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The Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 makes permanent the changes to the grounds of eviction from private tenancies in force during the pandemic. How does the law stand now?

The Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Bill has been promoted as providing more flexible means for businesses to raise finance, but contains insufficient protections against consumer exploitation

A private member’s bill seeks to increase the rights of employees undergoing fertility treatment but, irrespective of its fate, employers should be proactive about support in such situations

Two employment lawyers in Dentons’ People, Reward & Mobility team discuss the insights they have gained by participating in different mentoring schemes, as mentor and mentee

In association with Braemar Finance: Business still has an appetite for finance, and Braemar Finance has tailored products to choose from

The Scottish Government’s latest consultation on land reform seeks to take forward work of the Scottish Land Commission, but is there a proper evidence base and does it focus accurately on the issues?

It's wonderful that the Society is again able to mark the achievement of newly qualifying solicitors with an in-person admission ceremony; and I’m looking forward also to my in-person President’s tour

Collected news of Scottish legal appointments and practice changes

Latest criminal cases, including corroboration; road traffic sentencing; sentencing for knife possession; and some comments on drug addiction

Draft provisions proposed for the next Finance Bill would address the unfair time limits that currently may make transfers of assets between separating couples subject to capital gains tax

An employment tribunal has held that long COVID may amount to a disability in terms of the Equality Act 2010, placing particular duties on employers in such cases

A life term prisoner has failed in a challenge to the refusal to grant civil legal aid for an appeal to the UK Supreme Court, over information sought in order to appeal against his conviction

Recent developments in the ongoing struggle against pension fraud include sanctions against advisers who failed to act with integrity, and experience with the 2021 Transfer Regulations

Reports relating to Grant Maclean; Fiona McKinnon; Andrew Paterson Penman

With the Registers of Scotland arrear of applications remaining above the 100,000 mark, one of its senior managers answers questions from the Society about the prospects for the situation improving

We report on the 2022 In-house Annual Conference, with its agenda covering the pressing societal and workplace issues creating demands on in-house lawyers

Recent developments affecting the accredited paralegal status, now 10 years in existence

Recent work of the Society's policy committees, covering Scottish Law Commission programme; mental health; procurement; seafarers' wages; low income trusts

In association with Clio: Some things to bear in mind if your firm is trying to adapt

The road from Diploma to traineeship isn’t always short or straight, but using the gap between to pursue other interests can have major benefits, both personally and professionally

Business planning for legal firms is less about trying to anticipate the course of events, and more about finding the nuance for clients in the different likely outcomes

Ashley Swanson’s latest collection of tales from the coalface of client work, combined with practical advice

Some of the easier steps an office can adopt as it joins the drive for sustainability

Advice column: My manager makes out that my junior is coping better than me