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The Law Society of Scotland commissioned an independent researcher to carry out a thorough checkup of the financial health of legal aid law firms in Scotland. The diagnosis is not a comfortable read

A mediation story, in association with Core Solutions

The Scottish Government is now consulting on its promised “root and branch review” of the planning system, with a particular focus on delivering new housing

What weight should the opposition of the parent with care have in deciding applications for contact with a child? Two contrasting cases

Latest criminal cases, including bills of suspension; sentencing (child abuse images); distress; sentencing (successive complaints)

Family briefing: Pakistan will become a signatory to the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction on 1 March 2017 – but it may be much longer before any Convention proceedings can be brought

Employment briefing: discrimination issues surrounding dress codes continue to cause difficulties, and further rulings on the subject are expected from the CJEU in the coming months

Human rights briefing: a recent sheriff court litigation illustrates the hurdles a claimant has to surmount to establish a claim of “inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment”

Pensions briefing: current litigation and legislative developments will ensure an active year for pensions law, irrespective of what happens on the Brexit front

Report relating to David William Dickson

Property briefing: the enhanced right to buy of 1991 Act agricultural tenants will have a profound effect on conveyancing transactions of agricultural land, one that will have to be addressed

With five new members joining the Society’s In-house Lawyers’ Committee (ILC) following a popular recruitment drive, the ILC took the chance to ask five key questions to introduce them to readers

Recent public policy work of the Society's committees, including Scottish independence; Brexit; criminal law; health and care professions; employment tribunals

In association with Tilney: uncrystallised pension funds are safe from creditors if bankruptcy occurs

Change has been the name of the game within the Society’s Professional Practice team, and the new faces are looking to open up new ways of engaging with the profession, as the team head explains

What are a solicitor’s duties in relation to legal aid fraud by a client? The Professional Practice team explains why the matter has to be reported

The Word of Gold: keeping the bull out of bulletins is a trick worth practising

Law firms continue to be key targets for cybercrime and information security breaches. Lockton sets out some risk factors and some possible approaches

Advice column: there is talk of office redundancies; should I start looking for alternative employment?

The latest article from the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission provides an update on important changes to the time limits for making complaints about legal practitioners

Recent developments in the EU: joint declaration of priorities for 2017

The author, who was involved in the last successful Scottish private prosecution, revisits the case before arguing in the wake of recent events that private prosecutions should no longer be permitted

Many aspects of our lives now depend on the use of outer space, but the legal regime has failed to keep up with technological and commercial developments

Contrary to some claims, feminism still has a role to play in society, but it needs to reinvigorate itself by taking a more nuanced approach in a multicultural society