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Advice column: a trainee's crush on our boss is getting on my nerves

Professional Practice column: the Society is working on the Registers consultation on implementing land registration reforms, and practitioners are encouraged to provide input

Recent work of the Law Reform Department, including Criminal Justice Bill; Lobbying Bill; Bankruptcy Bill; Referendum Bill; UK company ownership

Recent developments in the EU: Common European Sales Law

A potentially fraudulent scheme relating to bogus property investments, that first appeared last year, appears still to be a threat to solicitors

An imminent TV advertising campaign may bring in new powers of attorney business

The public sector equality duty has not been in force for long, but has already been subject to critical review. What can usefully be learned from the exercise?

Legal procedures following fatal road accidents need to be reformed in the same way as is proposed for FAIs, so that families are not left waiting indefinitely for compensation and closure

A recent decision on financial provision develops the law on the treatment of future contingent tax liabilities as set out in Sweeney v Sweeney

The European order for payment, intended to provide straightforward cross-border debt recovery, is undermined in Scotland by doubts and inconsistent practice at key stages

Does the Fundamental Rights Agency cover the gap in monitoring compliance with human rights in the European Union? This article surveys its strengths and weaknesses

This month's selection of leisure reading chosen by the Journal's Book Review Editor

There is a future for the high street solicitors' firm, but it will look very different from the present, and will require an entrepreneurial spirit combined with the best of new practice

Reviews of The Inside Job (Ambrose); Prison Law (Thomson)

This month's profile from the Society features Mark Thorley, convener of the Civil Legal Aid Team

The sep rep vote, the Law in Scotland and legal aid conferences all produced a lively response - and more on what makes the profession tick will be revealed with the survey results

Registers of Scotland page: official opening of the upgraded Meadowbank House; new website dedicated to the 2012 Act

With the first of the planned court closures imminent, the Journal interviews Eric McQueen, SCS chief executive, on future service provision as budget constraints meet the court reforms

The Taylor Review of Expenses and Funding of Civil Litigation has been broadly welcomed, but there are those who challenge the fairness of some of its more radical proposals

There is no excuse for in-house legal departments not keeping track of work, and costs, in these days of matter management software

Advising charities is less of a niche area than many solicitors assume, due to issues now arising as the funding landscape changes

Tracing missing heirs can be a sensitive business, and it is the personal touches that mark out the businesses that win the beneficiaries' trust

Remember A Charity's Campaign Supporter scheme aims to raise awareness of legacy potential - and to raise the drafting firm's profile

Don't be left behind in the evolutionary race, was the constant theme of this year's Law in Scotland conference. But there was plenty of good advice for those willing to face change