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This month's profile returns to the Council's committees, introducing Alison Britton, convener of the new Health and Medical Law Committee

These are momentous times for the Scottish legal profession, and many important issues are set to demand attention in the new presidential year

Registers of Scotland page: what happens in relation to the Land Register when historic servitudes appear to conflict with solid features; and the Development Plan Approval service

How does the market look to Aberdeen based solicitors, and what happens when the oil runs out?

A paper contributed to the Society's Scottish Constitutional Future Working Group sets out how an independent Scotland would become recognised in international law, and its potential role

Solicitor advocates in Scotland mark their 20th anniversary with an account of how they have found their place in the courts, and likely changes in the landscape going forward

The draft Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive may not have immediate appeal to practitioners, but contains a "Significant Seven" points that are set to have a major impact

Solicitor Leslie Seldon appears to have finally lost his legal battle against being forced to retire at 65 – but what are the implications for others in his position?

Latest criminal cases, including expert evidence; circumstantial evidence; maximum sentences; sexual offences; extensions of time

Lessons for golf clubs from the Inner House decision in Phee v Gordon, apportioning liability to a golfer struck by a ball at a course hazard

A Court of Appeal decision illustrates how contingent liabilities may be avoided by a company going into members' voluntary liquidation

Two recent English decisions clarify important aspects of passing off: the honest concurrent use defence, and extended passing off

Report relating to Campbell Dinsmore Joss

Why the Supreme Court in Salvesen v Riddell struck down a provision of the Agricultural Holdings Acts as incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights

Deferred prosecution agreements for corporate crime are coming soon in England & Wales, but without similar moves in Scotland there could be problems for cross-border businesses

The interim report of the Land Reform Review Group has provoked some strong reactions, but where does the Group appear to be heading?

No 5 in the series: rainmaking is not a voodoo art, but needs understanding

Anderson Strathern has become one of only a few UK law firms to achieve the top accreditation for information security

All Scottish businesses need to gear up to deal with new duties regarding recycling of waste

Some of the most common causes of claims arising from wills, trust and executry work, and possible controls to minimise the risk of their occurrence

Advice column: my new female manager seems to relate to the men but not to me

The Professional Practice Committee recently had to consider a case where an email was copied to an opposing client

Recent work of the Law Reform Department, including Referendum Bill; land and buildings transaction tax; intellectual property; civil courts reform; regulatory reform

The Society's rules need to be amended at this year's special general meeting, due to the impending regulatory regime change for consumer credit work