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A trainee solicitor hopes his “10 most important considerations” he has come to appreciate over his first six months will ring true for other trainees also

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

Your reference guide to material published in the paper issues for 2015

Legislation and practice rules do not readily permit a legal practice to operate as a social enterprise, and change is needed to make it easier to work for the public benefit without grant dependency

Reviews of Leases (ed Rennie); Jeremy Hutchinson's Case Histories (Grant)

This month we profile Vice President-elect Graham Matthews, one of the two Council members for Aberdeen, Banff, Peterhead and Stonehaven

January saw a series of big events, but something of ongoing significance to look out for will be the launch of the Society’s new Legal Education Trust to help those from disadvantaged backgrounds

Registers of Scotland page: plans to mark 400 years of property registers; application checking service; new Glasgow office; Sasine Register and standard securities

Collected news of new appointments and practice changes

The SLCC is consulting on whether to seek radical changes to its complaint handling procedures. The Journal asked its chief executive Neil Stevenson how it aims to operate in future

Tilney Bestinvest highlight two changes in pension rules which could affect your clients, both now and in the future

The Society is backing an online platform that should enable property transactions across Scotland to be carried out entirely digitally within a few months, as its developers explain

This reply to last month’s feature argues that as the latest decision affecting deeds of conditions rejected most of the challenges to the condition in question, its impact is relatively limited

The Society's inspectors still regularly find firms that do not have the necessary AML policies and procedures in place. This article sets out what is needed, and the consequences of non-compliance

Revenue Scotland: a new CEO will shortly take up post, and among her first challenges will be collecting the LBTT supplement for second homes, also outlined here

Latest criminal cases, including sentencing in rape cases; time spent on remand; dangerous driving; reasonable excuse

Employment briefing: what does 2016 have in store in terms of changes to employment law? We highlight some promised and likely developments

Family briefing: three cases decided last year illustrate the successful invocation of the defences to a petition for the return of a child under the 1980 Hague Convention

Human rights briefing: the European Court of Human Rights has not recognised a right to snoop on employees' emails, but emphasised the restrictions on monitoring by employers

Pensions briefing: the abolition of contracting-out on a salary-related basis is imminent. Is your scheme ready?

Reports of cases relating to David Richard Blair Lyons and Duncan Hugh Drummond; Martha Anne Rafferty; John Fraser Tait

Property briefing: the pendulum has swung back towards landlords as the Inner House upholds the clear terms of a lease, even where it appears to be a bad bargain

Property briefing: the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 2012 still permits some a non domino deeds, though the terminology and procedure are very different. This article explores the process

In-house interview: the Crown Agent, whose role includes developing prosecution specialisms to match crime demographics, and enabling Crown Office to use modern technology to best advantage