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The work of the Society's Conveyancing Committee

Undertakings which may be given at settlement in relation to stamp duty land tax which do not impact on the classic letter of obligation

First of six-part article on the law of real burdens post-feudal abolition

The Single Survey Steering Group has considered the distribution of the survey to prospective purchasers, its content and hidden defects insurance

Update from the Registers on stamp duty land tax; market research; house price trends and an online information service

President’s message: The year just ending had some good and bad bits, but the profession maintained its standards

Some lighthearted tips on how to survive the office Christmas party

Obituary – Sheriff Frank Middleton

Solicitors behind the first solicitors’ financial centres planned to open in Scotland explain their motives

The background to the Clementi review and the essential underlying issues facing the profession

Despite its higher profile south of the border, Scots lawyers involved in pro bono work remain generally reluctant to talk about their good deeds

How to find the official guidance currently available on service of documents in EU member states, and the language required in each state or region

Various contributions on the role solicitors can play in encouraging charitable giving in legacies

How setting out terms of engagement and terms of business assists solicitors to manage clients’ expectations and minimise the risk of claims

Sending unsolicited marketing emails has just become more hazardous due to new regulations designed to restrict the practice

Interview with Sir Neil McIntosh, Chairman of the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland

Description of a pilot scheme to allow victims’ accounts of the impact of an offence to be tendered in court prior to sentencing

A review of the current legislative programmes at Westminster and Holyrood

Whether applications to allow questioning on a complainer’s sexual history are coming under sufficiently rigorous scrutiny

Report relating to James Ian McAllister Stewart Sloan

Religion or belief, and sexual orientation, are the latest subjects to be tackled by anti-discrimination employment legislation

An outline of the rights just brought into force under the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003

The Hague Convention on the International Protection of Adults (with incapacity) is ratified in the UK for Scotland only

Football’s governing bodies are claiming the power to impose severe penalties on insolvent clubs