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Latest civil cases, including diligence on the dependence; jurisdiction; reponing; expenses in family actions; small claims – and a note on recent amendments to the rules

Now is the time for employers to take particular care to ensure that their recruitment processes are free from bias

The changes to determination periods and appeal procedure for planning applications under the new regime

A recent Scottish sheriff court appeal decision provides further guidance on jurisdiction matters for divorce

Legal aid rules for children's hearings have been amended in an attempt to correct a human rights deficit in relation to adults with learning difficulties

A recent sheriff court case has highlighted problems and uncertainties over the legislation covering the renewal of transitional guardianships to incapable adults

Reports relating to Ian MacLachlan Allan; Euan Charles Chisholm; Alan Leslie Grassick

Websites of some new law centres

Reviews of Licensing (Scotland) Act (Cummins); and a selection of forensic science texts

An in-house trainee and one from private practice who recently swapped places for three months, tell what they each gained from the experience

The proposed solutions to the difficulties created by the Park case on conclusion of missives are of doubtful effect, but the ARTL system is capable of being extended to meet the need

The full commentary on how the differences between the Glasgow and Edinburgh standard housebuying offers were resolved, a shorter version of which appears in the September 2009 Journal

The fuller version of the article in the September 2009 Journal in response to Fraser Ritchie’s article of June 2009

How article 2 of the ECHR has been interpreted as imposing a duty to hold an inquiry into certain deaths, perhaps occurring many years ago

Lorna Jack tells members of Society's priorities for 2009-10

Shelter Scotland’s approach to online advice and information, and how it can help solicitors to tap into the law around housing and homelessness

The House of Lords decision in the Procol Harum case may leave some in the music business a whiter shade of pale

Some reflections on activity in the world of exchange of information between tax authorities

President's message: a series of big events in late September each have a significant bearing on the future of the profession

The approach of the Gill Report is encouraging and deserves close study, even if questions of resources will inevitably arise

Comment on letters by Angus Logan and John Scott, arguing that advocates can face potentially more difficult conflicts than solicitor advocates

Letter replying to Dr Adler's article in September, from the author of the original article on the situation of the Palestinian people

Some key points from the radical proposals of the Gill review, and the initial reactions of the Society's civil procedure convener Kim Leslie

Registers of Scotland have a report on their contribution to Scotland's economy, and news of more appointments