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Collected news of new appointments and practice changes

In association with Wesleyan: five steps legal firms should take to achieve successful succession planning

With a career ranging across most sizes of firm, and years of service at the Society, incoming President Alison Atack brings wide experience to the role. She tells the Journal of the challenges ahead

Renfrewshire Law Centre closed in March, after 20 years of operation, the victim of funding cuts. Its principal solicitor reflects on his time there, and the void it leaves

The author, an English solicitor, was once in partnership with a man who turned out to be a fraudster. He describes the experience, which forms the basis of his novel, and the lessons to be learned

In association with Eadie Corporate Solutions Ltd: how trained specialists can relieve you of the strain of time-consuming executry investigations

Are there common problems to the gender pay gap in the legal profession that can be tackled by sharing solutions, and what can the Law Society of Scotland do to help firms close the gap?

To mark Mental Health Awareness Week (14-20 May), LawCare trails some new resources being developed to support stressed legal professionals

In association with Thomson Reuters: an update on what Brexit means for the devolved nations

Latest civil cases, including appeals; judgments; locus delicti; Personal Injury Court; expenses, and caution; party litigants; summary decree; reduction; sanction for dishonesty; expenses; family actions

Family briefing: how do the matrimonial property rules apply to a family home built on land acquired by one party before the relationship began?

Criminal law briefing: defence solicitors should note the effect of a change to the law on the admissibility of statements by the accused in reply to the police or other investigating officers

Employment briefing: if you have discovered a gender pay gap, don't just put it down to reasons such as differences in roles but ask why these occur and what can be done to change this

Human rights briefing: an English High Court decision illustrates that if a claim against an authority is unfounded at common law, the result under human rights law may well be no different

Pensions briefing: new regulations offer some relief to employers facing debts due to the rules applying to multi-employer pension schemes, but the conditions attached may limit their usefulness

Reports relating to Vincent Cobb; Caroline McCallum; James Purvis

Property briefing: Revenue Scotland is issuing penalty notices for late returns or payment of LBTT, and may withdraw the deferred payment concession from repeat offenders, or even altogether

This month’s in-house interviewee proactively sought out a training and career opportunity, on the back of her previous work experience, when her route to qualifying looked in doubt

Recent work of the Society's policy committees, including prescription; management of offenders; protection of retail workers; LBTT

Work with insurers has resulted in new bond of caution cover for guardians which has lower premiums and, for professional guardians, higher professional indemnity limits

As the Society launches its biggest census of the profession for five years, it appeals for an ever better response than was achieved in 2013

Professional Practice advice: can a local authority in-house solicitor undertake work for another authority; and how to handle a large cash sum that turns up in an executry

A new Society guide sets out the steps to compliance