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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

Websites that let you turn long, unwieldy web addresses into something compact

Review of Access Rights and Rights of Way (Paisley)

The in-house lawyer's perspective on whether a line can be drawn between law and regulation

Scheme reduces returns of deeds and cuts administration

President's message: words of thanks for dedicated service, and of encouragement to readers to help promote positive change, are top of the agenda this month

Opinion that the effective campaign by local faculties and bar associations over legal aid can be repeated, but longer term success needs a national voice

Professor Norrie replies to the criticisms of LLB teaching in the July issue; Brian Allingham proposes an alternative route to qualification

The problems facing those currently seeking Diploma and traineeship places, in terms of too many graduates chasing too few places

The implications of adopting the non-numeric standard for fingerprint identification

Concluding part of survey of Budget and Finance Act rounds up important changes affecting trusts, charities, business taxation and the disclosure requirements

Authors' research into commercial litigators' attitudes to alternative dispute resolution reveals general support but a belief that it could be used more

Interview with solicitor Laura Gordon, appointed Director of the Glasgow-Edinburgh Collaboration Project

Interview with the Society's Chief Executive Douglas Mill, new President of the international body IILACE, on why he gets a lift from working with his fellow CEOs