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In association with Allan Panthera: The recovery from COVID, and an increasingly competitive marketplace, bring personal responsibility for business development into sharper focus

Data protection: A roundup of recent developments covering data transfers now that the UK is outside EU law, anonymisation guidance, and renewed scrutiny of the adtech industry

In-house: The spotlight falls on a lawyer known on social media as “In-house Potter”, a name reflecting her Staffordshire roots, and whose favourite anecdote concerns a chance meeting with Jimmy Carr

The Society of Law Accountants in Scotland has adapted to COVID-19 conditions, and is about to open enrolment for its evening courses for 2021-22

The Society’s charity dedicated to improving access to the profession is five years old. Lawscot Foundation, and some of its students and sponsors, chart its progress and the difference it has made

A look at what lessons recent claims concerning access rights can offer the profession – a key one being that solicitors should never simply assume that access rights exist

The Society’s accredited legal technologists have their own members’ group to share problems and seek solutions. The Journal was invited to report on a round table held in April

Engagement, satisfaction and morale: all depend on the values we hold dear

How do you guarantee repeat business in the modern world?

Advice column: I miss the travel part of my job, which may have gone for good

Our latest solicitor advocate profiled to mark 30 years of the law, hopes more women will join her in criminal defence

Fiona Menzies is the Law Society of Scotland's new member engagement manager

Reviews of Power of Attorney: The One-Stop Guide (McDonald); Retained EU Law: A Practical Guide (Duhs and Rao)

The May 2021 selection of leisure reading, chosen by the Journal's book review editor

After building and then losing a legal practice with a high energy but flawed business model, the author tells how he has found a better and less pressured way, putting service before volume

In order to ensure that trans rights are properly respected in the workplace, employers should proactively work to create a culture of respect, and not just rely on a policy

The fuller article exploring the difficulties faced by students during COVID-19, the implications for recruiting firms – and what these intending solicitors may have to offer from their experience

COVID-19 regulations on non-domestic rates relief are defective in allowing some caravan site operators, and some caravan owners, relief on non-hospitality caravans, sometimes caravans they do not own

Letters on MSPs and dissolution; and an appeal to help trace old documents

Incoming President Ken Dalling tells of the challenges of leading the Society through the pandemic, how it has continued to operate, and its ongoing efforts to support legal aid solicitors (he is one)

Replying to Derek Auchie’s article published in February, two law lecturers believe that his proposed transactional approach to teaching law would not in itself provide a proper grounding

The difficulties COVID-19 has posed for students, and how potential employers in the profession should view people who may have gained from their experience

Changes in income due to the pandemic may have clients asking about the implications for child maintenance payments. This article sets out the considerations, and the need for early action

After featuring in the election campaign the future of the not proven verdict is in doubt – but are there alternatives to simple abolition?