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Philip Yelland, executive director of regulation, is this month's profile subject from the Society's senior leadership team

As modern legal practice throws up new questions and challenges in relation to professional ethics, should we be more ready to discuss these among ourselves as a means of providing mutual support?

Registers of Scotland page: thanks are due to all who took part in the digital transformation consultation – Registers will be reporting back

Collected news of new appointments and practice changes

Summary criminal cases conducted mostly online, without solicitors spending hours at pre-trial diets waiting for their case to call? Plans to make it a reality are now open to your feedback

Peter Lockhart, one of the working group that produced the summary procedure report, explains in a Journal interview how the new system is intended to work, and encourages solicitors to offer feedback

Financial benchmarking is the new “cost of time”. This Society article explains how an online financial reporting system will enable you to generate a valuable health check on your practice

In association with Amiqus: law firms, and their business clients, should be preparing to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation from May next year

In the month of International Women’s Day, Cathy Donald and Emma Reid, who set up their own practice a year ago, describe their experience and what they have learned

A Supreme Court ruling has confirmed that the UK Government can set a minimum income threshold for a UK national whose spouse seeks a visa to live in the UK, while requiring some changes in practice

In association with Wesleyan: can you risk delaying investment in new IT equipment and technology?

How has Altis been developing since its initial launch last year? The Society-backed online conveyancing platform is alive and well and looking for new users, as its developers tell the Journal

A recent English commercial case interpreted an exclusion of loss provision contextually rather than by the pattern of authorities. What are the lessons for practitioners?

In association with Core: more perspectives on mediation, from an assistant mediator and a professional party

Latest civil cases, including family actions; reponing; specification; expert evidence; waiver; amendment; best evidence; actions for harassment; appeals and extracts; expenses; sequestration

Intellectual property briefing: with the UK likely to ratify the Unitary Patent Agreement this spring, patent holders need to consider to what extent they will participate in the new regime

Corporate briefing: the restatement of the law relating to the creation of third party rights under a contract, now in a Scottish Parliament bill, offers new possibilities in the commercial context

Agriculture briefing: five orders have been made to date, bringing in various provisions of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016, and many more are expected. This note summarises what is known so far

Sport briefing: the failure of an action by a golf club member against the club's executive board indicates the lack of scope for avoiding the general rule against liability to fellow members

Reports relating to Charles Thomas Norbert Brien; William E Renfrew; A & R Robertson & Black

The Office of the Public Guardian introduces measures to reduce the backlog of applications

Is the new land registration regime really a more coherent, workable system? This article argues that it is driven by motives unconnected with the primary purpose of the system, and is no improvement

An intellectual property specialist who moved to a leading educational institution – where she once studied – tells of the challenges and attractions of her post, in this month’s in-house interview

The Society invites views on a new category for specialist accreditation, "regulation for professional conduct"