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The start of a new year is as good a time as any to resolve to make changes that will improve risk management and also improve the quality of working life

Interview with a sheriff with a mission to modernise family hearings

Latest civil cases, including title to sue; inhibition; craves; options hearings; decrees; appeals; family actions; expenses

The apparent conflict between being client focused and managing our time effectively

EU update on funding opportunities, and various other matters

A case study of a practice succeeding in making conveyancing work more profitable

Examination of the position of the temporary sheriff and how the current situation is a far cry from that intended by the enabling legislation

The decision that temporary sheriffs are not compatible with the European Convention has more profound and lasting implications for practitioners to understand

The implications especially for small firms of the Financial Services Authority's consultation paper 30 on the future regulation of professional firms

A look at examples of loss of chance cases arising out of solicitors' negligence and the courts' approach to evaluating the loss

Interview with Keeper of the Registers especially on future use of new technology

Latest criminal cases, including temporary sheriffs; delay; road traffic; breach of the peace; Moorov rule; and citizen's arrest

Report on the European Court decision in Arblade and Leloup on employers' obligations in relation to workers sent temporarily abroad

Criticism of the sheriff's decision to acquit the three protesters against Trident missiles on grounds of international law

Discussion of a joint report by the Law Commission and Scottish Law Commission on company directors' duties and conflicts of interests

Chairman of the Society's MDP working party sets out his own views on the continuing discussion whether MDPs involving solicitors should be permitted in Scotland

First of a series exploring solutions to the challenges of managing professional partnerships, considers why traditional management techniques do not work well in such organisations

Responses by the Society's Council to the recommendations in the Scottish Legal Services Ombudsman's 8th annual report

Interview with a business law solicitor who believes in embracing the challenges of new technology

Management risks associated with the use of email and the internet

Society's Conveyancing Committee and the Scottish House Builders' Association have been in dialogue discussing the content of builders' missives

Solicitor for Noel Ruddle explains why the sheriff was obliged to order his release from the state hospital, and the emergency legislation then passed by the Scottish Parliament

Author's view that the core principles of the legal profession are irreconcilable with the sharing of fees and profits between lawyers and other professionals

E-business consultant assesses the government's plan to create the right legal environment for electronic commerce