as the first cycle concludes, with some advice as to the sort of issues that arise most regularly

How two advocates seek to shake up the marketing of counsel's services by establishing chambers separate from Faculty Services

Ongoing EU reforms to create a true European marketplace for retail financial products and services, such as mortgages, should be on solicitors' radars

Advice against complacency over the possibility of fraud being perpetrated by a member of staff, and some warning signs to look out for

File notes and their relevance in relation to the effective management of risk in any legal practice

Balancing the benefits from efficient data sharing with the need to safeguard individual privacy is perhaps the biggest challenge facing the public sector

Latest criminal cases, including provocation; sentencing; jury directions; aspects of fairness

The question facing the Scottish Parliament's Communities Committee as it resumes consideration of the Planning Bill

The pilot scheme for test purchases of alcohol by those under 18 is throwing up some interesting legal issues

Far from providing clarity, the new TUPE regulations will need litigation to decide the effect of the insolvency provisions

Reports relating to Eileen Dommer; David Robert Seagrave