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An overview from Children’s Hearings Scotland on efforts to ensure quality decision-making, the focus on the child at the hearing, and the proper role of legal representatives – and inviting feedback

Landowning farmers are being approached with tempting offers to sell to businesses for commercial tree planting. What points should they bear in mind in any deal?

There could at last be public sympathy for action taken by legal aid lawyers in support of their campaign for adequate rates

Thoughts from the Scottish Property Professional Support Lawyers Group on the new Register of Persons Holding a Controlled Interest in Land

Fine weather for the European Young Bar Association Conference in Glasgow did not deter delegates from highlighting how, as lawyers, we can be more environmentally conscious to combat climate change

The Supreme Court has upheld a privacy-based claim by an individual subject to a criminal investigation but not charged. This article considers the ruling, and its possible effect in Scotland

As important as learning from mistakes is being able to tell what information is or is not reliable. The Government is promoting such a message; should it not act accordingly in relation to legal aid?

Collected news of Scottish legal appointments and practice changes

Latest criminal cases and other developments, including renunciation of right to prosecute; electronic bail monitoring; sentencing young offenders: child pornography, drugs

New regulations have strengthened the licensing regime in Scotland for those seeking commercial advantage from the boom in pet ownership since the pandemic

Legislative change now in hand sets out the extent to which measures introduced during the pandemic will be adopted for the longer term

A roundup of the principal measures announced by the Chancellor in his Spring Fiscal Statement

How the schemes now announced, to enable Ukrainian refugees to settle in the UK, will operate, so far as the guidance published to date explains

Reports relating to Mohammed Aamer Anwar; Douglas Lamond; Stephen McGuire; Thomas Cunningham Steel

An outline of who is obliged to register in the new Register of Persons Holding a Controlled Interest in Land, in force since 1 April 2022 – something of relevance not only to property lawyers

As this year’s In-house Rising Star Award launches, two previous winners talk about their own careers to date and what winning the Award meant to them

In association with Malcolm Hughes Land Surveyors: supporting lawyers when boundary disputes require professional assistance

The first of a new series on AML measures considers the Society’s updated sectoral risk assessment and what to take from it

In association with Clio: Despite its importance, few firms put much energy into improving their client intake processes

Does hybrid working give rise to risk management issues not present with either office based or entirely remote working? The authors consider some scenarios to guard against

Advice column: My manager insists on hovering and taking over what I am doing

In association with Amiqus: What sanctions involve, what law firms need to know, and how Amiqus can help

We all need to understand burnout and to contribute to reducing its causes

Another set of tales from the front line, to illustrate what keeping clients happy (or even attempting to) may involve