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Reviews of Delict – A comprehensive guide to the law in Scotland (McMahon and others); The Landlord's Hypothec (Sweeney)

The April 2023 selection of leisure reading, chosen by the Journal's book review editor

Automatism as the cause of a road accident should not allow a driver’s insurers to avoid liability to an innocent third party

The UK Government has restarted its data protection reform proposals after a six month pause. The authors summarise key points and concerns with the proposals

Why some people with communication and understanding difficulties, due to cognitive impairment or neurological diversity, can be vulnerable to wrongful conviction in relation to sentence discounting

The author highlights action by the Competition & Markets Authority against bid rigging in the construction sector, the heavy penalties that have resulted and the lessons that should be drawn

Recent work of the Society's policy committees, covering Illegal Migration Bill; Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Bill; Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Bill; Economic Crime etc Bill

Adversarial litigation is better conducted without causing unnecessary stress by aggressive behaviour towards an opponent. That’s the thinking behind the new Mindful Business Charter guidance

The benefits of hybrid working have become apparent to many more people since the pandemic, but it gives rise to some practical and legal issues that still need to be addressed

Substantial reforms to trust law recommended by the Scottish Law Commission in 2014 are finally before the Scottish Parliament. This article highlights the main features for practitioners

For young people involved in offending behaviour, Clan Childlaw believes the Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Bill contains positive changes, but has significant omissions regarding legal advice

Organisers of the first Festival of Legal Possibilities tell how it highlighted the ever more varied legal career options while calling for the legal sector to pick up the pace on diversity

The author welcomes Scottish Law Commission recommendations that would help parents with childcare after cohabitants split up, but argues that more is needed to ensure fair sharing of responsibility

Reflecting the theme for International Women’s Day, the profession is learning what embrace equity means, but more is needed and the flexible working benefits developed during Covid must not be lost

This month we again highlight threats to the rule of law, renewing our support for the people and lawyers of Ukraine and needing again to call out inflammatory language against our own profession

Collected news of Scottish legal appointments and practice changes

In association with Denovo: Treating lawyers as the innovators to shape their business success

Latest civil cases, including documentary evidence; QOCS; pleading medical negligence; limitation of abuse actions; amendment procedure; foreign law; taxation of expenses; joint minutes

Recent cases have required the courts to consider claims to legal professional privilege in different contexts, including insolvency proceedings

A survey of some recent cases of interest, featuring alleged infringements via the virtual world as well as the liability of Amazon for sellers via its platform

The Society’s Guidance on non face-to-face will instructions has been reviewed and updated; and SCTS is reporting numerous confirmation rejections due to solicitors using the wrong form C1

The Scottish Government has followed its recent vision and consultation documents with a “route map” setting out the future support framework for agriculture and the timetable for putting it in place

When you’re in the back of a taxi (or elsewhere), and you’re asked about a private parking ticket, what should you say?

This month’s interviewee looks back over her decades in the legal team supporting the NHS in Scotland, from which she retired as head last year