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A forensic accountant outlines the Crown's approach to confiscation proceedings on both sides of the border, and the role his profession can play for the defence

Registers of Scotland is ready to take up the challenge, if asked, of the Register of Crofts, as it also prepares to maintain the new Register of SSSIs

Introducing cl@n childlaw, a new type of law centre that aims to achieve practical delivery of legal advice and access to justice for children and young people

The decision in the first round of the bank charges test case brought by the OFT: who won on which point, and what happens next

The importance of giving proper advice at the outset to the client in a medical negligence claim, and of taking the correct initial steps

How a chance find in an executry led to an important addition to the national archives

Report of this year's AGM of the Society, which covered an unusual number of weighty matters concerning the profession, not only the ABS debate

A call has gone out to solicitors in rural practices to join forces in order to attract new recruits to work outside the cities

Author tells of the issues that arose when he decided to leave the law without having done much forward planning - and his advice with the benefit of hindsight (1 of 2)

Review of the myspace arbitral decision, and whether Nominet's dispute resolution procedure is suited to settling complex domain name disputes

Whether the legal profession can learn good risk management practice from other sectors - notably oil and gas, which had to learn from the Piper Alpha disaster

Latest criminal cases, including Anderson appeals; Moorov rule; separation of charges; sentencing; jury directions; public interest immunity

The Shucksmith Report has fulfilled its brief to think radically in proposing measures to support crofters and crofting

Royalty shares in classic hit recordings can be lost through inaction, the appeal court has ruled

Football's FIFA wants to revisit the subject of player quotas, despite the questions raised by EU law

Reports relating to Iain Stuart Catto; Stuart Fraser Wilson; Alexander Ritchie Robertson

Review of the CaseCheck service of case summaries with links and commentaries

Review of Environment (Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia reissue)

Author outlines the likely future shape of public sector external scrutiny in light of the government response to his review published in autumn 2007

Author takes issue with the parliamentary committee decision that calling in the Donald Trump golf development application after the verbal decision was competent

Director of Planning Aid for Scotland emphasises the benefits to be gained from the principle of community engagement enshrined in the new planning legislation

President's message: the changing role of the Society is reflected in the issues that dominate the scene this month, beginning with the imminent AGM

All solicitors have an interest to support the project to regulate paralegals, and to take advantage of the scheme finally approved

Author outlines aspects of Islamic Sharia family law and suggests that despite recent controversy, the subject of its recognition by UK courts deserves serious debate