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Profile of the Society's Corporate Communications Team and how their role has developed well beyond the traditional press office

Author challenges the assumption that all private practice solicitors aspire to partnership and argues that firms need to develop more flexible reward systems

The Court Technology Forum has decided to adopt PDF format for electronic documentary evidence

Risk management issues connected with document archival; and a look at the feedback from the 2006 Risk Management Roadshow

Latest criminal cases, including dangerous driving causing death; sentencing powers; specification of complaints; fair trial; Crown disclosure; evidence

The new provisions for valuation of matrimonial property subject to a transfer order still leave plenty of scope for difficulty

The House of Lords has upheld the decision that vicarious liability exists for acts of harassment

Important changes in sheriff court civil procedure introduce pre-proof hearings and make related amendments to other steps of procedure

Reports relating to Norman James Cowie; Louise Marie Hay; William McCarthy

Websites that provide free medical information

Review of Children's Hearings in Scotland (Norrie)

The countdown to automated registration of title to land (ARTL) is on schedule and the necessary rules are in the pipeline

The Conveyancing Committee invites conveyancing and insolvency practitioners' views on proposed provisions concerning land attachment and suspensive missives

The Property Standardisation Group has added an irritancy protection agreement and a deposit agreement to complete its lease management suite

President's message: fundamental legal issues are at the centre of public debate; the Society is engaged on all fronts and encourages awareness and involvement

Opinion column: family lawyers are another group who are increasingly giving up legal aid work due to the payment system, to the detriment of society as a whole

The Justice 2 Committee report on the Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Bill has approved its principles but with numerous action points for the Executive

Alistair Bonnington suggests how to make the LLB more relevant to practice. Patrick Phillips QC argues that intending practitioners should find other ways to qualify

Author disagrees with Lord Hope's view that Scots law is too restrictive to achieve a fair settlement in some divorce cases involving high-earning spouese

Author's survey of the Budget and Finance Act finds the Chancellor guilty of serious meddling, in the small print of what was supposedly a dull Budget (part 1 of 2)

Author follows his interview with "The Apprentice" contestant Karen Bremner, by speaking to some solicitors who have made a successful move into business

With the introduction of real estate investment trusts the Chancellor has achieved the rare feat of bringing in a measure that has few if any critics

Articles from specialists in tracing missing heirs, and valuers of coins and medals

Criminal practitioners need to be aware of the increasing pace of European initiatives in co-operation between the various authorities