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Registers of Scotland are training more skilled staff to handle the increase in complex applications for first registration

What will change, and what will not, as the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission takes over from the Child Support Agency

Interview with convener and chief executive of the Risk Management Authority, which is building a reputation for expertise in the management of serious offenders

Some of the difficulties practitioners are finding thrown up in the way of applications under the new licensing law

New licensing requirements under the Consumer Credit Act 2006 come into force on 1 October

The Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow is to provide a new service to help trainees find placements in law firms, and firms to find trainees

The Public Guardian has negotiated the provision of an alternative cautionary service which should reduce cost, delay and complexity

Obituary of Alexander Edward (Sandy) McIlwain, CBE, MA, LLB, WS, former President of the Law Society of Scotland

Article on The Laws of Scotland: Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia, to mark the 21st anniversary of publication of the first volume

As the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission goes live, the Society's continuing investigatory processes are changing in line with it

Concluding part of survey of strategies to beat the recession reviews possible sources of new business, whether to consider new types of work, and things to avoid

A review of some of the topics discussed at this year's Risk Management Roadshow

Preview of this year's Law Society of Scotland IT conference, which includes a keynote address by the "James Bond" of security advisers

A look at the next big IT projects facing Scotish legal practices, including those that add to a firm's green credentials as well as helping it work efficiently

Latest civil cases, including rule 22 notes; sist pending other proceedings; counterclaim; amendment; debates; family actions; expenses; adult incapacity

A recent Scottish cse illustrates the potential value of interim interdict in intelletual property cases

A new body, the Company Names Tribunal, is about to take up its function of adjudicating on opportunistic company name registrations

Two cases help to clarify the 2003 Act provisions on diversification by the tenant

The Scots and English courts still take different approaches to the availability of judicial review for decisions of sporting bodies

Any employer taking on an immigrant worker needs to know the new procedures in order to avoid the risk of a civil penalty for employing someone illegally

Reports relating to Ajaz Mohammed Hussain; John Gerard O'Donnell

Reviews of Scottish Young Lawyers Association and Cl@n Child Law sites

Review of The Promised Land: Property Law Reform (ed Rennie)

The approach COPFS will take to prosecuting the new offences focusing on fatal consequences of driving