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The Minister for Legal Affairs addresses some of the concerns expressed in April's lead feature regarding resources and whether the reforms will impede access to justice

Interview with incoming President, Alistair Morris, the longest serving Council member: have the changes that he wanted happened, and where should the Society go next?

In association with Voice Technologies: Scottish law firm sees flexible remote working with iPhone dictation

A few points of interest from the important conference co-hosted by the Society, reviewing the law dealing with support for adults with mental health or incapacity issues

The importance of social enterprises to charities – and other organisations – is growing, as is their likely need for legal advice

OSCR's chief executive urges the profession to help charities plan for the referendum – if they haven't already done so

Latest civil cases, including calling; preparation; amendment; division and sale; expenses; preliminary pleas; expert witnesses; interlocutors; mora – and the SCJC rules rewrite interim report

The effect of pending changes to flexible working and the introduction of shared parental leave

Possible measures to take when clients become publicity shy in relation to their divorce

Main points of the new flexibility in ways to take your pension, announced in the Budget

Reports of cases relating to Raymond George Mallon; David Robert Lingard; John Charles Nason Craxton

Interview with the in-house counsel of Baxters Food Group, who also chairs the ILG's new North East Network

Why solicitor estate agents need to take very seriously the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008

Collected news of new appointments and practice changes

Professional Practice column: already highly regarded and well used by solicitors, the team is still seeking to increase its service level

The Word of Gold: successful firms ascend through dissent

Key trends in claims experience and current risks identified in the latest Master Policy Annual Report

Advice column: I don't like the office politics in my new job

Recent work of the Law Reform Department, including home reports; Historic Environment Scotland Bill; energy law; carers; criminal justice

Invitation to take part in the survey, which brings benefits to firms and to the profession as a whole

Allied to the Scottish currency debate in the event of independence, there is an issue over the future of Scottish banknotes

A warning over draft proposals by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which, if intended to further the aims of the relative UN Convention, would have the opposite effect

The first of a mini-series on cyber-crime risks to solicitors explains the methods of, and the ways to spot, “phishing” emails

A summary of the Supreme Court's decision in Durkin v DSG Retail, and the issues it highlights for future cases