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Second and final part of article on the Budget and Finance Acts covers the tightening of SDLT rules and other changes affecting businesses

Outline of the Law Society of Scotland's response to the consultation on regulation, with comments from solicitors and non-solicitors involved in complaints handling

Key features of the Scottish Executive's white paper "Modernising the Planning System"

The relationship between the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission and the appeal court, and their respective views on what constitutes a miscarriage

Feature highlighting a number of services by which firms may be able to enhance the efficiency even of well established systems

The inadequate professional service rules are an important client safeguard, but are capable of operating unfairly as currently enacted

Author describes how his firm is moving towards paperless transaction files for a modest investment

Some things even practices with a good claims record should look out for when reviewing their risk controls and whether these are being observed

Latest criminal cases, including Crown duty of disclosure; sentencing discounts; racial harassment; theft of mail; restrictions on freedom generally

Grandparents may be no better off with "automatic" parental rights and responsibilities

The forthcoming Age Equality Regulations will have a significant impact on recruitment practice across the age spectrum as well as on retirement

Guidance from the English High Court on "fair dealing for the purpose of criticism or review", as applied to copyright material

The House of Lords' decision in Spectrum Plus upsets 25 years of practice concerning a form of charge much favoured by banks

Second in an occasional series of reviews of sites offering email updates on various topics

Reviews of The International Criminal Court; The Trial on Trial vol 1

Introduction to the Property Standardisation Group's drafting work on post-feudal real burdens and servitudes, focusing here on real burdens

Information Commissioner's first appeal decision highlights areas for improvement

President's message: recent press support for legal aid lawyers provides a welcome background to the current Executive consultations; all should consider responding

Opinion of a solicitor who opted to leave the city behind, that younger lawyers can enjoy a good lifestyle and a challenging practice away from the major centres

Interview with Deputy Justice Minister Hugh Henry on the consultation paper "Advice for All", discussing the future of legal aid

Author welcomes the recommendations of the Cox Report on adoption, while warning against treating media coverage as representative

First half of two part article on the 2005 Budget and Finance Acts, looking at personal and company taxation

First of two articles on the growth industry, and practice area, of wind farming, assessing the current outlook for the industry

The legal basis of, and justifications for, continuing to separate the sexes in sport, as a female competitor may be allowed into the Open Golf Championship