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The Scottish Court Service consultation on restructuring the courts, discussed with Stuart Naismith, convener of the Society's Access to Justice Committee

The keynote speakers at the "Law in Scotland" conference posed some challenges, and offered some insights, for solicitors attempting to cope with a changing business environment

Discussion of the emerging shape of the Scottish land and buildings transaction tax, and issues surrounding the Scottish rate of income tax

Explaining the Non-Resident Landlord scheme, under which agents for landlords resident abroad can reduce the level of their duties to HMRC if the landlord is permitted to receive their rent gross

Report of a seminar where family lawyers took up Lord Reed's challenge in B v G to find better ways of resolving parental disputes over the care of their child

The UK Government faces a delicate balancing act in devising an effective remedy for consumers against losses caused by price-fixing cartels

Latest criminal cases, including hearsay; vulnerable witness applications; SCCRC references; finality of proceedings

Casenote on Glencoe Developments Ltd v Sneddon, which should serve as a wakeup call to all companies to ensure that their statutory registers are kept up to date

When it comes to the "public health" licensing objective, the lesson of history is that education is the most effective way to change social attitudes to drinking

Introduced this year, the seed enterprise investment scheme has attractive tax reliefs for individual investors in qualifying companies

Reports of cases relating to Roderick Graham Mickel; Paul Anthony McConville

Following an Equality & Human Rights Commission inquiry into human trafficking in Scotland, the Scottish Government and other agencies are holding a summit to review strategy

Leases of land for wind or other renewable energy generation need to contain safeguards against interference with the energy source. How can these best be made legally effective?

A training programme has been devised to help solicitors who wish to apply for judicial or other office but who may have difficulty with modern, competency based selection procedures

SGM hears chief executive outline corporate plan for 2012-13

Recent work of the Society's Law Reform Department, including Civil Justice Council etc Bill; Carloway report; redundancy law; tax anti-avoidance rule

The risk management article shines some light on a few things that lawyers can learn from others in business about how to reduce the risk of exposure to liabilities

Report on a recent seminar on ethics and professional practice, with summaries of some matters recently considered by the Professional Practice Committee

Advice column: is it important to spend a lot on clothes to make a good impression on clients?

How to respond effectively to an ever-changing business world and those "left field" events: (3) establishing a public reaction process for sudden events

A relatively small increase in the number of people leaving charitable legacies would make a huge difference to our good causes

A scheme operated through the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations illustrates the need among many charities for legal help with governance and other issues, and a CSR opportunity

Solicitors are being encouraged to join in a new scheme to encourage legacy giving to the arts

Problems tracing missing beneficiaries? Sometimes good old-fashioned police work is what is needed