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Tax briefing: significant features from the recent UK and Scottish Budgets include the divergence of income tax rates, relief for first time house buyers and new incentives for oil and gas investment

Planning briefing: a Government bill makes sweeping changes, some controversial, in an attempt to improve efficiency in the system, enable quality development and increase community involvement

The eagerly awaited return of the conference presented by the Faculty of Advocates for members of Faculty and the in-house legal community did not disappoint

Reports relating to William Walls; David James Rankin

The Word of Gold: happiness is an elusive concept, but there are proven ways of bringing it closer

2018 will be a year of development for the Specialist Accreditation scheme, as the Society's team explains

Recent work of the Society's policy committees, including Brexit and human rights; Brexit: reciprocal healthcare; integrated environmental authorisation framework; access to elections; Budget

The SPA intends to keep up its 2017 momentum in the coming year

The convener of the Society's Public Policy Committee on the work of the committee in its first year (shorter version)

Do you know of Scottish EDGE? It’s there to support new businesses with original ideas, and would like more solicitors to become involved. The Journal met chief executive Evelyn McDonald

From the Professional Practice team: forms of declaration in applications for confirmation by executors nominate have been agreed between the Society and Scottish Courts & Tribunals Service

Professional Practice advice: problems may be caused where an arrestment order against a firm is lodged with a bank where that firm holds its clients’ account

The General Data Protection Regulation provides an opportunity for solicitors to review their document retention policy. This article considers how to go about integrating the latter into the former

Advice column: am I cut out to manage; and the importance of demanding some down time

Tribute to a pioneering woman in the Scottish legal profession who also worked as a codebreaker at Bletchley Park

The new rules on data protection officers and some important tasks which all law firms should consider

The EU's new Prospectus Regulation has been welcomed as making it easier and cheaper especially for smaller companies to raise capital in the markets, and is likely to be adopted in the UK

A Scottish solicitor's personal account of leaving financial services work in Scotland to run a property company in Doha, Qatar – and of the current business scene in that country

The author questions the status of Scottish devolution if the EU (Withdrawal) Bill is enacted as it stands and in the face of refusal of legislative consent from the Scottish Parliament

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

Unless reciprocal arrangements in family law continue in force after Brexit, the EU Withdrawal Bill will mean UK courts alone being bound to apply existing procedures, risking conflicting proceedings

Review of A Practical Guide to Charity Law in Scotland (ed McNeill); Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (Cross and Ford)

Lauren Fowler became a Council member earlier this year, representing the Ayr, Dumfries, Kirkcudbright and Stranraer constituency

Dear Santa, I believe the Law Society of Scotland has been good this year and deserves something special for Christmas – please just don’t repeat one childhood trauma!