Search

Advice column: how do I cope with a colleague who thinks she is my boss?

The risk factors surrounding the prescription of obligations under the present law, and the likely future position under the Prescription (Scotland) Bill

Dundee conference report; Registers of Scotland; coming events

The Word of Gold: innovation is nothing new, but it’s never been more important

Tribute to the late Solicitor to the Scottish Government

Criminal defence solicitor Waqqas Ashraf is one of the Council members for Greenock, Kilmarnock & Paisley

A family lawyer is concerned at cases of clients of unregulated online divorce advisers being badly advised, and believes the profession, and the Society, should do more to counter this

Our contributor considers a key point of law established in the recent decision on a permanence order, City of Edinburgh Council v GD [2018] CSIH 52

A personal view of the benefits of workplace networking groups to support working parents and carers

A report on a recent conference dedicated to raising awareness of the effects of adverse childhood experiences, and how they can be tackled

This month's selection of leisure reading, chosen by the Journal's book review editor

As England & Wales begins to grapple with divorce law reform, is everything rosy in Scotland? Fault still has a potentially significant role, and more radical reform could be considered

Review of Dignity, Degrading Treatment and Torture in Human Rights Law (Webster)

Amanda Davy is a solicitor with Burness Paull, Edinburgh and the Council member for new lawyers

I welcome others’ willingness to work with the Society to tackle violence towards solicitors; and also the Society’s new initiative to provide support in dealing with solicitors’ mental health issues

Registers of Scotland page: Keeper's tour; ScotLIS; arrear update

Collected news of new appointments and practice changes

John Scott QC, a defence solicitor for 30 years whose firm is downsizing due to economic pressures, talks about the existential threat to the sector – and some highlights in a high-profile career

Negative predictions for the business outlook; limited rewards at the smallest firms; and a mixed picture regarding gender trends: the results of the 2018 Journal employment survey of the profession

Further amendments to the Debt Arrangement Scheme come into force this month, some of them reversing previous changes that have had unintended effects

Having to look for work for the first time in many years, our author found himself charting a course through an unfamiliar world, compared with his early career experience

What to look out for on the fringe of the Leading Legal Excellence conference on 26 October

Robots and blockchain in the world of private client? The author is fairly sure these, and more, will be a feature of solicitors’ work within the next 10 years

File storage issues resolved in the offering from a new document management partnership