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This article, discussing the case of Morrison v Aberdein Considine on whether a salaried partner in a legal firm was an employee with rights as such, was previously published online at the link below

In association with Insight Legal Software: how Insight Legal is ready for the next generation of legal software

Raising the age of criminal responsibility is straightforward in itself – but what about police interviews with young people? The author has some concerns about the provisions in the new bill

A class action against Google alleging a data protection breach affecting millions of iPhone users has failed for want of allegations of actual loss or damage

Introducing the Lawscot Wellbeing steering group, which aims to encourage more openness around mental health issues with the ultimate goal of achieving culture change in the solicitors’ profession

In association with Thomson Reuters: how medium-sized law firms can use legal tech to compete with the big industry players

Latest criminal cases, including statements given before memory loss; inconsistent statements; deletions in verdicts; sentencing issues

Corporate briefing: employers are at risk from workers with a grudge, following the Court of Appeal ruling in the Morrisons data breach case

Intellectual property briefing: the European Parliament has approved the draft Copyright Directive with its controversial article 13. What will be the impact of the current version of the draft?

Agriculture briefing: the Land Court has declined to allow a resumption for beneficial development, on the ground that there is no public interest criterion in the legislation covering smallholdings

Sport briefing: the Human Rights Court has rejected a challenge to the impartiality of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, but steps have in any event been taken to underpin CAS's independence

Reports relating to Graham R Bryson; Andrew Livingstone Lawrie; Isabel Jayne MacLeod

Property briefing: Scottish land registration is based on Ordnance Survey mapping – but cases are emerging of revisions to the maps resulting in inaccurate boundaries being shown in title sheets

The changing face of in-house legal teams, and innovations they have brought to their organisations, were the theme of the first in-house round table held at the Society

The new certificate must be submitted to the Society by 21 December 2018

Recent work of the Society's policy committees, including EU Withdrawal Agreement; trade relationships post-Brexit; Fisheries Bill; transparency in landownership

The Word of Gold: the Roberton review is a muddle and a missed opportunity

The millennial generation will soon dominate the workforce, but research shows they come with different expectations from their older colleagues. A conversation between a manager and a millennial

Master Policy claims still arise from “dabbling”, for a variety of reasons. The author considers why firms experience this, and how to address the risk of drifting from a practice’s core competencies

If a will has been lost and an office copy exists, could an application for an executor dative appointment be made? The Professional Practice team says no

A look back at what 2018 has meant for the accredited paralegal status, and forward to 2019

The Scottish Paralegal Association aims to build on recent growth

Advice column: a new PA doesn't like me, but does things for everyone else

A discussion of the recent Scottish case on whether a salaried partner in a legal firm was an employee able to claim unfair dismissal, and its significance for private practice