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Opinion: The legal aid motion adopted by the special general meeting and the Society's Council was born of a deep anger at Scottish Executive indifference

The implications of the Special General Meeting vote to withdraw co-operation from the Executive over legal aid

Why the legal aid provisions of the Legal Profession Bill fail to satisfy service providers

The Legal Profession Bill and other regulatory developments continue to demand work by, and comment from, the profession in response

Author's view that the Executive's consultation on strengthening judicial independence shows a lack of understanding and creates more of a threat

Interview with President of the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland, Eileen Davie on how the tribunals are fulfilling their new role

Any solicitor with clients who have income arising out of their country of residence should be aware of the EU Savings Directive

Property shops need to gear up with the IT to fight the next battle against aggressive incomers to the market

How converting to LLP may affect the exposure of individual partners/members to liability for claims, and impact on decisions concerning a firm's PII cover

The pitfalls to beware of that can affect the parties' positions between valuing a pension for divorce purposes and the actual transfer of assets (part 3 of 3)

Latest criminal cases, including changes in science as affecting appeals; sentencing; issues not raised at trial; road traffic; temporary judges

With LLPs as with work in progress, the Revenue has had to help mitigate the effect of changes in accounting practice

The judgment in the Apple Corps v Apple Computer case has provided food for argument

Uncertainty reigns pending an appeal ruling on the validity of irritancy and resumption clauses with limited notice periods

Sporting bodies, though not strictly within the Human Rights Act, are proactively reforming their decision-making procedures so as to meet its standards

Reviews of legal sites crossing international frontiers

Review of Private Limited Companies: Formation and Management (Brough)

The continuing enforceability of real burdens and ways of extinguishing them following feudal abolition (part 1 of 2)

President's message: As she leaves office, the President is still in good shape, the profession is in good shape, but it must remain united in facing major challenges to its values

Opinion that the Legal Profession Bill could have serious consequences for the in-house sector and weaken the wider profession to the ultimate detriment of the public

Response from the profession and others to the Legal Profession Bill, including the Society's professional advice on human rights compliance, and Master Policy implications

Response from the profession and others to the Legal Profession Bill, including the Society's professional advice on human rights compliance, and Master Policy implications

New legal rights for cohabitants are now in force, but many of them probably do not realise

An alerter to the implications of the Budget proposals on the inheritance tax treatment of trusts